. Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo; travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. Botany; Zoology; Artocarpus; Bananas. IN BORNEAN FORESTS [chap. blage of forms of wide geographical distribution, coming from diverse regions and with Httle or no affinity with each other. The fruits of most of the Dipterocarps have wings, which at first sight might be considered most efficacious in carrying them far from the parent plant; but in point of fact this is not so, for the seed is usually too large and too heavy to allow the flying apparatus to act properly.^ Having found in so limited an
. Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo; travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak. Botany; Zoology; Artocarpus; Bananas. IN BORNEAN FORESTS [chap. blage of forms of wide geographical distribution, coming from diverse regions and with Httle or no affinity with each other. The fruits of most of the Dipterocarps have wings, which at first sight might be considered most efficacious in carrying them far from the parent plant; but in point of fact this is not so, for the seed is usually too large and too heavy to allow the flying apparatus to act properly.^ Having found in so limited an area so large an agglomeration of allied species belonging to the same genus, and so many representa- tives of various genera belonging to the same family, I am led to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beccari, Odoardo, 1843-1920; Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer, 1845-1909. tr; Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill, 1852-1933. ed. London, A. Constable & co. , ltd
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