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Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses
Alfred Russel Wallace
Long before his fame as a naturalist rival to Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace sketched the palms of the Amazon and the people who lived by them. Here are Leopoldinia, the graceful Euterpe that yields palm hearts, and the piassaba whose fibers made brooms and ropes, each drawn from life. Botany braided with river travel and daily use. Meet the trees that fed and furnished a rainforest.
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67 chapters
- 1PALM TREES OF THE AMAZON AND THEIR USES.
- 2PREFACE.
- 3LIST OF PLATES.
- 4INTRODUCTION.
- 5Natural Order PALMACEÆ. Genus Leopoldinia, Martius.
- 6PLATE IV. Leopoldinia pulchra, Martius.
- 7PLATE V. Leopoldinia major, n. sp.
- 8PLATE VI. Leopoldinia piassaba, n. sp.
- 9Genus Euterpe, Gærtner.
- 10PLATE VII. Euterpe oleracea, Martius.
- 11Euterpe ——?
- 12PLATE VIII. Euterpe catinga, n. sp.
- 13Genus Œnocarpus, Martius.
- 14PLATE IX. Œnocarpus baccába, Martius.
- 15PLATES X. and XI. Œnocarpus batawá, Martius.
- 16Œnocarpus minor, Martius. Baccába miri, Lingoa Geral.
- 17Œnocarpus distichus, Martius.
- 18Genus Iriartea, Ruiz et Pavon.
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