Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 Plant-Dispersal
CHAPTER XIV
THE RELATION BETWEEN LITTORAL AND INLAND PLANTS
Professor Schimper’s views.—Great antiquity of the mangrove-formation.—Problem mainly concerned with the derivation of inland from littoral plants.—Grouping of the genera possessing both coast and inland species.—Scævola.—Morinda.—Calophyllum.—Colubrina.—Tacca.—Vigna.—Premna
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