Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 Plant-Dispersal
CHAPTER XVIII
THE ENIGMAS OF THE LEGUMINOSÆ OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Leguminosæ predominate in tropical littoral floras.—The anomalies of their distribution in the Pacific islands.—They conform to no one rule of dispersal or of distribution.—Strangers to their stations.—The American home of most of the Leguminous littoral plants.—Summary
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