Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 Plant-Dispersal
CHAPTER XX
THE ERAS IN THE FLORAL HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
THE AGE OF FERNS
The eras in the plant-stocking.—The age of ferns and lycopods.—The relative proportion of vascular cryptogams in Hawaii, Fiji, and Tahiti.—The large number of peculiar species in Hawaii.—The mountain ferns of Hawaii.—The origin of peculiar species.—Dr. Hillebrand’s views.—Their origin connected not with greater variety of climate in Hawaii, but with isolation.—Summary
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