Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 2 Plant-Dispersal

CHAPTER XXIII

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THE ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS

THE MOUNTAIN FLORAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA

The mountain-flora of Hawaii.—A third of it derived from high southern latitudes.—An American element.—Compared with Tahiti and Fiji.—Capacities for dispersal of the genera possessing only endemic species.—Acæna, Lagenophora, Plantago, Artemisia, Silene, Vaccinium, &c.—Capacities for dispersal of the genera possessing non-endemic species.—Cyathodes, Santalum, Carex, Rhynchospora.—Fragaria chilensis, Drosera longifolia, Nertera depressa, Luzula campestris.—Summary.

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