CHAPTER XXII

THE ERA OF THE ENDEMIC GENERA (continued)

The Age of the Tree-Lobelias

The distribution of the arborescent Lobeliaceæ.—On the upper flanks of Ruwenzori.—The Lobeliaceæ of the Hawaiian Islands.—The Lobeliaceæ of the Tahitian or East Polynesian region.—The capacities for dispersal.—The explanation of the absence of the early Lobeliaceæ from West Polynesia.—The other Hawaiian endemic genera.—The Fijian endemic genera.—Summary

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CHAPTER XXIII

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.