Pages [268-288]
CHAPTER XXIV
THE ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS (continued)
The Mountain-Floras of the Tahitian and Fijian Regions
The mountain-flora of the Tahitian region, as illustrated by the non-endemic genera.—Derived chiefly from high southern latitudes.—Weinmannia, Coprosma, Vaccinium, Astelia, Coriaria, Cyathodes, Nertera depressa, Luzula campestris.—The mountain flora of Rarotonga.—The mountain-flora of the Fijian region, as illustrated by the non-endemic genera.—Weinmannia, Lagenophora, Coprosma, Astelia, Vaccinium, Nertera depressa.—The Fijian Coniferæ.—Dammara, Podocarpus, Dacrydium.—Not belonging to the present era of dispersal.—The age of dispersal of the Coniferæ in the Pacific.—Earlier than the age of Compositæ and Lobeliaceæ.—The first in the Mesozoic period.—The last in the Tertiary period.—Summary
Pages [289-306]
CHAPTER XXV
THE ERA OF THE NON-ENDEMIC GENERA OF FLOWERING PLANTS (continued)
The Age of the Malayan Plants as represented in the Low-level Flora of Hawaii and in the Bulk of the Floras of the Fijian and Tahitian Regions
The Age of Wide Dispersal over the Tropical Pacific