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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