CHAPTER XXII

THE FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND: ITS AFFINITIES AND PROBABLE ORIGIN

Relations of the New Zealand Flora to that of Australia--General Features

of the Australian Flora--The Floras of South-eastern and South-western

Australia--Geological Explanation of the Differences of these Two

Floras--The Origin of the Australian Element in the New Zealand

Flora--Tropical Character of the New Zealand Flora Explained--Species

Common to New Zealand and Australia mostly Temperate Forms--Why Easily

Dispersed Plants have often Restricted Ranges--Summary and Conclusion on

the New Zealand Flora

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