CHAPTER XXIII

ON THE ARCTIC ELEMENT IN SOUTH TEMPERATE FLORAS

European Species and Genera of Plants in the Southern

Hemisphere--Aggressive Power of the Scandinavian Flora--Means by which

Plants have Migrated from North to South--Newly Moved Soil as Affording

Temporary Stations to Migrating Plants--Elevation and Depression of the

Snow-line as Aiding the Migration of Plants--Changes of Climate Favourable

to Migration--The Migration from North to South has been Long going

on--Geological Changes as Aiding Migration--Proofs of Migration by way of

the Andes--Proofs of Migration by way of the Himalayas and Southern

Asia--Proofs of Migration by way of the African Highlands--Supposed

Connection of South Africa and Australia--The Endemic Genera of Plants in

New Zealand--The Absence of Southern Types from the Northern

Hemisphere--Concluding Remarks on the New Zealand and South Temperate

Floras

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