Antillean Division. 



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The way in which the West Indies have been regarded by dif- 

 ferent writers is shown in the following table : 



Duff Author 



1S20 Do Candolle. 



1822 Schouw . . 



1830 Pickering. . . , 



1831 Lesson 



1833 Schouw 



1835 De Candolle. 



1837 Martius 



1838 Berghaus . . . 

 1841 Pompper 

 1843 Hinds 



1845 Berghaus 



1846 Wagner 



1854 Agassiz 



1856 Woodward . 



1858 Sclater 



1866 Baird 



1866 Grisebach . . , 



1868 Huxley 



1870 Brown . . 



1 875 Sclater 



1876 Wallace 



1882 Engler 



1883 Packard 



1883 Jordan 



1884 Drude . . 



How regarded 



As an independent region 



As part of his Realm of Cac- 

 tuses and Peppers [Mexi- 

 can]. 



As part of his American In- 

 tertropical Region. 



As part of his Equatorial Zone. 



As an independent realm 

 (Swartz's Realm). 



As an independent region. . . . 



As an independent realm 

 (Antillean Realm). 



As an independent realm 

 (Swartz's Realm). 



As part of his North Warm 

 Zone. 



As an independent real m 

 (West India Region). 



As part of his Tropical Prov- 

 ince. 



As part of his Tropical Amer- 

 ican Province. 



As a subdivision of his Cen- 

 tral American Region. 



As an independent province 

 (Antillean Province). 



As part of his Neotropical 

 Region. 



As a primary region (West In- 

 dian Region). 



As a primary region (West In- 

 dian Region). 



As part of his Austro-Colum- 

 bian Region. 



As an independent province 

 (Antillean Province). 



As an independent subregion 

 (Antillean Subregioii). 



As an independent subregion 

 (Antillean Subregion). 



As an independent province . . 



As an independent region 

 (Antillean Region). 



As part of his Neotropical 

 Province. 



As an independent region 

 (Antillean District). 



