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CHAPTER XII. 
THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PLANTS IN NEW ZEALAND. 
General remarks—What the plants could tell of their wanderings—The 
botanical districts—The Three Kings Botanical District—The North 
and South Auckland Botanical Districts—The Volcanic Plateau Botanical 
District—The East Cape Botanical District—The Egmont-Wanganui 
Botanical District—The Ruahine-Cook Botanical District—Cook Strait 
no barrier to the wandering of plants—General considerations regarding 
distribution throughout the South Island—The North-western Botanical 
District—The North-eastern Botanical District—The Western Botanical 
District—The Eastern Botanical District—The North Otago Botanical 
District—The Fiord Botanical District—The South Otago Botanical 
District—The Stewart Botanical District—The botanical provinces— 
How plants travel long distances—Discontinuous distribution—Species 
known in only one locality ae “ic ae Se seer Laie 
CHAPTER XIII. 
THE AFFINITIES, ORIGIN, AND HisToRY OF THE FLORA. 
General remarks—Distribution of the kowhai—The endemic element of the 
New Zealand flora—Different degrees of endemism—The Australian 
element of the New Zealand flora—The Fuegian element of the New 
Zealand flora—List of species common to New Zealand and subantarctic 
South America—The Malayan element of the New Zealand flora—The 
European element of the New Zealand flora—The cosmopolitan element 
—Relation of the flora of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands to that of 
New Zealand—The fossil flora of Antarctica—The New Zealand Tertiary 
fossil flora—How plants change their form—The history of the New 
Zealand flora—The New Zealand glacial period Se ie »- 202 
APPENDIX. 
DIFFERENCES IN NOMENCLATURE OF PLANTS CITED IN THIS BooK FROM 
THE NAMES IN CHEESEMAN’S MANUAL a3 ene af errs: 
INDEX ae Bp ae a a ie AB eerie esl 
