FLORA OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 
TABLE IV.—Preripopnyres anp SrerMaTorHyTes CoMMON TO THE 
DirFeRENT IsLanps. 
rie te .: = = : 
4/3 /di/a|é]é /é/4/s/8/3/2/sl2lelele 
Abingdon . . | 50 sith 15| 386; 31/ 0 | 10/13|14/18] 26] 9/14} 7/11} 1 
Albemarle . . | . .| 205| 23/24] 100| 98] 2 |29/17/88/46] 74|13|42/25| 7| 2 
Barrington. . 40/11} 26; 26; 2 | 13/14) 20/18} 19] 5/15) 16/10) 0 
Bindloe. . 42| 25} 22; 1/ 7] 8/13/15] 14 518 8} 9; 1 
Charles. . . . 267 | 126; 2 | 35) 31.40/48) 78 ete 30/13} 2 
Chatham. . . 231| 2 | 84) 22/42/51) 64 12 | 33 81/15) 4 
Culpepper . . 5] 2] 1} 3} OF 6} OF 8} SF 2) 1 
Dunean. 51/17|26|20| 21) 8| 9/16] 7| 1 
Gardner . | 8322/17) 15| 6| 7|18| 9) 1 
ronan ae . |59/20] 29| 8/15) 20/10) 0 
Indefatigable : 76| 33/12) 14/28; 9} 2 
James, ... . 153} 10} 27/19/10) 1 
Servis. . 2. , 33) TEST t 
Narborough . .|69] 8| 7| 0 
Seymour. . . a -- |47] 6] 2 
Tower , 19; 2 
Wenman.. . os . | 11 
Botanitcat EvipENCE REGARDING THE ORIGIN OF THE 
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 
Two views have been advanced regarding the origin of the Galapagos 
Islands, According to the first they are pelagic islands, built up from 
the sea-floor by volcanic action, while according to the second view they 
are continental islands, tops of mountains, formerly a part of the main- 
d, now separated from it by subsidence. The first view, namely, that the 
Galapagos are islands of elevation, was held until about 1890 with scarcely 
