DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF LEGUMINOS. BiB. 
THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE 
NATURAL ORDER LEGUMINOSAi.* 
By H. C. ANDREWS, B.A., F.G.S. 
[Read before the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, November 4, 1914. | 
General Notes and Summary. 
Acknowledgments. 
Classification. 
Systematic Notes. 
Geographical Distribution: General. Genera indigenous to 
temperate regions. 
Geography during Cretaceous and Post-Cretaceous time. 
The Age of Dicotyledons: Commenced probably in the lowest 
Cretaceous. Well differentiated during Upper Cretaceous. 
The futility of attempts to determine plant genera on the 
evidence of imperfect leaf remains only. 
Principles of Geographical Distribution: Climate and soil studies 
indispensable'in this connection, Jsolation. The influence 
of marine transportation in populating lands. 
Nature and Home of the Ancestral Forms. 
The Differentiation of Leguminose. 
Appendix. 
Bibliography. 
General Notes and Summary. 
In a previous paper (2), the writer indicated the signific- 
ance, in part, of the distribution of the Myrtacee. Inthe 
present paper the significance of the geographical distribu- 
tion of the Leguminosz is considered. | 
The terms Leguminosee and Myrtacez are practically 
interchangeable in the consideration of former land con- 
Dee ee 
1 [Read before Section E. of the British Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, August 21st, 1914. | 
