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Hence, perhaps, it comes that the flora of Madeira, according to Oswald Heer, resembles the extinct tertiary flora of Europe. 1859 1861 1866
All fresh-water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that of the sea or of the land; and, consequently, the competition between fresh-water productions will have been less severe than elsewhere; new forms will have been more slowly formed, and old forms more slowly exterminated. 1860
Hence, perhaps, it is that the flora of Madeira, according to Oswald Heer, resembles the extinct tertiary flora of Europe. 1869
Hence, we can understand how it is that the flora of Madeira, according to Oswald Heer, resembles to a certain extent the extinct tertiary flora of Europe. 1872

All fresh-water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that 1859 1861 1866 1869 1872
And it is in fresh water that we find seven genera of Ganoid fishes, remnants of a once preponderant order: and in fresh water we find some 1860

sea or of the land; and, consequently, the competition between fresh-water productions will have been less severe than elsewhere; new forms will have been more slowly formed, and old forms more slowly exterminated. 1859 1861 1866 1869
most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale. 1860
sea or of the land. Consequently, the competition between fresh-water productions will have been less severe than elsewhere; new forms will have been then more slowly produced, and old forms more slowly exterminated. 1872

And it is in fresh water that we find seven genera of Ganoid fishes, remnants of a once preponderant order: and in fresh water we find some of the most 1859 1861 1866 1869
These 1860
And it is in fresh-water basins that we find seven genera of Ganoid fishes, remnants of a once preponderant order: and in fresh water we find some of the most 1872

now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale. 1859 1861 1866
may almost be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition. 1860
now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders at present widely separated in the natural scale. 1869
now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders at present widely sundered in the natural scale. 1872

severe 1859 1861 1866
varied and therefore less severe 1869
varied, and therefore less severe, 1872

up the circumstances favourable and unfavourable to natural selection, 1859 1860 1861 1866
up the circumstances favourable and unfavourable for the production of new species through natural selection, 1869
up, 1872

permits. 1859 1860 1861 1866 1869
permits, the circumstances favourable and unfavourable for the production of new species through natural selection. 1872

looking to the future, 1859 1860
OMIT 1861 1866 1869 1872

and which consequently will exist for long periods in a broken condition, will be 1859
and which consequently will exist for long periods in a broken condition, is 1860
and which consequently has existed for long periods in a broken condition, has been 1861 1866
will have been 1869 1872

long 1859 1860 1861 1866
for a long time 1869 1872

will first have 1859
first 1860 1861 1866
OMIT 1869 1872

at this period 1859 1860 1861 1866
will have been 1869 1872

species will thus be 1859 1860
species will thus have been 1861 1866
new species will have been 1869 1872

Hence, perhaps, it comes that the flora of Madeira, according to Oswald Heer, resembles the extinct tertiary flora of Europe. All fresh-water basins, taken together, make a small area compared with that of the sea or of the land; and, consequently, the competition between fresh-water productions will have been less severe than elsewhere; new forms will have been more slowly formed, and old forms more slowly exterminated. And it is in fresh water that we find seven genera of Ganoid fishes, remnants of a once preponderant order: and in fresh water we find some of the most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale. These anomalous forms may
almost
almost
be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and
thus
from
from
having
thus
thus
been exposed to less severe competition.
To sum up the circumstances favourable and unfavourable to natural selection, as far as the extreme intricacy of the subject permits. I
conclude
conclude,
looking to the future, that for terrestrial productions a large continental area,
which,
which
has
will probably
undergone
undergo
many oscillations of level, and which consequently will exist for long periods in a broken condition, will be the most favourable for the production of many new forms of life,
fitted
likely
to endure long and to spread widely.
Whilst
For
the area will first have existed as a continent,
and
and
the
inhabitants
inhabitants,
at this period numerous in individuals and kinds,
and will
will
have been subjected to
very
very
severe competition. When converted by subsidence into large separate islands, there will still
have existed
exist
many individuals of the same species on each
island;
island:
intercrossing on the confines of the range of each species will thus be
checked;
checked:
after physical changes of any kind, immigration will
have been
be pre-