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other near 1859 1860 1861 1866
the nearest 1869
the nearest large 1872

the plants of 1859 1860 1861 1866
although 1869 1872

are 1859 1860 1861 1866
the plants are 1869 1872

were long ago partially stocked 1859 1860 1861 1866
have been partially stocked 1869
have been stocked in part 1872

before 1859 1860 1861 1866
during a warmer tertiary period, before 1869 1872

and is at present inexplicable: 1859 1860 1861 1866
OMIT 1869 1872

I do not doubt, be 1859 1860
no doubt, be 1861 1866 1869
no doubt, 1872

law which causes 1859 1860 1861 1866
same law which has determined the relationship between 1869 1872

an archi- pelago, though specifically distinct, to be closely allied to those of 1859 1866
an archipelago, though specifically distinct, to be closely allied to those of 1860 1861
islands and 1869 1872

by formerly continuous land,
from America;
from America;
and
and
the Cape de Verde Islands from Africa;
and that
and that
such colonists would be liable to
modification,—
modification;—
the principle of inheritance still betraying their original birthplace.
Many analogous facts could be given: indeed it is an almost universal rule that the endemic productions of islands are related to those of the nearest continent, or of other near
island.
islands.
The exceptions are few, and most of them can be explained. Thus the plants of Kerguelen
Land
Land,
stands
though standing
nearer to Africa than to America, are related, and that very closely, as we know from Dr. Hooker's account, to those of America: but on the view that this island has been mainly stocked by seeds brought with earth and stones on icebergs, drifted by the prevailing currents, this anomaly disappears. New Zealand in its endemic plants is much more closely related to Australia, the nearest mainland, than to any other region: and this is what might have been expected; but it is also plainly related to South America, which, although the next nearest continent, is so enormously remote, that the fact becomes an anomaly. But this difficulty
partially
almost
disappears on the view that
both
both
New Zealand, South America, and
the other
other
southern lands were long ago partially stocked from a nearly intermediate though distant point, namely from the antarctic islands, when they were clothed with vegetation, before the commencement of the
last Glacial
Glacial
period. The affinity,
which
which,
though feeble, I am assured by Dr. Hooker is real, between the flora of the south-western corner of Australia and of the Cape of Good Hope, is a far more remarkable
case;
case,
and is at present inexplicable: but this affinity is confined to the plants, and will, I do not doubt, be some day
be explained.
explained.
The law which causes the inhabitants of an archi- pelago, though specifically distinct, to be closely allied to those of