. Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya; Plants -- Sri Lanka; Plants. 74 WILLIS : OEOGRAPHIOAL DI8TRIBirTIO> the whole order, and we arrive at a surprisingly simple and straightforward result. Hitherto we have tended to look upon the geographical distribution of an order as a fact to be accepted as a fact, but as little else, and not a fact that can be further explained. So long as we accept the theory of infinitesimal variations, this must necessarily be so to a large extent, for if we suppose the origin of any three species, say, A, B, C, to
. Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya; Plants -- Sri Lanka; Plants. 74 WILLIS : OEOGRAPHIOAL DI8TRIBirTIO> the whole order, and we arrive at a surprisingly simple and straightforward result. Hitherto we have tended to look upon the geographical distribution of an order as a fact to be accepted as a fact, but as little else, and not a fact that can be further explained. So long as we accept the theory of infinitesimal variations, this must necessarily be so to a large extent, for if we suppose the origin of any three species, say, A, B, C, to be represented by such a diagram as—. Or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya; Ceylon. Dept. of Agriculture. Colombo : Skien ; London : Dulau
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