Excerpt from Torreya, Vol. 22: A Bi-Monthly Journal of Botanical Notes and NewsNot one Of these seven endemics could be suspected Of belong ing to the really ancient ¿ora, and all may be supposed to have been derived from ancestors which came across the sea, the seeds perhaps carried by birds. They may date from the Pleistocene, or at the earliest Pliocene, I should suppose.The Azores have nearly 40 species Of endemic vascular plants, but not one Of these belongs to any one Of the genera represented by the Porto Santo endemics. ~this may be explained by the rare and accidental character Of the introductions providing the stock from which these plants developed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.