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Botanical Aspects of Wegener's Hypothesis

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IN the account which appeared in NATURE of January 27, p. 131, of the discussion on the distribution of life in the southern hemisphere, which took place before the Royal Society of South Africa, I am said to regard the botanical evidence as completely opposed to Wegener's theory. The remainder of the article generally followed the official report issued by the society.

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COMPTON, R. Botanical Aspects of Wegener's Hypothesis. Nature 111, 533 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111533b0

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