the ancient ecology of the climateand geological vicissitude of the Cathaysian
Australian
South American
Afri-can
North American
Tropical Asian and Indian ancient lands or landmassesthroughout the Mesozoic Period are discussed.Subsequently
the characteristicsof the flowering floras of the ancient lands are analysed
the principal questionsunder discussion is concerning with the total amount
the composition and theantiquitic taxa
such as Magnoliales
Annonales
Ranunculales
Hamamelidales andthe orders of Amentiflorae
etc.And then
the discussed question falls on therelationship between the floras of the ancient lands and the Cathaysian flora.An interest and valuable existing State of affair has shown
that although theAustralian and the Antarctic landmasses was broke away from the mainland ofGongwana at the late Jurassic
but more than 40% of genera (998) are coexistingin Cathaysia and Australia; and in the proper order
a large amount of generaare found between the Cathaysia and India、Tropical Asia、north America、south America and Africa also.Thus it can be seen that the flowering plantswould be originate at the dawn of Triassic or Mesozoic
in other word
it wasoriginated before the breakdown of the unionized Pangaea
Such assessment isproved by the (?)ossils and the survived flowering plants.Following the driftinglandmasses
the flowering plants of all the continents are developed continuously along with the new environment.Lastly
a suggestion is given
that the Cathaysian flora is originated locally
since there are numerous primary taxa survived here which are not found fromother continents
and all the remaining landmasses either covered by the gra-cial or by the sea transgression
or by the droughty climate throughout theMesozoic Period
it is imposible to nurse the flowering plants
only the stabilized Cathaysia will become the cradle of the primary spermatophytes as well asof the flowering plants.