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Varieties are the latest offshoots of the genealogical tree in "an unlineal" order; species, those of an earlier date, but of no definite distinction; genera, more ancient species, and so on.

From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Gray, Asa

Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Ay, Sir, "a barren sceptre in their gripe, Thence to be wrenched with an unlineal hand, No son of theirs succeeding."

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

What proof that some unlineal hand, some barbarism, without or within, shall not wrench the sceptre of democracy from our grasp?

From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Coolidge, Calvin

Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various