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8. The following species are common to the Himalaya and 
mountains of Biafra :— 
feet. 
Cardamine hirsuta .... /-10,000 
Africana ........ 7,900 
Cerastium vulgatum.... 8,000 
Drynaria cordata ...... 7,000 
Oxalis corniculata...... 7-8.500 
Tillæa pentandra ...... 8,000 
Sanicula Europæa...... 4-7,500 
Galium Aparine ...... 7—10,000 
rotundifolium .... 7-12,000 
Scabiosa succisa ...... 10,500 
Adenostemma viscosum  2-1,000 
Mikania chenopodiifolia — 4-7,000 
Dichrocephala latifolia . . 7,000 
— chrysanthemifolia 7,000 
Blumea alata.......... 7-8,000 
Cephalostigma Perrotetii 7,000 
Mesa Indica .......... 5-7,000 
Cynoglossum micranthum 7-8,000 
Myosotis stricta........ 8-10,000 
Limosella aquatica . 9-10,000 
feet. 
Sibthorpia Europea .... /-7,500 
Solanum nigrum ...... 7-11,000 
Indicum ........ 6—7,000 
Utricularia orbiculata .. 5,000 
Rumex obtusifolius .... 7,000 
Polygonum Nepalense . . 7,000 
Achyranthes argentea .. 7.000 
Parietaria Mauritanica .. 7-8,000 
Loranthus Wight 1,500 
Luzula campestris . 8-10,000 
Isolepis capillaris .....- 8-10,500 
Microchloa setacea /,000 
Deschampsia ezspitosa — 9-12,000 
Aira caryophyllea .....- /-8,000 
Poanemoralis ........ 7-10,000 
Koeleria eristata........ 8-12,000 
Vulpia bromoides ...... 7-10,000 
Brachypodium sylvaticum 7,000 
Andropogon distachyus.. 7,000 
In this list twenty-two out of the thirty-nine are European and 
for the most part British. 
4. Genera and speċies found at elevations above 9000 feet :— 
Thalictrum rhynchocarpum. 
Cardamine hirsuta. 
Silene Biafræ, n. sp. 
Arenaria Africana, n. sp, 
Sagina Abyssinica. 
Hypericum angustifolium. 
Adenocarpus Mannii, n. sp. 
Trifolium subrotundum. 
Rubus apetalus. 
Umbilicus pendulinus. 
Crassula Mannii, n. sp. 
Pimpinella oreophila, n. sp. 
Peucedanum Petitianum. 
Vignaldia occidentalis, n. sp. 
Anthospermum asperuloides, 
n sp. 
Galium Aparine. 
rotundifolium. 
Scabiosa succisa. 
Dichrocephala oblonga. 
Helichrysum Mannii, n. sp. 
fætidum. 
chrysocoma. 
globosum. 
Senecio Darteri. 
—— Clarenceana, n. sp. 
Anisorhamphus hypochzeroides ? 
Wahlenbergia arguta. 
Lobelia acutidens, n. sp. 
Leucothoé angustifolia 8. 
Bleria spicata. 
Ericinella Mannii, n. sp. 
Sebæa brachyphylla. 
Swertia pumila. 
Clarenceana, n. sp. 
Myosotis stricta. 
