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Table 15. Distribution of Composite in the Atlantic Islands. 
Species. 
Genera. d T d Area of genera and observations. 
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Vernonia ......... ese | eee | oo | 1 |... | Introduced (American). 
Ageratum ............... xod e es] ... | Introduced (tropical weed). 
Eupatorium ............ « | 1|... |... | ... | Introduced (American). 
AA 1]... [.. |... | ... | Introduced ? (American). 
Dn. ARA 1} 1| 1)... } 1 | Europe, Mediterranean. 
EAO A ee 1| 2| 1| 1| 1| Cosmopolitan. 
Qonysms ...eeono | oes | 1 | 1 | 1| Cosmopolitan (tropical or sub- 
tropical). 
MAP BCVA? sesio: esse ce brutos edo been: 1?| African. 
Pluchea ....... nacen woo | ees | wee fe 1?| African section. 
Evax ...... co wo: | cee | as | eee Mediterranean. 
Filago ree DUE = 3i 2. Europæo-Asiatic and Mediterra- 
nean. 
DO A T E sesso, 1 Mediterranean species, the genus 
also South-African. 
Phagnalon............... e. | 3| 4| 2| 5 | Mediterranean. 
Gnaphalium ............ 2| 2| 1| 2| 1 | Cosmopolitan. 
Helichrysum ............ | 3| 2|... | 2 | Old-World, chiefly South-African. 
PENNE ES dens 1| 2| 1| 2 | Europeo-Asiatic, Mediterranean, 
Atisgo j African tropical. 
appus ......... . ... -.| 1 | Endemic genus : 
Viernes M evi coo |... 1[..] 1| Endemic prm uM E 
Pest iuis e deed] L|. | Tropical and South-African. 
Palane A eee coo | wee | 2] 1|... | Mediterranean. 
Odontospermum .....| «| 1| 5| 1| 3| Mediterranean. 
Pallenis AA eee | we | lj]... | Mediterranean. 
IOMA .-... -ceee ed IN ... | Introduced (from Europe ?). : 
ATDFOBIA oori 0..¢ss0-:: Ir ^. | Introduced? (American) (marl- 
time). 
Siegesbeckia ... COL br Tropical weed. 
MIG PUG ees t pp Tropical weed. 
Sclerocarpus ............ "ie 1 African and American, tropical and 
subtropical. 
Blainvillea............... ex. q11: Tropical weed. 
Bidens .................. 1| 1| 1| 2|... | Tropical and subtropical weeds. 
Gonospermum ,........) - | ... | 4 |... | 4 | Endemic genus; connexion be- 
tween South Afriea and Mediter- 
ranean. 
Anacyclus ...............] -- «dps Mediterranean. 
AGE PA o E e ase Europe, Mediterranean. 
Santolina s.is eseese PITE Mediterranean. a 
Diote onono] o 1 Mediterranean, Europe, Africa 
(maritime). 
Anthemis .........+«.... 2| 2| 2|..]|...| Europeo-Asiatic, Mediterranean. 
Chrysanthemum ......| ... 6| 9| 4| 7 | Old-World, chiefly Mediterranean, 
one section endemic. 
Matricaria .............| ++ 1 Temperate and subtropical weed. 
Carried forward ...| 11 | 32 | 47 | 21 | 31 
