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The only species of our flora which extends to the Arctic regions 

 is Galium Aparine ; G, Mollugo^ var. (G^. erectum), extends to many 

 parts of Europe, 



4. South Europe^ Asia Minor^ Armenia, Persia^ Arabia^ 



SelucJiistan^ and Scinde, 



Pentas carnea Tropical Arabia. 



Oldenlandia Schimperi Arabia Petrsea, Beluchistaa, 



and Scinde, 



O. capensis .,. Syria Qesic Boissier, Fl. Or. 



iii, p. 11), 



O. hedyotoides , Armenia, 



Coffea arabica .„ ? Tropical Arabia. 



Gaillonia calycoptera Arabia Petraea. 



Galium rotundifolium The Levant and Armenia (^feste 



Boissier, FL Or. iii. p. 49), 



Gr. Aparine Widely spread, 



G. MoUugo Widely spread. 



G. Decaisnei.. The Levant and Persia, 



^ Vaillantia hispida South Europe, the Levant, and 



Persia. 



5. Eastern and Tropical Asia^ China, Pacijic Islands, 



and Australia, 



Argostemma pumilum PNipal, North-west Himalayas 



to Burma, and mountains of 

 the Deccan peninsula of India. 



Oldenlandia Heynei East Indies. 



O. corymbosa Widely spread, 



O, trinervia East Indies, 



Eandia dumetorum East Indies and Hongkong. 



Guettarda speciosa East Indies and Australia. 



? Ixora coccinea East Indies. 



*• Morinda citrifolia ! . Tropical Asia, Pacific Islands, 



and Queensland. 



Geophila reniformis ? East Indies and Pacific Islands. 



Spermacoce stricta East Indies and Hongkong. 



S. ramisparsa India- 



Kubiacordifolia Widely spread in Asia. 



Galium rotundifolium Commonamong the hills of India. 



G. Aparine Himalay 



as. 



