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.„^. in ,„o «.= of C.^™™,.., -«>1V =«""'. " 'f "-V - — ' - "'■"" ""^"' "■""- '"" 



U,c .ffi « or ft= ..ffcr™. .F=™., ..E..1- "ill. .1.= Fi-l-l ^l.-'- "y "'•^ "">■ ->■ ■" '"'•^•""' 



njllintll rc¥i:aling Jm]HrrccliOll'i ^nd frr«r>.. 



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GEOGRAPHICAL DTSTIUBUriOH. 

 Tlu. I,ilk. l..ve . .««.^vh., ,...h- ..■osr.j.l.-l d.tril.u.... I..ng f.u,.l «..rl, «n o^ the ^^^ 



^^^ «c.o.), o„.l.r. «.hin th. tropin A. f.r >. on. ^... .i.^^.-^ -■-■W U.y .re .^cn, f.. 



Turkefltan ma^ Ije funnil Id conwm Kune « ya uikliin-i^ii "pccii^a- 



-n.c c.,n.,.ic coalman. ^I.ich .-.n ,o f.v.,r .hdr ^^^t^ =- . n,.d.ni.ly eol^ .in.cr of .Uori 

 d.»,lo>., ...I . ".nn .prh, ..,1 .,™m.r .i.b «..i<..r..,l. n«,..ur.. Th.. ™. find .h.m .....n, rmM> tho.. 

 p-t,. .r E«™,. --1 A^i. .liich .r. ..bM t-^ per.,,,,..! .r pcr,^k.l ..-- „f .cv.r. dro.,^l,t IT. t.p 

 coin™ in .hich d.dL h..d,..r,.r. ...n to b. .r. J^p^u, .m. .b-t l".!" i^.nou. .p^^i^, -d C.Ufor..., 



.« not >o t^olifi. « n^l^h. b. c^..l.i oiUy fiv. .^i^ "-.rri.a Lb.r., -.hilsl in Eur.po -c h.ve s«v.n, 

 Dnd in flu! EaBivni SlatM of North America Gvr or mt. 



Evcpt i. Ihc c... af th. ^:->i.." .-up (-l.ich .r. .ub.n>pi^l>, uonc .r th. ..cion. ».m t^ F.vo.r ™c 

 CUM-r^ or ...Iti^t mcro th.i. a..Olb.r, hut the huLb. of Lllic. bdoc^ing -0 <Mertnt ..eliou* .ccm lo ha., 

 si^il^r ..<Klilic.L,..s in th. ..m. rounlrj. For ..U^, cU iho^e .ith ...L.,uf,.™u. l,db. or. N'.^h-Ainer..«u, 

 ..d .11 Tho« «i.h kv|e oblu,u. b.ll>. ar. C.liforn..n i "hil.t ,^ E.rop.- or A.l.Lio Ldj 1.^ a Lulb v^h-d, 

 ^uld l.e u,i.t.kcn for .h American .pmc Ly .n^ o.« wh. ««. at .U conv.rs.ut «il]i ll^ir p.'c^liar.Uc. 



•lU Pnn^.ed Mop .viU .hu«, .. n..rly fl. is pO^sibk on ^0 '^'^» ^ ^'^"^^^ '^e h.l.i.at of the k«0«P 

 spKfeE, though i. i. of co,.r.O un,l.n,W0.l thpt IbL l-c^nnd^ri.^ of thn^ir di^Uibulioi, C..H.c,t b^ Ln.li^LLH.d b> H.e 

 colouring ^bcn acveral of the flptsdcs mn^ur inarlher in one cbstrict. 



hich wiockilcs with IhK 



niiioh rwemUca ihat of 



It will he nc-iicfll ihii ih<;rc arc ■.i-rae cuiion'i unomnlie^ in their diiLribmiun. ^ 

 of DO Olher SEnn. which 1 can eiiii U> milid. Hi ihe Er.iirNf.P ^tonp »e hnvc a Oi^ 

 n.ans .nim.lE and bird< in .be .^me r,,ion. WC find /,. ,,;/i^^.».t. aud /.- y.ft.7r;rfN^.« eonfil,cd lo i^lolcd 

 r,ou,.,.i„^v^,ige., oud sci>.rP.Ld lrc,m ai.y r^ ih.Lr congeuen. hy nearly 1000 milc^ of ..., or hi- . isreat cxtet^l 

 of k„d, which, bdnt^ uusuiled, on aeeounl cf it* clin,ot.. to tbo re^uu'..n.u.. of LiU^F., i^ 1 pcrf.ct borrier 

 iigaiii'.l Uie flic nvon of lliiir range. 



Tn th.- ..ii^c nny we find m^^y hi,.U confined lo the i«ilalfd hiU-reglDnB of Southern India, y^h^K n^rat 

 Qlhehiircin thciiinmiaj'aMoiin.ainB- bnt if thp nnaiofiy bel«..i. birda jmd plants holds youd, I .IkhuU e^poot 

 to find Lilies in the high moimtftin^ of Ja.n and Snmaira latlier ll.^u bi J^™.n, ^thoM fanna is I... ^Vin to thai 

 of ^QuIh-eabluriL A^iadian IIil liiUliJ^ of JjivHh SunlJifr,!. and Eomcu. 



flnoihcr poini worthy of noikc i« thr grt^^t ilim ren,.v tii^mcn ittc Lilk'. of the AiLnnilo and Tjicific Stiiiii;— 

 Lbns e^tabbahina Ihe fael. which han beeti so clearly Jiowii by TRur Asa Ghav and Sia Josehi [Loi-H«n, 

 that ibt iuiWB of di^iribiitioii of pljuls bi tlic llnilcd titntei are longitudinal rather llian Inliuidinnl. Jind Ibat 

 litt fiftraof [be I'j(;ific ^lulL^ bus much lei.ii in cunlllion lilil Ih.it nif ihi? Euateni Stule^ than would bccipeeleil. 



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