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Ancistrocladacece, Chailletiacece, llkacece, Sabiacece, SaxifragacecR, 

 Haloragidacece, Passifioracece, Datiscacece, Araliacece, Hydrophylla- 

 cece, Illecebracece, Thymelceacew, Elwagnacece, Balanophoracece, 

 Ceratophyllaceae, XyridacecB, Flagellar/ ace ce. 

 The dominant Orders are the following : — 



Order. 



Percent- 

 Species, age of 

 total. 



Order. 



Species. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 total. 



The first eleven Orders make up just one-half of the flora, whereas 

 the other half is comprised in 131 Orders. 



For the purpose of getting a clearer insight into the relations 

 of our flora to those of other parts of India, I shall add a list of the 

 10 dominant orders of the different botanical regions (of. Hooker) : 



Bombay Presidency. 



Deccan and Malabar Region. 



Ceylon Region. 



Leguminosae. 



Gramineas. 



Acanthaceas. 



Compositae. 



Euphorbiaceae. 



Cyperaceae. 



Rubiaceas. 



Orchidaceae. 



Malvaceae. 



Convolvulaceae. 



Gramineae. 



Leguminosae. 



Acanthaceas. 



Orchidaceae. 



Cyperaceae. 



Euphorbiaceae. 



Rubiaceas. 



Compositae. 



Labiatae. 



Asclepiadaceas. 



Gi amine*. 



Leguminosae. 



Orchidaceas 



Cyperaceae. 



Rubiaceas. 



Euphorbiaceas. 



Acanthaceae. 



Compositae. 



Urticaceae. 



Melastomaceae. 



