FLORA OF SOITIIKKX lUlODK.SIA. 183 



The predominating' urileis, or families, of flowering plants 

 are as follows : — ■ 



The chief families falling- below the 1 per cent, mark are 

 the following', with the number of species of each : — 



Verbenaceae, 28; Polyg-onaceae, 23; Polygalaceae, 22; 

 Vitaceae, 21; Loranthaceae, 20; Apocynaceae, 20; Comel- 

 liniaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Crassnlaceae and Lythaceae, 19 

 each; Moraceae, Loganiaceae, Solanaceae and Ciieiirbitaceae, 

 18 each; Boraginaceae, Amaranthaceae and Pedaliaceae, 17 

 each ; and Capparidaceae and Gentianaceae, with 16 species of 

 each. 



There remain 103 other orders, represented by less than 16 

 species each, some having only one single species for the Avhole 

 order. 



In 1915, 2,227 Phanerogams were recorded for the 

 countrj", while the total at present known is 2,690, an increase 

 of 463 species. 



The partial analysis here given shows that 70 per cent, of 

 the whole flora is comprised within 20 families, the remaining 

 30 per cent, being spread over no less than 122 families. The 

 predominance of a few families comes out even more clearly 

 if we speak in round numbers and say that 3 families by 

 themselves (Compositae, Leguminosae and Graminae, about 

 10 per cent, each) contain over 30 per cent, of the flora ; that 

 the next 40 per cent, is covered by 17 families; and that the 

 remaining 122 families include only 30 per cent, of the flora. 

 Gymnosperms are represented by only 2 species, and the pro- 

 portion of monocotyledons and dicotyledons is as 1 : 3'84. 



