A CULLECTIiXG TRIP TO FRENCH HUEK. 453 



Species. Per cent. 



P'lowers yellow 88 or 26.2b 



Flowesr white 71 or 21.19 



Flowers red or reddish 42 or 12.53 



Fowers pink . . . | 34 or 10. 14 



Flowers blue 31 or 9.25 



Combination of colours 23 or 6.86 



Flowers white, tinged with pink 17 or 5.07 



Flowers green or greenish 9 or 2.68 



Flowers brown or brownish 5 or 1.49 



Turning to the fruits, we find that the dehiscent fruits are 

 found in the majority of species, though quite a large percentage 

 of the fruits are indehiscent; fleshy fruits are rare, in the follow- 

 ing table the " pod "" and " follicle," as special forms of ca]>sule. 



are dealt with separately. ^ . „ 



Species. rer cent. 



Fruit, a capsule 150 or ^H-77 



Fruit, an achene, nut, or caryopsis ... 128 or 38.20 



Fruit, a pod 28 or 8.35 



Fruits which split into one-seeded por- 

 tions (e.g., Boraginece) 11 or 3.28 



Fruit, a drupe 5 or i .49 



Fruit, a berry ■ 2 or 0.59 



Fruit, a follicle i or 0.29 



Composition of the Flora. Species 



Dicotyledons 248 



Gymnosperms i 



Monocotyledons 86 



Total 335 



Proportion of Monocotyledons to Dicotyledons i : : 2.88. 



Predominating Orders 

 No. of 

 Orders Species. Percentage. 



Compositae 55 ... 16. ii 



Ericacefe 30 ... 8.95 



Leguminosae . 28 ... 8.35 



Irideae 24 ... 7.16 



Orchidaceae 18 ... 5-37 



Proteaceae 17 ... 5 .07 



Geraniaceae 13 ... 3-88 



Gramineae 13 ... ^^-'^^ 



Liliaceae it ... 3 • 28 



Ficoideae 9 ... 2.68 



Thymelaeaceae 9 ... 2.68 



Rutaceae 8 ... 2.38 



Cyperaceae 7 ... 2.09 



Haemadoraceae 7 ... 2.09 



Scrophulariaceae 7 ... 2.09 



