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Luzon. It is, therefore, certain that the flora under consideration 

 has a far closer affinity to that of North America than the flora 

 of the Pliilippines lias to that of the new world. 



It is very interesting to notice tliat the montane flora has 

 some genera winch are found in North America, North China, 

 and Japan, but nowhere else. They are : — 



31iteV.a (Formosa, Japan, North China, Siberia, and North America). 

 (Jliamcecy paris (Formosa, Japan, and North America). 

 Pseudofsv/ja (Formosa, Japan, and North America). 



g) Hhnalayaii Elements. 



These elements are here represented l)y as many as 101 

 species, or 2(]^^ of the whole number. Most of them are found 

 in Japan and also in China. 



Those plants which are confined to Formosa, tlie Himalayas, 

 and China are as follows : — 



Arahis cdpina Linn. 

 Thea caudatd (Wall.) 

 Oxdlis Grlffithll Edgew. 

 Desmodium slnnatuni Blume. 

 Vernonia Andersoni Clarke. 

 Pieris formosa T). Don. 

 Sopuhia 

 Laggera alata Sen. Bn>. 



CodoiiacantJius paucißorus Nées, 



Origanum vulgare (also iu Europe, 

 America, and Africa) 



Stellera Charncejasme Linn. 



Junipervs communis Linn, (repre- 

 sented by J. formosana Hayata. 



Peliosanthes coiirtallensis Wight. 



Aneilema divergens Clarke. 



Luzräa cffusa Buch. 



Those plants, which are found in tlie Himalayas and 

 Formosa, but nowhere el&e, are : — 



Arahis taraxacifolia Anders, 

 Epilobium alpinum Linn, (also in 



Europe). 

 Lccanthns JVigMii'WE'D'D (als^iutlie 



Malay Archip.). 



Castanopsis indica. A. DC. 

 Luzida spicata DC. 

 Agrostis Clarhei Hook. f. 

 Js:icTüie Clarl-ei Hook. f. 



