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contrast, but we must confine ourselves to the most prominent, and 

 that is the very intimate relationship subsisting between the Cinga- 

 lese vegetation and that of the temperate zone to the northward of 

 it. The West Indies, as we showed, have not on their mountains any 

 temperate North American types ; Ceylon, on the other hand, though 

 its mountains are no higher and are situated much nearer the 

 Equator, presents many Northern and even European plajii»i-— -O 



these the most remarkable are 



Of Genera. 



Thalictrum. 



Anemone. 



Eanun cuius. 



Berberis. 



Sinapis. 



Cardamine. 



Nastiu'tium. 



Viola. 



Drosera. 



Stellaria. 



Cerastium. 



Linum. 



Hypericum. 



Geraniaceae. 



Eubus. 



Potentilla. 



Poterium. 



Helosciadium. 



Pimpinella. 



Heracleum. 



Yiburnum. 



Galinmi^^ ^^^ ^ 

 ValeriaikolLIBRARYlaj 



DipsacuL^V '^t^"^, /^ 



Bidens. V^Jv^ ^ _ 

 Sonchus. V^>^AS3; 



Doronicum. 



Campanula 



Yaccinum. 



Gaultheria. 



Bhododendron. 



Lysimachia. 



Ligustrum. 



Gentiana. 



Pedicularis. 



Scutellaria. 



Teucrium. 



Elseagnus. 



Arum. 



Asparagus. 



Allium. 



Avena. 



Of Species. 



Stellaria media. 

 Tamarix gallica. 

 Oxalis corniculata. 

 Agrimonia Eupatoria. 

 Alchemilla vulgaris. 

 Sanicula Europsea. 

 Bupleurum falcatum. 

 Artemisia vulgaris. 



Here then we have in Ceylon no less than 57 genera (out of 933) 

 which are all European, in contrast to 30 (out of 1091) in the West 

 Indies; and 15 Northern species in Ceylon, in contrast to 9 in the 

 West Indian highlands. 



Mentha arvensis. 

 Calamintha Clinopodium. 

 Plantago major /3. 

 Chenopodium murale. 

 Juncns glaucus. 

 Brachypodium sylvaticum. 

 Triticum repens. 



