Group VI. Australasian seres. 



(a) Australian seres. 



(b) New Zealand seres. 



Group VII. Sino-Japanese seres. 



Group VIII, South American seres. 



B. Biographical Relationships. 



I. Based on elements. 



For comparative purposes the following elements are most 

 useful:- Cosmopolitan, N. Hemisphere, S. Hemisphere, Tropical, 

 Mediterranean, S. E. Eurasia, Pan-American, Local Regional. 

 The application of this analysis to certain areas is shown in Table 1, 



Table 1. 



Region Cosm. ^- ^- Trop. Med. S.E. Pan- ^ocal 



Hem. Hem. Euras . Amer, 



European maritime 



marshes. ^) 25% 33% -- -- 7% 1% -- 34% 



Inland German 



salt areas. 1) 3 2 32 -- -- 4 8 -- 24 



Hungarian salt 



areas. 1) 16 21 -- -- 2 31 -- 30 



Inland Roumanian 



salt areas. 1) 14 22 -- -- 6 34 -- 24 



East. U.S.A. 



salt marshes.^) 10 35 -- -- -- -- 33 22 



West U.S.A. 

 salt marshes . 

 {Los Angeles) 3) 13 10.5 2 8.5 -- -- 27 39 



Argentine inland 



salt areas. 4) 5 -- 5 -- -- -- 21 69 



New Zealand 



salt marshes. ^^ 18 18 38 3 3 20 



1) Wendelberger (1950). 



2) Johnson and York (1915). 



3) Purer (1942). 



4) Ragonese (1951). 



5) Chapman (unpub. ) for Auckland area. 



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