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INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. 



183 



2770 species of flowering plants and 150 ferns, of which the 

 majority inhabit the temperate zone ; fewer are tropical, and 

 still fewer alpine. The prevailing natural orders are : 



Banunculaceae 

 Papaveraceas 



55 

 25 



Fumariaceae . . . . . 16 



MagnoliaceaB 



MalvacesD 



Bombaceae 



Tiliaceae 



Byttneriaceae 



Ternstroemiacese 



Aurantiaeea) 



Caryophylleae 

 Cmciferae. . 

 Vitacese . . 

 BalsamineaD , 

 Acerineae 

 Leguniinosae 



Rosaceae . . 

 TJmbelliferae . 



Araliaceas 



Melastomaceae 



Cucurbitaceae 



Rubiaceae 



Crassulaceae 



Compositaa . 



Ericeae 



iceae "1 

 ,ccinieae J 



7 



80 



11 

 12 

 30 

 30 

 20 

 18 

 6 



100 

 80 

 50 

 26 

 10 

 20 

 80 

 16 



170 



60 



Gentianese 38 



Asclepiadeae 



Apocyneae 

 Scrophularineae . 



Labiate . • . 



45 



70 

 90 



Cyrtandreae 27 



Myrsines9 12 



Prinmlaceae 36 



Boraginese 



18 



Acanthaceae 35 



Polygoneae 45 



Euphorbiaceae ... . . 35 



Urticea* 110 



Amentaceae 15 



Coniferae 

 Laurineae 



10 



30 



Aroideae 16 



Orchideae 150 



Scitamineae 24 



Palmeaa 10 



Smilaeeael A ^ 



40 



Liliaceae J 



Juncese ...... 25 



Gramineae . . . . .180 



Cyperaceae 106 



Central Himalaya, or Nipal. 



The kingdom of Nipal extends for 500 miles along the 

 Himalaya, from the western extremity of Sikkim to the east- 

 ern border of Kumaon, from which it is separated by the river 

 Kali. The jealous policy of the Nipalese government has pre- 

 vented our acquiring an intimate knowledge of this country, 

 the only part to which Europeans have been allowed access 



