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Boraginaceae, Hj'poxidaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Cordiaceae, Moraceae, Lauraceae, 

 Droseraceae have only 1-2 species. 



The author found 170-180 species of shrubs. Speciallj- numerous among them 

 are Myrtaceae and Malpighiaceae ; tiien come the Melastomaceae and Compositae. 

 5-10 species are exhibited by the Euphorbiaceae, Lythraceae, Rubiaceae, Anonaceae, 

 Papilionaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae. By 3-4 species are represented the 

 Apocjmaceae, Bixaceae, Ternstroemiaceae, Loranthaceae. By one, or at most two, 

 species the Erythroxj'Iaceae, Connaraceae, Sapindaceae, Dilleniaceae, Mj-rsinaceae, 

 Solanaceae, Loganiaceae, Bombaceae, Cordiaceae, Artocarpeae, Bignoniaceae, Sima- 

 rubaceae. Ochnaceae, Anacardiaceae, Symplocaceae. 



Warming estimates the number of tree-species at 76, or including doubtful 

 species, 80. Of families with more than one species there are Vochysiaceae with 8 ; 

 Papilionaceae, Myrtaceae, and Compositae, with 5 each ; Bombaceae, Malpighiaceae, 

 Nyctaginiaceae, with 4 each ; Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae, Bignoniaceae, Protea- 

 ceae, Myrsinaceae, Rubiaceae, Melastomaceae, with 3 each ; Sapotaceae, Combre- 

 taceae, Apocynaceae, Erythro.xylaceae, Sapindaceae, Palmae, with 2 each. Families 

 with only one species are the Anonaceae, Araliaceae, Connaraceae, Rhizobolaceae, 

 Ternstroemiaceae, Loganiaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Lythra- 

 ceae, Euphorbiaceae, Labiatae, Bixaceae, Stj'raceae, Ebenaceae, Celastraceae, 

 Olacaceae, Dilleniaceae. 



SELECT LITERATURE. 



I. General Characteristics of the Vegetation in periodically 



dry Districts. 



The literature of this subject is included in that cited under the following 

 headings. 



2. Woodland Formations in periodically dry Tropical Districts. 



Berg, A. Physiognomy of Tropical Vegetation in South America. Fourteen 



plates. London, 1854. 

 Bdrgesen, F., eg Paulsen, O. Om vegetationen paa de dansk-vestindiske oer. 



Kjobenliavn, 1S98. 

 Brandis, J. L Forest Flora of North-West and Central India. London, 1S74. 

 ■ II. Report on the Attaran Forests for the year 1S60. Selection from the 



Records of the Government of India. Calcutta, 1861. 

 Cordes, J.W. H. De Djati-Bosschen op Java ; hunne natuur, verspreiding, geschie- 



denis en exploitatie. Batavia, 1881. 

 Detmer, W. Botanische Wanderungen in Brasilien. -Leipzig, 1897. 

 Engler, A. Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Deutsch Ost- 



Afrika. Bd. V. Berlin, 1895. 

 Falconer, H. Reports on the Teak Forests of the Tenasserim Provinces. With 



other papers on the Teak Forests of India. Selections from the Records of 



the Bengal Government. Calcutta, 1852. 



