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Characteristic trees and shrubs. TernstroemiaceaB (Cleyera), Gordonia, 

 Schima, Eurya, Meliaceae, arborescent Eupatoriese, Lauraceae, Ficus, 

 Podocarpus amara, P. imbricata, P. latifolia, P. bracteata, Agathis loran- 

 thifolia, Quercus, 16 sp., Myrica javanica, Castanea javanica, C. argentea, 

 &c., Dithocarpus javensis, Engelhardtia spicata, E. rigida, Thibaudia, sp., 

 Viburnum, sp.,Sambucus javanica, Haemospermum arboreum, Mespilus, sp. 



(For further information on the botany of this region the publications 

 of Blume, Miquel, Beccari, and other botanists should be consulted.) 



11. Oceanic (or Chamisso's) Region. 

 Mean temperature, 73-83 Fahr. (23-29 C.). 



Character. A sparing and not very peculiar flora. Greater approxi- 

 mation to the flora of Asia than to that of Africa ; some affinity to the 

 Australian (Casuarina, Proteaceae, Myoporum, Epacrideae, Melaleuca, 

 Acaciae aphyllae). 



Genera. Schiedea, Antholoma, Aporetica, Crossostylis, Codia, Timo- 

 nius, Kadua, Cyathostegia, Argophyllum, Melodinus, Ascarina. 



Predominant trees and shrubs. Dracaena terminalis, Tacca pinnatifida, 

 Pandanus odoratissimus, Cocos nucifera, Corypha umbraculifera, Cupressus 

 columnaris, Oasuarina equisetifolia, C. nodiflora, Ficus, sp., Artocarpus 

 incisa, Aleurites triloba, Embothiium strobilinum, Scaevola Koenigii, Vac- 

 cinium cereum, LobeHa arborea, &c. ; Coffea kaduana, 0. Mariniana, 

 Kadua Cookiana, &c., Rhizophora Mangle, R. gymnorhiza, Terminalia 

 Catalpa, Barringtonia speciosa, Melaleuca virgata, &c., Osteomeles anthyl- 

 lidifoua, Cassia Sophora, Mimosa Mangium, Adenanthera scandens, Black- 

 burnia pinnata, Calophyllum Inophyllum, Clusia sessilis, C. pedicellata, 

 Sapindus Saponaria, Dodonaea spathulata, D. viscosa, Aporetica pinnata, 

 A. ternata, Grewia Mallococca, Sterculia Balangas, S. foetida, Commersonia 

 echinata, Tetracera Euryandra. 



Cultivated plants. Bread-fruit, Taro (Arum esculentum), Arum sa- 

 gittifolium, A. microrhizon, Tacca pinnatifida, Convolvulus chrysorhizus, 

 Yam (Dioscorea alata), Cocoa-nut, Banana, Inocarpus edulis, StercuUa 

 Balangas, Ficus aspera, F. Granatum, Shaddock, Hog-plum (Spondias 

 dulcis), Mimusops dissecta, Terminalia glabra, Crataeva religiosa, Eugenia 

 malaccensis, Dracaena terminalis, Macropiper methysticum, Areca oleracea, 

 Paper-mulberry . 



(Seemann's * Flora Vitiensis ' may be consulted for a complete list of the 

 plants of Fiji, &c.) 



12. Region of Balsamic trees (Arabian or ForskaVs Region). 



This and the following region are properly grouped in one region 

 by Grisebach, the broad climatal and botanical features being the same 

 from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, south of the Mediterranean district 

 and north of the Central African region. It extends to Arabia, Scinde, 

 and the Punjab. Great heat and almost rainless seasons are characteristic. 

 The vegetation is peculiar, consisting often of spiny, bulbous, or succulent 

 plants. 



Character. Tropical j in greatest part, Indian forms. 



