ida, oast oi" the Appalacb.ian :>iountains. liamanelis has 

 two more species, one in southorn China, and one in 

 Japan. Liquidambar is also represented by two spe- 

 cies which occur in southern Asia from Asia Minor 

 to Formosa. Fothergilla is representes by one oth- 

 er species in Persia. The remaining genera are con 

 fined to southern and eastern Asia and Malaysia, 

 with the exception of three genera found in Madagas 

 car and southern Africa. 



Thus the whole family, with the exception 

 of three genera, is C'.nfined to the eastern and 

 southern parts of North America and Asia, This pe- 

 culiar, and as yet unexplained, distribution occurs 

 in a large niunber of genera, but this family is one 

 of the most pronounced cases found. 



It should also be said that Hamamelites and Par- 



