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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



largely due to the great increase in th 

 mber of species as compared with any district to the west, and probably als 



be recollected that the high percentage is 



total ni 



to the wide extent of 



plored Himalaya lying between it and Yunnan 



■> 



th 



tern district with which we are in a position to compare it 



is table on 



Indeed, the true 



g 



nificance of the figures in 

 with the similar table for Y 



becomes apparent when it is considered along 

 Probably no such abrupt break as they seem to 



ndicate exists anywhere in the HimaJa} 



d the read 



er is warned against constru 



ing them in 



this sense. If the table given below be consulted, it will be observed 



that there are in Sikkim Proper 40 species, of which 



nly 8 



or 20 per cent 



are 



d 



d in the Chumbi Valley 34, of which only 4, or 11*7 per cent., are endemic 



Th 



is in 



accord 



with the 



d 



pplied by all the preced 



o 



districts 



j 



d 



probably indicates the condition of affairs throughout the entire province. 



Table XII. — Table of distribution for the Sikkim- Chumbi Himalaya 





Species. 



Endemic, 





Distributed west to 

 or beyond Nepal. 





1. P. alaschaoica 



2. 



albiflora 



• ■ • 



(C.) 

 (S.) 



To Tibeto-China. 



East to, or beyond 

 Bootan. 



• • • 



• » • 



l 



3. 



bella 



• • • 



4. 



carnosa 



(S.) 



5. 



chumbica 



••• 



(C.) 



6. 



Clarkei 



• • 9 



• • 9 



7. 



collata 



(S) 



1 



1 



• • • 



1 



1 



t • • 



1 



* * » 



1 



8. 



confertiflora 



• • • 



9. 



10. 



curvipes 

 Daltoni 



• •• 



(S.) 



• • 



♦ * • 



a. 



denudata 



(S.) 



12. 



Elwesii 



1 



1 



1 



13. 



excelsa 



• * t 



• • • 



14. 



15. 



flagellaris 

 flexuosa 



* * • 



(S.) 



# » • 



1 



• • • 



16. 



furfuracea 



• * * 



i 



• • 



• • » 



• ■ 



• • • 



• • # 



- • 



17. 



Gammieana 



• • • 



(8.) 



18. 



Grarck 



eana 



••• 



19. 



20. 



gibbera 

 globifera 



(8.) 



1 



1 





1 



, 



• • 



t # • 



• • « 



• • • 



* • • 



• t« 



• • # 



1 



• • r 



1 



1 



• • • 



• mm 



1 



• • • 



% ♦ 



i 



• • * 



• • • 



• i 



1 



21. 



gracilis 



« •• 



(C.) indicates that tbe 



• • • 



• • I 



*• e """"° -• ... ... i .... j 



s **» ; - (s J^JS^Sir**, r rs A n the ? humbi Tallfy w has ^r^r^L 



pt?tii?s appears in Sikkim and has not been so far reported from Chumbi, 



t 



