HIMALAYAN CONSPECTUS. 



39 



The table below shows compactly the physiographical and political constituent* of 

 each district with the names (arranged as far as possible chronologically) of the 

 botanists to whose exertions their investigation is 



Table XVII 



due: 



Conspectus of the Himalayan pt 



DIVISION. 



District. 



Physiographical components. 



Political components. 



=1 

 3 



H« tanieil iOTNllBflM 



>> 



•w 



l. Teans-Indus 



*•• 





Himalaya west of the river Indus: 

 Karakoram (Mustagh) range: Hindu 

 Kush ; Safed Koh. 



o 



o 



s 





S 



Z 



I 



[Kafiristan] 

 Kabul. 



Badakshan : HaltiaUu 



(triUith: 



Clarke: 



T. fhon v ^tohcfik*: 



Collet t : AltchmoU; UiU-s. 



2. Panjab Him 



ALAYA. 



Himalaya between the Indus and the 

 Sutlej rivers. 



Hazara: Kashmir: Ladak 

 Spiti : Kullu : Cbamba. 



Lahul: 







Moorcroft : Jarqucmont: Falconer 



Kdg*v rt h : Hay I 1 hoctiimti 



Stewart : Clark: Stoh k»i - it. 

 Clark « Brandis: Duthw: lirydg 



Kills: Jai-M'hke. 





3. Kamaon 



ALAYA, 



HIM- Himalaya between the Sutlej and the Sirrnur: KunawMr: Gnrhwal : Tehn : 



Karnalli rivers. 



Kamaon: [West Nepal partly]. 



Jaoqmmont : Wallirh : < • van : R* lc : 



\ an: Miadhi \ ami Winter It- 

 Thomson Mvid»-n HofhMitftor 



BraiKls: J nu Mbhi Gamble 

 Duthtft. 





Eh 

 I 



ti 



^ 



PS 



- 



4. Kepal 



ALAYA 



HlM- 



Himalaya. between the Karnalli 

 the Arun rivers. 



and 





Kingdom of Nepal except extn 

 west and extreme ea^t. Onl;i a small 

 portion of Central Nepal is investi- 

 gated. 



»n Hu 



haiiHii- Hamilton Unllich: 8< Iljr : 



M*n<*. 





5. SlKKTM-BoOTAN 



Himalaya. 



Himalaya between the Arun and the 

 Menas rivers. 



[East Nepal partly]: Sikkim : Chumbi I 

 Phari: (Hoot an). 



Griffith : Hooker Booth • Andi on 

 Clarke: King: Gamble. 



»c 



6. Akha-Miri 



Himalaya. 



Himalaya between the Menas and the | [Akha] ; (Daphla) \ [Miri] 

 Dihong rivers. 



••• 



«•• 



Booth: King 





o 



o 



7Z 



7. AS8AM-EUEMESE 

 UPLANDS. 



The upland region between Brah- 

 maputra and lrrowaday rivers, i.e., 

 Himalaya east of Dihong; Patkoi, 

 Burail, Khasia, Khoondoung, 

 Muni Pahar and Yomadoung ranges. 



(Mishmi) : (Patkoi) : Bum il 

 Manipur: (Western 



[Lushai] : Chittagong: 



[Kachen]. 



: Khaaia : 

 Burma) i 

 Arakan : 



W allien : Griffith: Maater Hooker 

 and Thomson ; Simons: Oldham 

 Kurz: Clnrke : Maun: hit, 

 Watt: Col let t: Prain. 



8. Shan plateau 



Upland region between Irrawaday 

 and Mekons rivers, i.e., Shan Hills 

 and Pegu Yomah. 



(South-weBt Yunnan) : 

 States) : [Siam] : (Eastern 

 Pegu. 



(Shan 

 Burma) : 



Brandis: J Anderson : Kun : Colleit. 



I 



9. Yunnan 



LANDS. 



HlGH- 



Upland region between the Mekong 

 and the Yang-tse-kian* rivers, i.e., 

 Yunnan mountains, Tonquin hills 

 and Nan-ling range. 



Yunnan: (Kweitscbou) : (Tonquin) .. 





Delavay: Perny. 





a 



I 



Q 



10. South India... 



Nitehiris; Western Ghauts: Ceylo» 

 Plateau. 



.^ 



South India: Ceylon 



• •• 



Koeni*: Rot tier: Knxburgh: Klein: 

 \ I eyne : Perrottet : Sclimid i : XV ijrht 

 Beddom** : Gamble : Burrnann : 

 Moon : Macrae : Walker : Champion : 

 Gardner: Thwaitei: Inraen. 





area has been only partially investigated 



In 



very valuable contribution to Phytogeography' Mr. Hemsley has recently pointed 



distribution based partly on existing and partly on anterior condi- 



out that a system of 



tions must be unsatisfactory 



He adds that the task of the 



biological geograph 



18 



completed when he has 



r 



.presented 



distribution of existing animals " or plant 



nearly as possible the main features of the 

 2 The mechanical portion of the task truly 



ends here; the philosophical 

 of Pedicularis th 

 hemisphere may 



pect of the problem 



then presents itself 



I 



the case 



physiographical features and meteorological 



ditions of the north 



plain 



how it 



that the genus is localised in a series of provinces 



characterising the Arctic- Alpine norther 



flora 



But how the delimitatio 



effected 



of 



1 



ess 



interest than why the delimitation is pos 



sibl 



dit 



being so g 



that resultant areas are 



The differential effects of physical 

 pressible it 



terms of their ende 



species 



> 



how 



it that the presence 



i one genus in 



the 



T 



satisfv th 



enquiry 



eference to anterior conditions seems 



everal 

 to be 



is 



tial 



«. 



> Godman and Salvin: BioUgia Centr all- Americana ; Botany, Introd. 



(1888). 



Mr. Wa! fac 



H 



of 



