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of this ocean 



1 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



formed a centre of preservation for th 



flora that is now ch 



terised as Mediterr 



The physical conditions that permitted this preservation were 



tly those that would prevent an Arctic-Alpine genus from establishing itself 



in 



th 



tract. The absence therefore of the genus Pedicularis from temperate Southern Europ 



whil 



it 



present 



the temperate Himalaya is excellent negativ 



evidence of the 



validity of the reasoning of these authors 



A. brief 



of the distributio 



of the various divisions and sections, which it 



has been necessary to defer to this stasre, must conclude this chapter. It admits of bein fe 



n> 



done most easily by 



t> xll o 



the whole 



before in tabular form 



Table XIX. — Distribution of Pedicularis by sections. 



Divisions. 



I.— LoNGIBOSTRES 



Sections. 



IL— Adcnc^ 



III.— Ebostbes 



• •• 





Siphonanthae 

 Orthorrhynchse 



Khyncholophse 



Bidentat© 



Anodont® 



Totals 



• • • 



• * • 



• • • 



• •• 



• •• 



• • • 



• • ♦ 



6 



4 



10 





• « • 



16 



14 



10 



Circumpolar.l Europe. I Siberia. 



Caucasus. 



Japan 



China, Himalaya. America 



2 



1 



• • • 



11 



20 



2 



t « « 



1 



6 



17 



7 



2 



3 



17 



36 



25 



3 



2 



1 



9 



14 

 50 



9 



15 



2 



8 



14 



19 



49 



101 



• • • 



12 



8 



4 



24 



It is more easily explained still if the diagrammatic method is adopted, and the figures 

 are better appreciated when put in the form of percentages. 







