INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. 
Elytrophorus articulatua, P. B. (Africa). 
Ophiurus eorymbosus, Gartn. 
Kottboollia exaltat i, L (Africa). 
Maoism-is granulans, (Africa, America). 
Hemarthria compressa, Br. (Africa, Amei 
Imperata arundinacea, Cyri I (Afrit 
Heteropogon contortus, L. (Africa, America). 
Sorglium Halepense, L. (Africa, America). 
Ischaunum ciliare, Nees, 
Andropogon annulatus, Forsk. (Africa). 
Andropogon pertusus, Willd. (Africa). 
Andropogon [schemuro, Nrrs (Africa. America). 
Andropogon striatus, Willi .' i Africa 1 *. 
Spodiopogon angustifolius, 7V 
Chrysopogon acicularis, /,. (Africa). 
Chrysopogon Gryllus, L. (Africa). 
Zo s : .a pungens, Willd. (Africa). 
Arundinella miliacea, Xees (Africa, America). 
This catalogue offers many points worthy of discussion, but which it would be beyond the object 
and scope of this Essay to discuss. The Indian botanist will recognise the double clement, one 
consisting of a littoral and the other of an inland Flora, the former prevalent over the shores of both 
Indian peninsulas, the Malay and Philippine islands, and, to a certain extent, the Louisiadc and 
Western Pacific groups j the other or inland Indian Flora characteristic of the Carnatic, the sandstone 
table-lands of the western Peninsula of India, and which reappears in the Upper liinna valley, where 
the climate of this becomes dry for a considerable portion of the year. A list of representative Indian 
species would have added greatly to its value, as further establishing the close relationship between 
endemic Floras of central Australia and central India, for it would include many species of tin 
following conspicuous Indian genera which arc not enumerated in the foregoing list : — 
Wormia. 
Desmodium. 
Cocculus. 
Agati. 
Nymphs*. 
Clitoris. 
Cleome. 
Canavalia. 
Phoberos. 
Mucuna. 
Adansonia. 
Erythrins. 
Sterculia. 
Brachypteru 
Cochlospermum. 
Pongamia. 
Limonia. 
Flemingia. 
Micromelon. 
Mezoneuron. 
Clausenia. 
Phanera. 
Olax. 
Xeptunia. 
Cupania. 
Pitheeolobiun 
Turrsea. 
Grislea, 
Xanthoxylon. 
Lawsonia. 
Celastrus. 
Eugenia. 
Elasodendron. 
Zanonia. 
Yentilago. 
Zehneris. 
Semecarpus. 
Lofts! 
Canarium. 
Cucumis. 
Psoralen. 
Modecca. 
Tephrosia. 
Loranthua. 
Sesbania. 
Yiscum. 
Petongs. 
Endiandra. 
Spcrmacoce. 
Crypt n. ana 
Adenostemma. 
Claoxylon. 
Maba. 
Sponia. 
Diospyros. 
Pouzolzia. 
Oles. * 
Urostigma. 
Baeobotrys. 
Ficus. 
Jasminum. 
Crinum. 
Yillarsia. 
Curculigo. 
Csrisss. 
Asparagus. 
Taberna^montana. 
Smilax. 
Wrightis. 
Calamus. 
I'hysalN 
Anthistiria. 
Ratzeburgia. 
Another point is the much larger proportion of M i >f Dicotyledons ; of the 
former class fully one-third of all the tropical species are also found in India, of the latter not one- 
