360 D. Prain — The Vegetation of the Coco Group. [No. 4, 



Table VII. Relationship of General Distribution to Habit and Habitat. 



Habit. 



Distributional Features. 



Habitat. 



hi 



< 



o 



CO 



B 

 o 



CD 



5 





ft 



to 



-1-3 



O 



CD 

 CD 



50 



o 





1' 

 c 



a3 







.r-H 



s 



a. 



u 6 



-d 



.M S-l 

 CD p^ 



? ce 

 fin 



Hi 



E-l 

 



E-l 



70 

 3 



14 

 1 



5 



1 



2 



49 



1 

 2 

 1 

 2 



5 

 5 

 1 

 2 



8 



2 

 2 



58 



Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 

 America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Poly- 

 nesia 



In tropics of both Hemispheres, hut 

 hardly cosmopolitan. 

 America, Africa, Asia, Australia 

 America, Africa, Asia, Polynesia 

 America, Africa, Asia 

 America, Asia 



Widely distributed in Eastern Hemi- 

 spheres ; not in America. 

 Africa, Asia, Australia, Polynesia 

 Africa, Asia, Australia 

 Africa, Asia, Polynesia ,.. 

 Africa, Asia ... 



Confined to Asia and Australasia. 

 Asia, Australia, Polynesia 

 Asia, Australia 

 Asia, Polynesia 



Soutt-Eastern Asia only ... 



12 

 3 



16 



2 



6 



'"2 



2 

 3 



'"2 



"16 



2 



129 



6 



... 



12 



2 



8 



1 



2 



8 



1 

 1 



1 

 2 



1 

 15 



70 

 3 



s 



1 



1 





3 



?, 



3 

 1 



4 



26 

 5 

 1 

 2 



10 

 6 



16 



"1 

 1 



1 



1 



"i 



3 

 1 



1 



12 



?, 



29 



12 



2 



6 



15 



23 



3 



188 



7 

 1 



i 



2 

 8 



43 



13 

 3 

 1 

 1 



2 

 7 

 1 



59 



4 

 3 



2 



3 

 6 



28 



29 



12 



2 



6 



15 



23 



3 



188 



358 



78 



94 



48 



138 



Totals 



15 



18 



162 



14 



80 



19 



21 



29 358 



In discussing tlie pliytogeograpbic distribution of tliese species 

 witliin the province of South-Bastern Asia it is necessary to distinguish 

 between the districts forming the Western section, viz. : — -the lower 

 Himalayan slopes with the plains at their foot, Peninsular India, and 

 Ceylon — from the Eastern section, which comprises Southern China, Indo- 

 China, Malaya, including the Philippines, New Guinea, and the coasts of 

 Northern or Tropical Australia. Of the 358 species in the Coco Islands, 

 which therefore necessarily all occur in the Eastern section, 252 species, 

 or 70 per cent., are found in the Western section as well. Of the whole 

 number 153 species, or 43 per cent., extend to Australia, whereas only 

 140, or 39 per cent., are known to occur in South China. 



The following tables indicate the distribution of the species so far 

 as these thi'ee portions of S. E, Asia are concerned. 



