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Extending as far as the Andamans only : — 



In Indo-China, Andamans ; Himalaya, India, Ceylon 1 



In Indo-China, Andamans ; Himalaya, India 1 



In Indo-China, Andamans ; India 1 



Total number of species extending from the Coco Group to China ... 140 



Table X. Distribution in S. E. Asia of the species extending from 



the Coco Group to Austi'alia. 



Extending as far as China : — 106 



To Malaya, Indo-China, China ; Himalaya, India, Ceylon 72 



To Malaya, Indo-China, China ; IndAa, Ceylon 33 



To Malaya, Indo-China, China .oei»» 1 



Extending as far as Indo-China : — ^ 38 



To Malaya, Indo-China ; Himalaya, India, Ceylon 9 



To Malaya, Indo-China ; Himalaya, India 1 



To Malaya, Tndo-China ; Indin, Ceylon 21 



To Malaya, Indo-China ; India 1 



To Malaya, Indo-China ; Ceylon , . . . 2 



To Malaya, Indo-China 4 



Extending as far as the Coco Ch-oup (Andamans) only : — 9 



To Malaya, Andamans ; Ceylon, India 3j 



To Malaya, Andamans ; Ceylon Ij 



To Malaya, Andamans ; India 2j 



To Malaya, Andamans » 3i 



Total number of species extending from the Coco Group to Australia ... 153 



The analysis of these species thus shows that the figures do not 

 indicate any special connection either with China, with India, or with 

 Australia ; many of the species in these tables are cosmopolitan or nearly 

 so, and thus possess no special phytogeographical interest. The number of 

 species that extend from India, Ceylon or the Himalaj^a to the Andamans 

 and no further, is only 28, or 6| per cent, of the whole flora ; this figure, 

 therefore, more nearly represents what may be considered the peculiarly 

 Indian element in the Flora of the Andamans. There are only three 

 species that extend from South China to the Andamans and no further 

 southwards, and as all three are found in India and may as readily be 

 extensions from India to China as from China to India we may assert 

 that there is no distinctive Chinese feature in the flora at all. Only 

 9 species extend upwards from Australia as far as the Andamans, but not 

 as far as Indo-China ; bu.t all these are characteristic Malayan species 

 and may just as well be considered extensions from Malaya to Australia 

 as from Australia through Malaya to the Coco Islands. The occurrence 

 of as many as 10 of the species in Ceylon and not in India would seem at 

 first to indicate that there is some foundation for a remark by Mr. 

 Kurz, already alluded to in connection with the vegetation of Diamond 

 Island {J. A. 8. B. lix, pt. 2, p. 290), concerning the presence of a Ceylon 



