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g. British Islands 393 



h. France 404 



I. General 404 



II. Corsica 419 



i. Iberian Peninsula 419 



I. General 419 



II. Balearic Islands 423 



j. Italy 423 



I. General • 423 



II. Sicily 430 



k. Switzerland 432 



1. Austria-Hungary 438 



I. General '. . . 438 



II. Hungary 444 



III. Austrian Littoral, Bosnia and Herzegovina . . 447 



m. Balkan Peninsula 448 



n. Mediterranean region in general and islands . . 451 



5. Asia and Malat Archipelago 452 



a. General 452 



b. Siberia as a whole and West Siberia 453 



c. East Siberia 454 



d. Central Asiatic Russia 456 



e. China 457 



I. General 457 



II. Tibet and Mongolia 460 



III. Hongkong 460 



IV. Korea 461 



f. Japan 461 



I. General 461 



II. Formosa 463 



g. Philippine Islands 463 



h. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago 464 



I. Malay Peninsula 464 



II. Malay Archipelago except Sumatra; Java and 



Borneo 464 



III. Sumatra 467 



IV. Java 467 



V. Borneo 469 



i. French Indochina, Tonkin, Annam and Siam . . 469 

 j. British India 470 



I. General 470 



II. Assam and Burma 475 



III. Ceylon 476 



k. Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Pamir . . . 477 

 1. Asiatic Turkey and Arabia 477 



I. General 477 



II. Syria and Palestine 479 



III. Arabia 480 



m. Indian Ocean Islands 481 



I. General 481 



II. Mascarene and Seychelle Islands 481 



6. Africa and Madagascar 482 



a. General 482 



b. Mediterranean States 483 



c. Northeast Africa 486 



d. West Africa from Morocco to the Congo . . . 490 



e. Congo State and Angola . . . 491 



f. East Africa 492 



g. South Africa 493 



h. Madagascar and the Comoro group 496 



i. Azores, Madeira, the Canary and Cape Verde 



Islands 496 



j. South Atlantic Islands 498 



7. Australasia 498 



a. General 498 



b. New Guinea 499 



c. Bismarck Archipelago 499 



d. Australia 499 



e. Tasmania 505 



f . New Zealand and neighboring islands .... 506 



g. Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands 508 



h. New Caledonia, New Hebrides and Loyalty Is- 

 lands 508 



8. Pacific Islands 509 



a. General 509 



b. Hawaiian Islands 509 



c. Ladrone, Caroline, and Marshall Islands . . . 510 



d. Fiji, Friendly, Samoan, Phoenix and Ellice Is- 



lands 510 



e. Galapagos Islands 510 



f. Society Islands, Low Archipelago and Marquesas 510 



9. Antarctic Islands 510 



IX. ETHNOBOTANY 511 



A. GENERAL AND VARIOUS 511 



B. BIBLE PLANTS 512 



C. PLANTS IN ANCIENT LITERATURE . . .514 



D. PLANTS IN MEDIEVAL AND MODERN LIT- 



ERATURE 514 



E. EMBLEMATIC BOTANY 515 



F. ESTHETIC BOTANY 516 



G. PLANT LORE 517 



1. Tree Lore 517 



2. Plant Lore in General 517 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS 519 



ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES OF PERIODICALS QUOTED IN THIS VOLUME ... 537 

 SUBJECT INDEX 561 



