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The result of the present compilation, so far as numbers 

 are concerned, is as follows : — 





Orders. 



Genera. 



Species. 



1. Dicotylcdoneae ... 



... 80 



360 



1,230 



2. Monocotyledoneae 



... 15 



112 



321 



8. Acotyledoneae ... 



... 3 



18 



31 



98 490 1,582 



The most prominent orders by the number of their species 

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Batio of Species 





No. 



of Species. 



No. of Genera. 



to Genera as 1. 



1. 



Compo sitae 



200 



53 



37 



2. 



Leguminosae ... 



165 



34 



4-8 



3. 



Gramineae 



111 



40 



37 



4. 



Chenopodiaceae 



72 



12 



6 



5. 



Cyperaceae 



69 



1.1 



63 



G. 



Myrtaceae 



65 



11 



5-9 





In a subordinate rank — 







7. 



Orchidaceae . . . 



47 



17 



27 



8. 



Goodenovieae . . . 



40 



8 



5 



9. 



Myoporineae ... 



39 



2 



195 



10. 



Malvaceae 



34 



S 



4-2 



11. 



Crucif erae 



33 



10 



33 



12. 



Proteaceae 



32 



8 



4 



The figures in the third column represent in an inverse 

 sequence the prominence of the natural orders in respect to 

 morphological variety ; Orchidaceae heading the list and Myo- 

 porineae closing it. 



DICOTYLEDONE.^. 



EANUNCULACEiE (El. Aust., Vol. I.) 



Clematis aristata, JR. Brown; 6 



microphylla, De Cand. ; 7 

 Myosurus minimus, Linne; 8 

 Eanunculus aquatilis, Linne; 10 

 lappaceus, Smith; 12 

 rivularis, Banks; 13 

 parviflorus, Linne; 14 



DlLLENIACEiE (El. Aust., Vol. I.) 



Hibbertia densiflora, F. M. ; 26 

 stricta, B. Brown; 27 

 Billardieri, F. M. ; 28 





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