GEOGRAPHICAL STATISTICS OF THE EUROPEAN FLORA. 149 
by the investigations of the British eng site is further confirmed by 
the a lists, which divide as follow 
c1e 
Average, 
2186 with ovary inferior é : p . 2°30 
4369 other Phanerogams . é - . ee A 
Conspicuous flowers.—The tia “at range of plants bearing in- 
conspicuously-coloured flowers, those with white, and those with 
brightly-coloured flowers, pti hes from the British lists, is quite 
confirmed by a similar comparison of Continental plants. 
Specie verage. 
805 “of whole Orders having i inconspicuous fisted 3°60 
225 other plants with inconspicuous flowers - “20 
1030 total with oo coloured flowers a 51 
1035 with white flow 2°88 
3657 with Seiehthy-teiiieed flowers 
861 with colour of flowers seems unrecorded, 
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The difference per cent. between the three —— is indeed 
greater in the Continental than in the British result, as is seen if the 
figures are reduced to an equal standard, making them are 100 in 
each case. They then contrast as follows :— 
B: iti } - 
Inconspicuous : ‘ 110 oe 121 
White . : < ° 102 ae: 100 
Coloured : é F 88 wily 79 
ISPERSION ACCORDING TO NATURE OF FRuIT.—Fleshy 
fruit.—The hypothesis that a seeetleat fruit s esta for a planta 
sg dispersion of its seeds, from their rene, ahr ed ial tes ds and 
othe i 
ir pow germinati 
mere, was hardly supported by the British peli that of fleshy- 
fruited species only slightly exceeding that of dry-fruited. The 
Continental averages give a more decided result, as follows :— 
Speci Average, 
168. with succulent fruit é . é . on 
6387 with dry fruit ; . » 2:59 
As the proportion of bic teaia species is ude greater in 
the British flora than on the Continent, a mu uch more marked, an 
perhaps a more correct contrast is obtained if we combine the British 
and Pana: lists together. The averages of the whole European 
flora are cS 
Average. 
105 "with succulent fruit ‘ - , ~ Oeu 
7406 ,, dry 56 eo eS ee 
Dehiscence.—Dividing dry fruits into dehiscent and indehiscent, we 
have the following comparison, agreeing with that of British plants, 
