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ENtTMERATIO ACANTHACEARUM 



East Tropical Africa, then, I include Abyssinia ancl^Schweinfurth's, 



of 



Speke 

 research. 



and Grant's, Kirk's, Hildebrandt's and Peters' areas 

 South Africa includes the whole region south of the 



tropic of Capricorn. 



Genus. 



No. of 



species 



obtained. 



New 

 species 



Affinity. 



S. Africa. 



E. Trop. 

 Africa. 



India, 

 "W. Trop. including 





Tliuubergia 



E ly traria . 



Nelsonia 



Hiernia . . 



Hygrophila 



Brillantaisia 



Calophanes 



Euellia . . 



Petalidium . 



Pliaylopsis . 



Whitfieldia . 



Blepbaris . 



Acanthus . 



Barleria . . 



Neur acanthus 

 Asystasia . 



Eranthemum 



Isochoriste . 



Monothecium 



Justicia . . 



Bhinacanthus 

 Dicliptera . 



Hypoestes . 



Total 



7 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 

 2 



7 

 2 



1 



7 

 2 



12 



2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 14 



1 

 3 



2 



73 



5 

 

 

 1 

 1 

 

 

 2 



7 

 1 

 

 4 

 1 

 9 

 2 

 1 

 

 1 

 

 10 

 

 2 

 



47 







1 



1 























7 

 







3 







7 

 



1 





 

 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 1 



6 

 1 

 1 

 

 



1 

 1 



2 

 

 

 

 5 

 1 

 5 

 

 2 

 

 

 

 3 

 1 

 

 1 



ifrica. 



Eelochis- 





tan. 











l 



l 



l 



l 











1 







1 





 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 

 1 

 1 

 

 



6 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 

 1 

 1 

 2 



1 

 2 

 





28 



30 



9.9. 



18 



From this we gather that the relationship with 



East Tropical Africa is rather more than 41 per cent 



• ♦ ♦ • • on 



South Africa 

 West 



India (including Beloochistan ) 



30 

 24i 



n 



n 



n 



The point most worthy of notice here is the higher figure 

 reached by South Africa : a moment's reflection will, however, lead 

 us to the suspicion that this may be owing to the little-known 

 nature of the Western Flora as compared with the carefully 

 explored Cape and Natal region. The considerable Indian element 

 is also to be remarked; but the connection between India and 

 Angola is a well-known puzzle in the geographical distribution of 

 vegetables, a puzzle which, as in the List case, will in all probability 

 be more or less unriddled when the intervening part of Africa has 

 been more fully opened up. 



Undoubtedly the most remarkablo plant in the collection io 



