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Sophora, 
Terminalia, 
Cordia, 
Ehretia. 
Both these lists might be much increased, especially if the geogra- 
phical distribution in India of the species of Graminez was better 
known. 
The following table of the number of species in a few of the 
larger natural orders will shew how much Leguminose and Graminez 
exceed the others. The materials of the entire Flora of Behar are 
the basis of the tables. ; 
Natural orders. Genera. Species. 
Leguminose, 44, 89 
Graminez, 47 84 
Composite, 28 47 
Rubiacez, 16 27 
Scrophularinee, 18 26 
Labiateze, 16 24 
Acanthacez, 15 23 
Euphorbiace, 15 23 
Cyperace, 13 20 
Convolvulacee, 9 16 
Malvacee, 6 13 
Lythrace, 6 13 
Urticacer, Te 11 
Orchidacez, 8 J 
Tiliacez, 3 10 
The remainder of the Natural Orders have under ten species each. 
The total number of species included in this Catalogue is 738 
belonging to 473 genera and 110 Natural orders. 
These are distributed in the three classés in the following numbers. 
Genera. Species. 
Dicotyledones, 059 560 
Monocotyledones, 96 157 
Cry ptogamee, 18 21 
APPENDIX. 
During eight days that Dr. Thomson and I remained at the Jain 
temple on Parasnath, at an elevation of 4,000 feet a few observations 
