PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL REMARKS. 



It is very dangerous to draw conclusions from the distribution 

 of one plant-family. Yet, we may say with some reservation 

 several things, worth mentioning. 



The number of genera occurring in the regions dealt with, is 

 28, of which 2, that of the species 305, of which 31 are new 

 to Science. 



Of these, 7 genera (nos. 1 —7) with 1 7 species are no natives 

 of the regions but are imported into them from tropical America. 

 Of the rest, viz. 21 genera with 288 species, we can say the 

 following : 



The Philippines have 104 species of Verbenaceee, 1 of which 

 is doubtful and 65 (= 60 %) are apparently endemic \). 

 For the Malay Peninsula these numbers are resp. 73, 1 and 19 

 „ Java 

 „ Borneo 

 „ New-Guinea 



„ Sumatra „ ,, „ „ 



„ Celebes 

 „ Molucca-isl. 



„ Little Sunda-isl. ,, 



,, Micronesia 



,, the Bismarck-archipelago these numbers are 



respectively 



The arrangement after the % of endemism is the following: 



60 7o. Philippines, flora with an affinity with that of Celebes, 



Borneo, Java (China, Japan, Formosa). 



') Emphasis may be laid on the fact, that many ,, endemic'' species 

 are either new, or doubtful ones. 



2) 3 of which are Geunsiae. 3) 3 of which in Timor. ■*) new species. 



