. direction." 
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y be considerable variation in the character of the vegeta- 
al 
- must necessaril 
tion in a northerly and southerly direction, but the variation is gradu 
no means so marked or distinct as it isin an er and westerly 
* * * * * 
s$ = the eastern region e A most abundantly represented or 
former are more n double m 
cent. of the flora of this region. 
in the -— or third column at all, the reason being that I 
have a sufficient data for determining their relative positions, 
v - might tesa the third - fourth place. In the western 
the re 
: E guminose stand at t ead of the list, and these a 
followed by [ rwr but the difference between the two is very 
the proportion being about * to 2. The table shows that 1 18:8 
e Composite appear to be poorly re resented, forming only-3*2 per 
went, of the flora. In the,central re on the other hand, e - 
iem are at the head of the list, with a per-centage of 13. Rubiacee, 
again, which one might expect to be e aed one | in the western 
region, only form 3*2 per cent. of the flora. ‘The eastern, central, and 
western regions, therefore, might, if we take the most largely repre- 
dined orders into: account, be fairly called the Fern regio n, the Com- 
ely.’ 
. posite region, and the Legumi inous region respeetiv 
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* That the flora of the central region should differ widely from the flora 
of the eastern and western ns is accounted for by the great elevation 
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to south, is undoubtedly of very great antiquity, having exi 
ly o g existed 
Fam eme from Palzozoic times, and has therefore always formed 
a NWA regions. The 
floras therefore, even if they were formerly similar, which is Sage 
if they wo adil iia (00 mir sp. cgo impu: 
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