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THE WOKLD OF LIFE 



Extra-European Temperate Floras. Small Areas. 



Lat. 



40°N. 

 39°N. 



37°N. 

 37°N. 



35 °S. 



35*S. 



34°S. 



32rs. 



27rS. 



27J°N. 



Country. 



North America. 

 Boulder Co., Colorado. . . 

 Washington, D.C 



Japan. 



Mount Nikko 



Mount Fujiyama 



South Africa. 

 Cape Peninsula 



Aust7nlia. 



Illawarra, N.S.W 



Cumberland Co., N.S.W. . 

 Mudgee (Wellington Co.) 

 Brisbane, Q 



North India. 

 Temperate Sikhim 



Area 

 Sq. Miles. 



751 

 108 



360 

 520 



197 



200 



1400 



600 



800 



1800 



No. of 

 Species. 



1200 

 922 



800 

 730 



1750 



829 

 1213 



631 

 1283 



2000 



Remarks. 



Cockerell 

 Ward 



Hayati 



Bolus 



A. G. Hamilton 

 W. Woolls 

 A. G. Hamilton 

 Jas. Wedd 



Hooker 



liausen, somewhat similarly situated, but at a higher latitude. 



The two mountain areas in Japan, which Mr. Hajati 

 informs me have been well explored, show an unexpected 

 poverty in species, being much below any of the Swiss cantons 

 of equal area. This is the more remarkable as Japan itself 

 is equal to the most favoured countries in Europe — France 

 and Italy; and this again indicates the combined effect of 

 altitude and insularity in diminishing species-production, the 

 lower parts of these Japan mountains being highly cultivated. 



In the southern hemisphere we come first to the Cape 

 Peninsula, as limited by Mr. Bolus, and often thought 

 to be the richest area of its size in the world. There are 80 

 species of heaths and nearly 100 species of orchises in this 

 small tract only a little larger than the Isle of Wight. 'No 

 other similar area in the temperate zone approaches it, 

 though it is possible that an equally rich area of the same 

 extent might be found in temperate Sikhim, where several 



