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II. AFRICO-EUROPEAN KINGDOM. 



Provinces. 



1. Guinean, (torrid) . 



2. Verdensian, (N. subtorrid) 



3. The Biafrian, (S. subtorrid) 



Torrid Zone. 



Limits. 

 5° N. to 9° N. 

 9° N. to 14£° N, including 



the Cape Verde Islands 

 5° N. to 7° or 8° S., including 

 Ascension and St Helena 



Length in Miles. 

 1200 



1000 



2. North 



4. Canarian, (warm temperate) . 



5. Mediterranean, (temperate) . 



6. Lusitanian, (subtemperate) . 



7. Celtic, (cold temperate) 



8. Caledonian, (subfrigid) 



3. South 



9. Angolan, (warm temperate) . 



10. Benguelan, (temperate) 



11. Capensian, (subtemperate) 



12. Tristensian, (cold temperate) 



Temperate Zone. 



14i° N. to 28° or 29* N., in- 

 cluding the Canaries 



29° N. to Cape St Vincent, 

 with Mediterranean, ex- 

 cepting some of its north- 

 ern coasts, and including 

 Madeira and Azores. 



Cape St Vincent to 42° N. 



42 6 N. to Scotland 



N. Scotland, Shetlands, For- 

 roe, &c. 



Temperate Zone. 

 7° S. to 13° S. 

 13° S. to 28° S. 

 28° S. Cape Agulhas 

 Tristan d'Acunha. 



900 



1000 



300 

 1000 



900 

 450 



III. ORIENTAL KINGDOM. 



I. African Section, or East Coast of Africa and Neighbouring Islands* 



26i° S. to 21° or 22° in Red 

 Sea, including larger part 

 of Madagascar & Islands 

 north 



Northern third of Red Sea, 

 about 



26£° S, to 31° S., with south- 

 ern Madagascar and Isle 

 of France, 

 4. Algoan, (warm temp, and temp.) 31° S. to Cape Lagulhas 



1. Abyssinian, (torrid) 



2. Erythrean, (N. subtorrid) 



3. Natalensian, (S. subtorrid) 



3500 

 300 



550 



1. Indian, (torrid) 



2. Liukiuan, (N. subtorrid) 



II. Asiatic Section. 

 1. Torrid Zone. 



East India Islands, N. Aus- 



tralia, Southern Asia, to 

 12J° N. on Cochin China. 

 12£° N. to 15° N., with For- 

 mosa, Loochoos, S.S.E. 

 shore of Japan. 



3. Endrachtian, or W. Australian, 



(S. subtorrid) . . . W.Australia 22° S. to 26 £°S. 300 



2. North Temperate Zone. 



4. Tonquin, (warm temperate) . 15° N. to 25° N., (Gulf Tonquin). 



5. Chusan, (subtemperate) . . 25° N. into Japan Sea. 



6. Niphonensian, (cold temperate and 



subtemperate) . . . East coast of Niphon, to 40° N. 



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