34+12 



1890.] D. Pram — A List of Diamond Island Plants. 



Coast species : — 



51x19. 



= 7f or, 38-34%. 

 = V = H or, 30;83%. 

 = V=6f or, 30-83%. 



293 



-o.uua,ii±a,us, 



- 3 ■ I X - 6 



Pegu, 



34 + 3 



3 I" 2 " g 



Ariacan, 



34 + 3 



= »-7 +- i = 



3 ~ a a 



20. 



100-00. 



Comparing the results in these three series of figures we find the 

 general influence differs from the special influence exhibited in the 

 statistics of the inland and the coast element of the flora as follows : — - 



Table IV. Comparison of Results. 







Species in flora 

 generally. 



Inland 



species. 



Coast 

 species. 



Andaman influence 

 trodnotion of 



responsible for in- 



29-29%. 



24 56%. 



38 31%. 



Pegu ,, 



)} >> 3> 



36-14%. 



3903%. 



30-83%. 



Arracan „ 



„ 



31-57%. 



36-41%. 



30-83%. 



It will at once occur to the reader that a fallacy underlies this cal- 

 culation so far as the Andaman influence is concerned, when he notes 

 the low figure at which that influence as regards inland species is given. 

 This low figure, however, only affords corroboration of the justness of 

 the system, since it is exactly the inland portion of the Andaman flora 

 that is as yet inadequately known. The Andaman coast species 

 are, however, nearly if not quite as well known as the Burmese or 

 Malayan coast species, and it is interesting to find that for this element 

 the equivalent numerical expression of the Andaman influence is dis- 

 tinctly higher than are the figures for Pegu or Ariacan. The only 

 fallacy underlying the evidence from these figures is that which attends 

 all calculations from numbers that are absolutely somewhat small. At 

 all events they show how just was the passing observation made by 

 Mr. Kurz on his visit to Diamond Island in 1866.* The only point on 



* Already given in the text (p. 276) and referred to in footnote f. 



