]72 



H. B. GUPPY, F.R.S.E., ON PLAXT-DISTEIBUTION 



TaUc slwiL'inrj the disfribution of the species, genera cmd tribes 



both the Old eind 



The ligint's for the (/oiiipositie are those given by Mr. Beiitham in his 

 have been prepared by myself from the materials supplied in the mono-* 



Families. 

 (S = sub-family.) 



Species. 



Old 

 World. 



New 

 World. 



Common 

 to both. 



Total. 



v_ IS rH.C(3cV ... 



lift 



oO 





lOo 



Aceracea.^ ... ... ... ...i 



80 



14 



1 



95 1 



Halorrhagaceie 



IK^ 



31 



5 



152 



Lythraceit^ ... 



143 



302 



6 



451 



Composita^ ... 



4,858 



4,463 



63 



9,384 



Primulace;e 



446 



71 



15 



532 



MyrsinacCie 



G13 



319 



— 



932 



!>ym])k>caceae 



172 



109 





281 



Moniiiiiacei^ 



84 



166 



— 



250 



Betulaceiie ... 



58 



18 



6 



82 1 



Taxaceie 



78 



18 



1 



97 1 



Marantacete ... 



79 



205 



} 



285 



^llJii 1 1 JCl fiC . <t^ ... ... ... 



/ O i 



oy 







Musaceae ... 



49 



30 





79 



S. Orchidacei'e (Pleonandrie) 



76 



24 



2 



102 



Alisniace;^ ... 



20 



48 



2 



70 



Scheiichzeriacei^ ... 



11 





4 



17 



Xaia<lare;r ... 



22 



8 



2 





Ty|,]i;,,-,^;e 



6 



1 



2 





.S})aiL;atiiaeeie 



8 



3 



4 



15 



S. Araeeie (Pothoideie) 



76 



495 





571 



JnncAce<e ... 



136 



• 111 



34 



281 



Eriocanlace;e 



b")2 



396 





550 



Total 



8,162 



6,958 



150 



15,270 



Percentage 



!).<•. 



p.c. 



1 pc. 





Percentage for Composite ahme 



52 p.c. 



47 p.c. 



1 p.c. 









(0-7) 





Percentage for all tlie families 



56 p.c. 



43 p... 



1 p.c-. 





e.\ce))t Compoxito:. 



(1-5) 





Explanation of abbreviations in the last column. — (J = cosmopolitan ; 

 hemisphere, chiefly in temperate latitudes ; S = soutiiern hemisphere, 

 regions. 



