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GEOGRAPHY. 
BOOK V. 
Juniperus squamata, recurva ; Quercus spicata etc., Corylus 
ferox ; Betula utilis, nitida, alnoides ; Alnus nepalensis ; Salix 
disperma, cuspidata, japonica ; Daphne cannabina, Gardneri, se- 
ricea, Bholua ; Eleagnus arborea, conferta, umbellata ; Hippophae 
salicifolia, Fraxinus floribunda; Ligustrum nepalense, bracteo- 
latum ; Xylosteum ligustrinum ; Caprifolium japonicum, macran- 
thum ; Cornus oblonga, capitata ; Viburnum fcetidum etc. ; 
Andromeda formosa, ovalifolia, etc. ; Rhododendrum arboreum 
etc., Hedera Helix etc. ; Ilex dipyrena, odorata, etc. ; Ribes 
Takare, Rosa macrophylla etc. ; Rubus rugosus, betulinus, 
etc.; Spiraea canescens etc.; Neillia thyrsiflora, rubiflora ; Pyrus 
Pashia ; Mespilus affinis, cuila, etc. ; Prunus undulata, cerasoides ; 
Rhus juglandifolium, fraxinifolium, etc. ; Rhamnus sp., Celastrus 
sp., Euonymus sp. ; Acer acuminatum, oblongum ; Dobinaea vul- 
garis ; Berberis asiatica, Wallichiana, miccia. 
Cultivated plants: the corn and fruit of Europe; in the lower 
parts some tropical kinds, as mountain rice. 
1. The highest regions of the Himalaya form perhaps a king- 
dom by itself, or but a province of the Arctic Alpine kingdom ; 
Alpine forms are prevalent. 
2. The remaining high mountains and elevated plains of Central 
Asia are in regard to their vegetation unknown to us. 
3. Cochin China and the south of China are not sufficiently ex- 
amined. The forms of this district shew the passage of the 
Japanese Flora to the Indian. These countries form either pro- 
vinces of the two latter kingdoms, or make one by themselves. 
IX. Polynesian Kingdom. 
{Iteinwardts Kingdom.) 
The islands between Hindostan and New Holland to a height of 
5000 feet above the level of the sea. Mean Temperature^ +65'75° 
to 83-75°. 
CAamcfer. — Similar to the Indian kingdom. The principal dis- 
tinction consists in a greater number of Orchideae (particularly 
epiphytal, which appear under many peculiar forms), Filices, and 
many sorts of figs. A slight approximation to the New Holland 
forms in Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Proteaceae (Heliophyllum). 
Further characteristic forms are : Licuala, Lodoicea, Rafflesia, 
Brugmansia, Stemanurus, Antiaris, Myristica, Nomaphila, Hydro- 
phytum, Philagonia, Esenbeckia, Echinocarpus, Aromadendrom. 
Predominating trees and shrubs : Primitive woods particularly 
of Ficus, Laurineae, Calameae, Bignoniaceae, Licuala speciosa, 
Lodoicea Sechellarum, Broussonetia papyrifera, Artocarpus incisa, 
