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of the species show a great range of variation, and others certainly 
distinct seem to be separated by comparatively trivial characters, it is 
hoped that such cases are here so grouped that the ultimate solution of 
their relationships will be facilitated. 
From the following table intended to show the distribution of the 
species of this family in this and the nearer geographical divisions, it 
will be apparent at a glance that the genera found in the Philippines 
are for the most part typical in the Old World of the Indo-Malay region, 
the other extensions being chiefly Australian. Various genera, wrongly 
credited to tire Philippines, are here excluded. In Australia, numerous 
other genera are found. The Formosan comparison is interesting, as a 
floristic classification, now much in favor, constitutes that island and the 
Philippines into a single sub-province. 
Cultivated species have in all cases been excluded, with the exception 
of Psidium and two or three species of Eugenia , whose present distribu- 
tion is such that it is difficult to pronounce an exact opinion on this 
point. Psidium guajava is now so widely spread in the Philippines, 
outside of cultivation, that it can not be excluded. 
Genera. 
China. 2 
For-* 
mosa. 3 
India. 4 
Malay 
penin- 
sula. 5 
Java. 0 
Philip- 
pines. 
9 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Decaspermum 
1 
1 
] 
2 
2 
Eugenia _ _ _ 
14 
3 
131 
96 
62 
98 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
Psidium __ _ __ 
9 
1 
1 
. 1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
1 
l 
1 
1 
1 
i 
5 
5 
i 
i 
Total ___ 
18 
6 
144 
no 
69 
109 
Among the undetermined material, one sheet, For. Bur. 38S0 Curran, 
from Mount Pulgar, Palawan, may represent a genus as yet undescribed : 
it is in flower with merely strong probabilities as to the nature of the 
fruit, and the ovules are quite immature. It is possible that other 
2 Forbes & Hemsley, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1887) 295-298. 
3 Matsum. & Hayata in Journ. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 22 (1900) 142-144. 
4 Dutliie in Hook. f. FI. Br. Iiul. 2 (1879) 462-506. 
5 King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 67 2 (1898) 66-134. 
0 Koord. & Val. in Meded. ’s Lands Plant. 40 (1900) 27-184. 
