with reference to the Dying Out of Species. 7 
Table III. 
Family. 
Endemics. 
VC 
C 
RC 
RR 
R VR 
Rarity . 
Orchidaceae 
78 
— 
O 
T 9 
18 
20 18 
4-4 
Rubiaceae 
7 1 
6 
6 
1 1 
8 
17 23 
4‘3 
Dipterocarpaceae 
47 
— 
3 
2 
8 
l 5 19 
4’9 
Euphorbiaceae 
45 
— 
3 
8 
12 
9 13 
4’4 
Acanthaceae 
39 
— 
2 
1 1 
6 
11 9 
4‘3 
Melastomaceae 
36 
— 
3 
6 
5 
11 11 
4’5 
Gramineae 
3 i 
1 
1 
3 
6 
10 10 
47 
Myrtaceae 
30 
1 
4 
5 
4 
3 13 
4’4 
Lauraceae 
23 
— 
5 
5 
1 
7 5 
4 '° 
Anonaceae 
21 
— 
1 
7 
3 
6 4 
4 ’ 2 
Compositae 
19 
1 
4 
2 
3 
3 6 
4 ’ 1 
Geraniaceae 
18 
1 
2 
5 
3 
3 4 
3'9 
Scitamineae 
i 7 
— 
1 
5 
— 
6 5 
4’5 
Styraceae 
17 
— 
— 
4 
4 
4 5 
4*5 
Anacardiaceae 
15 
— 
5 
1 
1 
3 5 
4 ’ 1 
Araceae 
14 
1 
1 
2 
1 
4 5 
4*5 
Total 
521 
11 
44 
96 
83 
132 155 
4*4 
All the families have some endemic species under every head from 
C to VR, with only two exceptions in eighty cases (RR in Scitamineae, 
and C in Styraceae). And the numbers on the whole increase in each 
family from top to bottom of the scale. 
Thus, with five-eighths of the whole number (809) of endemics, we find 
a wonderful likeness among the different families in the proportions of 
endemics in the classes C, RC, &c. The families with many endemics 
show greater average rarity than those with few, as has already been 
pointed out (cf. Table XVI of previous paper). It is not possible for the 
Natural Selectionist even to derive consolation from the remaining families 
with small numbers which are lumped together in Table VI just quoted. 
If we place them according to rarity, we get a simple table of variation 
of the usual trial and error pattern : 
Table IV. 
Rarity. 
Families. 
Species. 
No. of spp. 
per family . l 
Marks. 
1*0 
1 
1 
1*0 
1 
1-0 — 2*0 
7 
9 
1*2 
17 
2*1 —3*0 
6 
J 9 
3 *i 
53 
3*i —4-0 
20 
74 
3*7 
270 
4 ‘i - 5 *o 
32 
161 
5 *° 
736 
5*i -6*o 
9 
24 
2*6 
132 
75 
288 
1209 
Or if we analyse them according to the classification of their contained 
endemics, we get, 
Table V. 
Families. 
Endemics. 
VC 
C 
RC 
RR 
R 
VR 
Rarity. 
3 with 12 spp. 
36 
— 
6 
4 
6 
5 
15 
4-4 
4 11 
44 
I 
5 
7 
9 
1 1 
1 1 
4*2 
2 10 
20 
2 
5 
— 
5 
2 
6 
3 * 9 ' 
7 8 or 7 
5 ^ 
I 
7 
9 
7 
12 
16 
4*3 
6 6 or 5 
32 
I 
4 
6 
8 
9 
4 
4*0 
L 5 4 or 3 
47 
2 
9 
8 
7 
8 
13 
4 -o 
38 2 or 1 
57 
I 
10 
9 
11 
13 
13 
4 *i 
Total 
288 
8 
46 
43 
53 
60 
1 00 
1 
4 *^ 
1 This shows very clearly that the wider deviations are mainly in the smaller families. 
