293 
Coast species :— 
Andamans, = V + x = = V = 7f or, 38-34%. 
Pegu, = V + i = = V= 6i or, 30-837o. 
344-3 
Arracan, = V + 1 ^ = V=6i or, 30-83%. 
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 Eesults. 
Species in flora 
generally. 
Inland 
species. 
Coast 
species. 
Andaman influence responsible for in- 
trodnction of 
29-29%. 
24-56°/,. 
38-34%. 
Pegu „ „ „ „ 
36-14°/,. 
39-03%. 
30-83%, 
Arracan „ „ ,. „ 
34-57%. 
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 infiuence 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 Arracan. 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 +. 
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