345 
Number 
of 
species. 
Number 
of 
orders. 
Names of orders. 
14 
1 
ConvolvulacecB. 
13 
1 
Buhiacece. 
11 
1 
Urticacece. 
10 
1 
Gyperacece. [-Ft’Kcesarealsorepresentedby lOspecies.] 
8 
3 
Malvacece, Sterculiacece, Verhenacece. 
7 
3 
Compositce, Apocynece, Acanthacece. 
6 
2 
Anacardiaceoe, Palmece. 
5 
6 
Ampelidece, Sapindacem, Bhizophorece, Gombretacece, 
Orchidaceoe, Liliacecs. 
4 
4 
Tiliacece, Meliacece, Asclepiadacece, Aroidece. 
3 
10 
Olacinece, Gelastrinece, BJiamnece, Lythracece, Solan- 
acece, Nyctaginece, Amarantacece, Laurinece, Scita- 
minece, Commelynacece. 
Menispermacece, Capparidece, Outtiferce, Bipterocarp- 
eoe, Burseracece, Myrtacece, Bassifloracece, Myrsinece, 
Boraginece, Bignoniacece, Aristolochiacece, Myristicece, 
Bioscoreacece, Naiadece. 
2 
14 
1 
24 
Anonacece, Nymphceacece, Violacece, Butacece, 
Moringece, Gonnaracece, Melastomacece, Oucurbitacece, 
Ficoidece, Goodenoviece, Sapotacece, Ebenacece, 
Gentianacece, ScropJiularinece, Labiatce, Polygonacece, 
Piperacece, Loranthacece, Santalacece, Cycadacece, 
Amaryllidacece, Taccacece, Flagellariece, Pandanacece. 
If the species are classified according to their habit we find that 
78 are climbers, 74 are trees that may exceed 30 feet in height, 20 are 
small trees that do not exceed 30 feet, 48 are shrubs and 138 are her¬ 
baceous, (treating as herbaceous species like Garica, Sccevola, Musa, 
Crinum, etc., and all Cryptogams except the two climbing ferns, Lygodium 
and AcrosHchum scandens, which are here included among the other 
climbers). But though as regards number of species herbaceoas forms are 
so largely represented they are as a matter of fact extremely inconspic¬ 
uous, two-fifths of them being cryptogams and one-third of these being 
marine. Nor, if we except the herbaceous climbers, which are here 
dealt with along with the woody ones, and the species that occur on the 
few bare grassy slopes, are herbaceous phanerogams more numerous than 
herbaceous cryptogams. The most numerously represented herbs are 
Andropogon contortus, Besmodium polycarpon, Desmodium triquetum, 
Vernonia cinerea, Blumea virens, the various species of Fimbristylis, 
Gyperiis pennatus and polystachyus, Boerhaavia repens, Ischcemum muti- 
eum, Thuarea sarmentosa. Herbaceous species that frequent deep 
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