, 1875-05-29

Mr. Burcl,ell spent tho tivo years betwoen 1906
and 1910 studying tts fora, 1tr. Roxburgh sto-
ro1uently made lint at tho rIa,,.s. and DR..
Hooker has twice vistod tho 'alanl. ".,-
Ths lit Of phacnoCens gfvon bJ Mr.. slellss is
awollsl to 30 by ncsualng overy Towering riiat,
native and cultivated growing npou tho islantl.
Ont oi thi. great pumbar, hororor. only thirty
!tle'c all bnt two ahtoIutey restricted to this
!!etie spot I'll tbs eartll's surface One-sh,ru ut
tbs ruceics ars composite, sud nino Of lhcso
arn a1norcal In lhhis, mokt ununuat orcan,-
the species ara ANIMALS or hrrhnceons. Mr.
Darwin has remarked in rnferohcn tu this fact In
ha 't Origin of Spec'es": ''talaals oftcn poBs+sa
trees or bnrlies belonging II hrda,s which e!ao-
trees, m Asph Do Candplle han shown, generally
have, whatever tho canro uhv lie, conti.4oll rangcs
Iicnca trees would te littIe lkeIy 10 rsaeh
distant oceanic i.l,1ls: tnl an 1ietbaccut,A
rlaut. though It might have no chance Of ns,c-
ccaa'ntiy competing On \ continent with many
fully ds!oloped trccs. VIXEN established ON at ,r
and and having to compete with hetbscenaa
Pants alone. might readily gain An adYanta:o
over the.n by growing taller and overlapping
thon." Tho deduction ia that tho eompcsiho
of 81. Ho,caA have ron no conp1ota Victory in
tile htrurgle for existence that they havo been
allie to Develop into hhrtlbs A11 trees. wherAns
Part havs f,lnl It impossible to get ahead. hn,l
20 hays rc:nalaeI hhrhacoonE to tho Eieeent
day. IN man7 Of t1.s other members Of tho
finIa uf hl 1istnna th.ro IL an obvious connec-
ton with shs south African i'ora.
FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA.
Dr.. Hooker las sccently published tho frat Eol-
ume Of tho "Foss Of Erat.sh India" The work
embraces, In addition to l,ntiKh India proper.
tho territories Of tho Haylayan Peninsula. KaAt-
mir, and Western Th!bot. TITO total area unt.cr
Investigation exceeds a million Euuaro miles,
exhibiting every variety OF climate, sojl, and
other conditions, aud ranging from tLe sea-
level 10 an altitude Of 1901 feet, which is
about the limit Of Towering planta Dr..
Hooker COM 2utcs tho number Of spccIes growing
within tLs area as from 1oc10 10 1900. Tho
present volume ot bin "F1ora contains dcacr,p-
tsous Of 2, $50 spe:los under A22 gcpera. belony
,nE to n natural orders. Comparing tue fora VI
Ihlih, IL It has thus far tcoa developed, with
that Of *loca! Africa, aud Il Ia found greatly
| to &xctea the latter tn richness. Oliycs's Flo
| ra Of Tropical Africa " gives up to tho eua Of
tsapindac'r,-tho point At wnleh the first volume
Of Hooker's a. Flora Of 1ndia" ccases.--9i5
spcc:cs IN go genera mad fosts-lrs natural CT
than siz tltnea tha: Of India. Tho vegetation Of
Aftica has not been 30 vel worked up ~ that OF
Indiar but it Is MT supposed that future dtacor-
| eries will materially alter tho proportions BE-.
species .lready enumerated b. b.. Hooker II.
exclusively A1Iat!c. OF tho 442 genera ytrcu,
about lC4 arc peculiar to Asia. Tne greater part
| Of thcno genera arr Tropical And many Of them
probably will ,es b. discovered In New Guinea
aud Tropical Austrslla. Among tho species cnu-
mcEattd nc1rly $50 grow aboTe height Of 10000
feat, These belong ehieay to tho Ldnunculacecc,
crueifsre, and C0ryopa5 haeeG. Tie remainder
are common either 70 Siberia or tho Aim OF
Southern and tho plaiDh Of Northern Eusope.
! 10 give general Idea of tho 1ndaa t}oga It mar
tc mentioned that tha osdes Idnuncu!dcec. con
ta.na lis speciea: Cr,scifero. 137 species Cary
opaiRdcsa. lo4; Gtroniaetr. l65; Anonocer,
lYJ; Ttliace1. 109; 0taeintr. c.; aud Sopin-
ddeer, 10. Tho genus In.p1tiPnt includes
atoyo 100 species aua 1s.,s a.ots IS.