396 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVIII. 



A comparison of the meteorological conditions of Coimbatore with 

 the flowering season of its Flora leads us to the same results we arrived 

 at in Vol. XVI J. of this Journal. The following table will show the 

 flowering times of the woody as well as the herbaceous plants for 

 the different months, the monthly rainfall of North Coimbatore, and 

 the temperature and humidity of Coimbatore Town. 



Jan. Feb. March 



April, 



May. June. July. Aug. 



Sept, 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Flowering times of 

 the woody plants. 



Flowering times of 

 the herbaceous 

 plants .. 



Rainfall of North 

 Coimbatore 



Humidity of Coim- 

 batore Town 



Temperature of Co- 

 imbatore Town . . 



49 



116 

 0-*l 

 59 

 74 



42 



89 



0-27 



52 



77 



97 



69 

 0'58 



54 

 81 



Dec. 



Both the woody and herbaceous plants show two maxima of flower- 

 ing times : the woody plants, a high maximum in the dry and warm 

 month of April, and a low maximum in October after a season of 

 comparatively much rain; whereas the herbaceous plants have a low 

 maximum in May after a small amount of rain, and a high maximum 

 after the heavy rains of the winter monsoon. 



In the subjoined catalogue the flowering season is given according 

 to months. As to elevation, the lowest and highest points at which a 

 certain species was found are usually given. In a good many cases 

 only one elevation is added, which means that a plant has been seen 

 at that point at one occasion only, or several times at approximately 

 the same elevation. 



Flowering time. 



Elevation in feet. 



