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layers of palisade tissue on either side and seem to contain a lot of 

 storage tissue also. 



13. Ehretia aspera B. — In hilly parts not very common. The 

 leaves are more or less hairy. 



14. Vitex Negundo L. — Occasional. The leaves are pinnate 

 and the leaflets more or less divided and hairy. 



15. Euphorbia Tirucalli L. — Rather common, planted. Al- 

 most always without leaves. 



16. Bridelia retusa Spr.— In hilly parts, not very common. 

 Slightly hairy. 



17. Ficus bengalensis L. —Rather common, planted or self- 

 sown. Slightly hairy. 



18. Ficus retusa ? Linn.— Rather common, planted. 



19. Phoenix sylvestre B.— Not common. The leaves are 

 pinnate and contain a lot of sclerenchymatous tissue along both 

 sides of the leaf in addition to the palisade tissue which occupies the 

 whole leaf. 



Shrubs. 



20. Capparis aphylla Both. — Very common throughout, quite 

 leafless and prickly. 



21. Capparis divaricata Lam. In hilly parts not very com- 

 mon. A prickly plant. The leaves are small and somewhat thick. 

 There is a thick cuticle on the upper surface and the leaf is full of 

 palisade tissue. 



22. Gadaba indica Lam.— In hilly parte, not common. The 

 leaves are slightly hairy. 



23. Gymnosporia Rothiana Laws. — Rather common in hilly 

 parts. Nearly leafless and with thorny branches. 



21. Rhus mysorensis Heyne. — Rather common in hilly parts. 

 The branches are thorny. The leaves are pinnate and the leaflets 

 small, more or less divided and hairy. 



25. Cassia auriculata L. — Very common everywhere, with 

 pinnate leaves and small leaflets. 



26. Mimosa hamata Willd. — A prickly plant, rather common 

 in hilly parts. Leafless at the time. 



27. Dichrostachys cinerea 17. A A.— Occasional. A thorny 

 plant. The leaves are pinnate and the leaflets very small. 



28. Opuntia nigricans Haw. — Extremely common every- 

 where. The very thorny phylloclades are flattened like leaves, the 

 true leaves being always absent. 



