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pur, Mr. T. F. Bourdillon’s Forest Trees of Travancore, and 
Rai Bahadur Upendramatu Kanjilal’s Forest Flora of the 
Presidency College at Madras. 
ir. Fyson’s book consists ef two volumes, one for the letter- 
press of his Flora, the other for selected drawings illustrating 
the chief Families and Genera and the more characteristic plants 
of his area. That area “consists of the two plateaus, especially 
of the parts from Kotagiri to Ootacamund (Nilgiris) and near 
Kodai Kanal olny), which range from 6500 to 8500 ft. 
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many plants which have succeeded in acclimatizing themsely 
in the beautiful climate of the South Indian mountains. Visitors 
= eleven new species are published, four species of ; 
1 ocauton, three of Crotalaria and one each of Lasianthth 
ri sprung from seed collected by the late Sir Dr. J. H. Hooker — 
(ste) in the Sikkim Himalaya ”’ and under Visewm that Viscum — 
oe ee Thunb. (Mr. Fyson has overlooked the writings of : 
an Teghem and Engler which have ended in this plant bema — 
u a erree to Korthalsella) “ grows on Eurya Rhododendrom — 
nde ete ee Presa te two later 9 
The: decisis he “Known species of Microtropis. i 
awings which comprise the second volume are rathet 
