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CONTENTS. ' 



Page 



3. Chinese and Japanese type ........ 105 



4. Siberian type .......... 106 



5. European type .......... 107 



List of British species in India ....... 109 



6. Egyptian type 112 



7. Tropical African type . . . . . . . . .113 



American representatives 1 . . . . . . . .115 



Anomalous distribution of Indian genera . 



D. Enumeration and Description of the Provinces of India> as 



referred to in the i Flora Indica.' 



Primary Divisions : — 1. Hindostan ; 2. Himalaya ; 3. Eastern India ; 

 4. Afghanistan. 



. 115 



I. Hindostan. 



Its configuration 116 



Mountain chains — Peninsular, Vindhia, Arawali 



. 117 



PROVINCES OF HINDOSTAN. 



1. Ceylon . 



2. Malabar . 



3. Concan . 



4. Carnatic. 



5. Mysore . 



6. Dekhan . 



7. Khandesh 



. 118 

 . 122 



. 128 

 . 130 



8. Berar . 



9. Orissa . 



. 139 

 . 140 



10. Bahar .... 143 



11. Bandelkhand 



. 134 12. Malwah . 

 . 137 1 13. Gujerat 

 . 139 



146 

 147 

 149 



14. Sindh . . . . 



15. Eajwara . . . 



16. Panjab . . . 



17. Upper G-angetic 



plain . . . . 



18. Bengal. . . . 



151 

 151 

 156 



159 

 162 



II. The Himalaya. 



General description 167 



I 'hysical aspect . . . .168 



• • • • • , • . • • • At>«7 



170 



Terai and valleys 



Dhuns — Climate 



Snow limit and rain-fall 171 



173 



. 174 



Tropical, temperate, and alpine zones 

 Longitudinal, latitudinal, and altitudinal zones 



Eastern Himalaya: 



1. Abor . 



2. Bhotan 



3. Sikkim 



175 

 175 



178 



Central Himalaya : 



Nipal 



183 



Western Himalaya : 

 General de iption . 



189 



Vegetation 191 



Tropical zone . 

 Temperate zone 



U pi lie zone 



192 

 193 



197 





