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under the massive bo\Vers of foliage so giganticj is most favourable to 

 the gro\Yth and spread of Fungi, Lichens, and other Cellulares ; ac- 

 cordingly, in this locality they abound everywhere. 



In some portions of land cleared of jungle by the native agricul- 

 turists, I observed many fruit-trees flourishing in cultivation, such as 

 the Mango {Mangifera Indica), Custard Apj)le {Anona squamosa), 

 Plantain {Mnsa paradisiaca), Pomegranate {Funicn yranatuni), &c. 

 In several small ])lots of cultivated ground, likewise recovered from 

 the jungle, I observed Rice, Sugar Cane, Bamboo, and other useful 

 plants, growing and nourishing in apparent abundance, and asso- 

 ciated with cereal grains, such m Ilofcus Soryhum (joaree) and Ilol- 

 cus spicatus (bajree). 



On ascending the mountain slopes, and after emerghig from the 

 jungle, the vegetation again becomes changed. At first the change 

 is slow, but at length it becomes well marked and decided. The 

 underwood becomes less abundant, and the trees stand forth in more 

 solitary grandeur and in greater relief, the varied colouring of our 

 autunnial foliage being absent among them, but this absence being 

 more than compensated for by the richness of their verdure, the con- 

 trast of their forms, and the gracefulness of their proportions. Mosses 

 of various descriptions and beautiful Lichens clothe the rocks, while 

 Grasses of great variety and fantastic appearance are met with m 

 abundance. Arums and Euphorbias now l)ecome prevalent. In ad- 

 dition to the rarer trees and shrubs already enumerated as occurring 

 in the jungle, I observed as typical of this district — which district 

 may be designated that of the slopes — the presence of the Bridelia 

 montana, Pentaptera paniculata, and P. tomentosa. 



In coutinuing in an altitudinal direction, the ascent of the hills 

 becomes suddenly very abrupt, the trap rock being now thrown up 

 in most places into immense terraces, crowned by table-lands, and 

 flanked by high aud precijjitous cliflFs. On these table-lands forest 

 trees are generally absent ; but forest trees occur here and there. 

 The whole surface of the table-lands is, however, strewn over with 

 large tree shrubs and plants of great variety. The Cahjptranthes 

 caryoplujUifoUa or Jambool tree is very characteristic of this district. 

 The Olea dioica, Tcnninalia Chebula, Si/mplocos racemosa, Meme- 

 cyloii rumifiorvm, aud the Water-tree or Oomber {Ficus (jlouieraia) 

 occur very frecpiently. Urtica palcherrimu, llubus ruyosas, a species 

 of SaUx (the tet rasper ma of Roxburgh), Eriolcenu Iloo/ceriana, aud 

 Fyyeum acuminatum occur here and there. , 



[To be continued.] 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



November 27th, 18o5.— Dr. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Note on the Gknus Legriocinclus, Lesson, and its syno- 

 nyms. By Philip Lutley Sclateu, M.A. etc. 



lu his last published work on natural history, entitled ' Description 

 des Mammifcres et Oiseaux,' which is i)art of the series known as 



