108 P:AST INDIA. 



sal, sandal-wood, red sanders, iron-wood, jjadouk and other 

 valuable timber trees. Dry forests are found in Eajpntana 

 and the Punjab, and they gradually disappear in the deserts 

 of Sind. With rising elevation in the hills, more especially 

 in the Himalayas, the forests become gradually temperate, 

 containing pines, firs and oaks, and then Alpine. The 

 other extreme are the tidal forests found along the 

 greater part of the coast of India and in the deltas of the 

 rivers. 



The following list of trees, and other plants, characteristic 

 of the several zones, may be mentioned : — 



The Western W^et Zone, over 75 inches rainfall : Gnttifene, 

 lyipU'rocarpcie, Mciiaccw, Legandnusie, lluhiacce, Einjliorhiacece, 

 Vrticacece, Laurinefe, KiKjcnla, Maiuiifcfa, Aiiuiiacece ,- also 

 teak, Tectona f/raiuUs ; Cart/ota itrejis and other palms ; ferns 

 and bamboos. 



The Eastern Wet Zone, over 75 inches rainfall, extends 

 over a great length ; hence it contains a great variety of trees : 

 Many species of oak; Castanopsis; Miclielia, seven species; 

 Magnolia, four species ; Talauma, three species ; Man- 

 glietia, two species; Dilleniacexe ; Gnttifene; Mesna ferrea ; 

 Ternstvwuiiacece ; Dipterocarpece, very numerous, including 

 Sliorea rohnsta ; Ehenaccce ; Ficus elastica ; Casuarina ; 

 Tectona grandis ; Pinus longifolia, Finns Kasga, and Fi)uis 

 Merknsii ; numerous species of bamboos. 



In the Intermediate Zone, 30 — 75 inches rainfall, to which 

 half of India belongs : Tectona grandis, up to 26'' north 

 latitude; SJiorea rohnsta ,- Chloroxylon Sivietenia ; Fterocarpus 

 santali)ins ; Ilardicickia Innata ; AUiizzias ; Xijlia dolahri- 

 formis ; Minnisops indica ; Bassia latifolia ; Dalhergias ; 

 Lagertro'inia pairiflora ; Anogcissus latifolia; Tcrniinalias ; 

 Dipterocarjnis tnherculatus (Eng.) ; Bontbax malaharicum ; 

 ButeaJ'rondosd ; Acacia Catechu; Cedrela Toona ; Scldeicliera 

 trijuga ; BiichaiKotia latifolia; ]>(iii]iiiiias ; Carega arliorca ; 

 Stephcggne parcijiora ; Adina rordifolia ; Dendrocalamus 

 strictus and other bamboos. 



