DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST CONSERVANCY. 1C9 



In the Northern Dry Zone, 15 — 30 inches rainfall : Bomhax 

 malaharicum ; Biitca frondosa; Acacia Catechu ; Dcndroca- 

 lamus strictHs ; Prosopis spicigera ; Grewias ; Capparis 

 aphylla ; Salvadora; Cordia ; Acacias; Anofieissus lyendula ; 

 Dalhergia Sissoo. 



In the Southern Dry Zone, 15 — 30 inches rainfall : Prosopis 

 spicifiera ; Capparis aphi/lla ; Santalnm album ; Ptcrocarpus 

 santalinus ; Zizyphus Jujuha ; Alhizzia amara, Acacia arahica, 

 and other acacias. 



In the Arid Zone, under 15 inches rainfall : Acacia arahica; 

 Prosopis spicigera ; Tamarix dioica and gallica ; Popidus 

 euphratica ; Capparis aphylla ; Salvadora. 



In the Himalayas : Owing to the great exent of the Hima- 

 layas there is a great change of vegetation. Commencing in 

 the north-west we find the region of the junipers; then, in 

 the Punjab hills, are found the pine forests, deodar, 

 Pinus excelsa ; Pinus longifolia ; Picea Morinda; Abies 

 Wehhiaua (of ^Yhich Pindrow is a variety or sub-species) ; 

 W'ith several oaks, as Quercus incana, dilatafa and seme- 

 carpifolia. Further east, oaks, chestnuts, magnolias, laurels 

 and others prevail, though several conifers are still present. 



It is not possible to give an adequate description of the 

 Indian forest vegetation without overstepping the limits of 

 space admissible on the present occasion. While Sind has 

 only some ten species of trees, Burma has several thousand 

 trees and woody shrubs ; between these two all intermediate 

 stages are represented. The following short remarks may 

 here be added : — 



The three most important Indian trees are the teak, the 

 sal and the deodar. The teak is found in the intermediate 

 zone (30 — 75 inches) and the wet zone (over 75 inches). It 

 grows in Burma and the Peninsula up to about the 26th 

 degree of northern latitude. 



The sal, Sliorea robusta, is found in a strip running along 

 the foot and outer hills of the Himalayas from the eastern 

 part of the Punjab into Assam and northern Bengal, It 



