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Actlnodaphne salicina. 

 Cryptocarya Wightiana. 

 Actephila excelsa. 

 Sarcoclinium longifoliom. 

 Agrostistachys Indica. 

 Baccaiu-ea sapida. 

 Ostodes Zeylanica. 



Cephalocroton Indicum. 

 Bischofiia Javanica. 

 Hemicyclia venusta. 

 Artocarpus hirsuta. 

 Gironniera reticulata. 

 Laportea crenulata. 



CHAP. VI. 

 Flora. 



The timbers, as a rule, are not of such good quality as those in —timbers, 

 the deciduous forests, but there are vahxable timbers, of which 

 the following are the chief : — 



Calophylluin tomentosum (Poon spar). 

 . Mesua, 2 species (Iron wood). 

 Hopea parviflora. 



,, Malabarica. 

 Cliickrassia tabularis (CMttagong wood). 



Acrocarpus fraxinifolius (Red Cedar or 



Shingle Tree). 

 Diospyros ebenum (Ebony) . 

 Artocai-pus hirsuta (Angelli or Aynee). 

 Gii'onniera reticulata (Kho mongee). 



These moist forests never reach quite down to the plains any- 

 where round the Nilagiris, though they do so in parts of South 

 Canara, Coorg, and Travancore. They always give way at 1,000 

 or more feet from the base to deciduous forests or tracts composed 

 of nothing but reed bamboos (Teinostachyum Wightii). 



^rcl Tract. — The SJwlas or Woods of the Plateau. — These are Theshdlasor 

 very similar in character to the moist evergreen forests of the plateau.* ^^^ 

 slopes, but from being atahigher elevation the trees are of different 

 genera and species, and their growth is much smaller, 70 feet 

 being much beyond the average height. 



They are all evergreen, and the tints from the new growth at 

 certain seasons very beautiful. Mijrtacece, Lauracece, and Styracece 

 are the orders most represented by trees, and the undergrowth 

 is chiefly composed of Rubiaceous shrubs and Strohilanthes 

 (Acanthacece) . 



The following are the principal trees growing in these sholas : 



— characteris- 

 tic trees. 



Hichelia Nilagirica. 



ilydnocarpus alpinus. 



Tordonia obtusa. 



Slseocarpus oblongus, tuberculatus and 



ferrugineus. 

 Jelicope Indica. 

 leynea trijuga. 

 lomphandra axillaris, 

 ipodytes Benthamiana. 

 lex Wightiana and denticulata. 

 'uonymus crenulatus. 

 licrotropis ramiflora and densiflora. 

 "urpinia pomifera. 

 leliosma Arnottiana and pungens. 

 hotinia Notoniana and Lindleyana. 

 'ugenia — many species, 

 entapanax Leschenaultii. 

 olyscias acuminata. 



Heptapleurum racemosum. 



,, rostra turn. 



„ venulosum. 



, , obovatum. 



Viburnum punctatum, erubesceus,'heban- 



thum, and coriaceum. 

 Vaccineum Leschenaultii, andNilagiri- 



ense. 

 Sapota elengioides. 

 Symplocos — many species. 

 Lasiosiphon eriocephalum. 

 Machilus macrantha. 

 Phcebe Wightii. 



Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, var. Wightii. 

 Tetranthera Wightiana. 

 Litsttvi Zeylanica. 

 Glochidion — several species. 



The timbers are of much less value than in either of the other —timbers, 

 'acts. The following are those chiefly in use : — 



ydnocarpus alpinus. 

 ordonia obtusa. 

 emstroraia Japonica. 

 laeocarpus oblongus. 



Ilex Wightiana. 

 Eugenia— several species. 

 Euonymus crenulatus. 



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