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MANUAL OF THE XILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. VI. 



Floba. 



-ferns and 



The grass- 

 land of the 

 plateau. 



Ferns and mosses abound. Amongst the former Alsoph'dalate- 

 brosa, a tree fern, is abundant. Orchids are very poorly repre- 

 sented. There is one species o£ reed bamboo {Arundinana 

 Wightiana) and some shrubby balsams and begonias^ and the 

 following herbaceous plants may be enumerated as characteristic : — 



Desmodinm strangulatiim. 



Crotalaria barbata. 



Fragaria Indica and elatior. 



Sonerila speciosa. 



Hydrocotyle Javanica. 



Sanicula Europa^a. 



Seuecio corjonbosus. Pilea Wightii. 



Chrysogonum heterophylla. Chamabainia cuspidata. 



Uh Trad. — The Grass-land of the Plateau. — This tract is covered 

 with many short, coarse species of grass which are quite burnt up 

 with the frost and sua in December and January. After the 

 first showers in March the growth is very rapid, and numerous 

 herbaceous plants spring up. The following are the most charac- 

 teristic : — 



Halenia Perottetii. 

 Pogostemon rotundatus. 



,, speciosus. 



Gerardinia Leschenaultii. 

 Elatostetna diversifolia. 



Anemone rivalis. 

 Ranunculus reniformis. 



,, difiusus. 



,, Wallicbianus, 



Viola serpens. 

 Impatiens Beddomii. 



,, Chinensis. 



,, inconspicua. 



„ tomentosa. 

 Crotalaria Formosa. 

 Indigofera pedicellata. 

 Flemingia procumbens. 

 Potentilla Kleiniana. 



„ Leschenaultii. 



,, supina. 



Drosera Burmaniana, 

 ,, Indica. 



,, lunata. 



Sonerila grandiflora. 



Pimpinella Leschenaultii. 

 Heracleum ringens. 

 Anaphalis — several species. 

 Gnaphalium hypoleucum. 



,, marcescens. 



Senecio — several species. 

 Gentiana pedicellata. 

 Ophelia corymbosa. 



,, minor. 

 Micromeria biflora. 

 Prunella vulgaris. 

 Pedicularis Perottetii. 



,, Zeylanica. 



Satyrium Nepalense. 



,, Wightianum. 

 Habenaria — many species. 

 Lilium Nilagiriense. 

 Ptoris aquilina. 

 Gleichenia dichotoma. 



— characteris- Trees are only here and there loosely scattered about these 



plants*'^ tracts. These consist chiefly of Rhododendron arhoremn, Salix 



tetras^jerma, Celtis serotina, Pittosportim, two species, Dodonwa 



viscosa, Wendlandia Nottoniana. The following are the most 



characteristic shrubs : — 



Berberis Nepalensis. 



,, aristata. 

 Hypericum Mysorense. 



,, Hookerianura. 

 Eurya Japonica. 

 Indigofera pulchella. 

 Desmodium rufe.scens. 

 Atylosia Candollci. 

 Sophora glauca. 

 Cassia Timoriensis. 



,, tomentosa. 

 Kubus lasiocarpus. 



,, flavus. 



,, rugosus. 

 Rosa Leschenaultiana. 

 Cotoneaster buxifolia. 

 Rhodomyrtus tomentosa. 

 Osbeckia Gardneriana. 



Osbeckia Wightiana. 

 Hedyotis Lawsoniaj. 



,, stylosa. 



,, articularis. 



„ fruticosa. 



,, pruinosa. 

 Lobelia excelsa. 

 Gualtheria fragrantissima. 

 Ligustrum Perottetii. 



,, robustum. 



Jasminum revolutum. 

 Clerodendron serratum. 

 Leucas — several species. 

 Ela^agnus latifolia. 

 Strobilanthes sessilis. 



,, sessiloidcs. 



,, Kunthianus. 



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