" CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



THE SHELLS AND INSECTS OF INDIA. 



Sepia— Conus—Oliva—Cypraea — Ovula — Marginella — Voluta — Mitrse 

 — Terebra — Eburna — Buccinum, &c. — Bivalves— Spoiidyli — Pectens, 

 &c. — Fresh- water Stiells — Pearl-fislieries — Insects — Coleopterous 

 Insects— Orlhopterous Insects— Hemipterous Insects — Kermes — Gez 

 or Manna — Hyinenopterous, Neuropterous, and Dipterous Tribes — 

 Silk-worm 101 



CHAPTER VI. 



PROGRESS OF INDIAN BOTANY — GENERAL DESCRIPTION OP THE VEOE- 



TATION. 



Climate — Investigators of Indian Botany— Foundation of the Calcutta 

 Botanic Garden — Liberality of the East India Company— Dr. Wal- 

 lich's Exertions — His Return to Europe with large Collections- 

 Generous Conduct of the Court of Directors — Some Results of Dr. 

 Wallich'8 Discoveries — Private Exertions of Dr. Wight — Extent of 

 the Indian Flora — General Features of Indian Vegetation on the 

 Plains and on the Mountains 116 



CHAPTER VII. 



SOME ACCOUNT OF A FEW OF THE MORE REMARKABLE INDIAN PLANTS., 

 IN WHICH THE SPECIES ATE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NATURAL 

 FAMILIES TO WHICH THEY BELONG. 



Plants deserving of particular Notice in the Families, Ranunculaceaj — 

 MagnoliacesB- Malvaceae— Dipterocarpese- Combretaceee- Th5'meleK 

 — SantalaceaB — Rosaces— Leguminosae—Urticese—Artocarpeae — Ba- 

 tulineae — Euphorbiaces — Cedreleas — Aurantiaceee — Anacardiacae — 

 PiperacesB— Sapoteae — Valerianeae- Cinchonaces — Lorantheee — Apo- 

 eyneae — Verbenaceae — Asphodelea? — Palmae — Gramineaa — Ferns and 

 Aeotyledonous Plants— Mosses — Algae— Fungi 127 



CHAPTER Vin. 



Himmaleh Region— Middle India— Peninsular India— Height of the Land 

 in the Peninsula — Meteorology — 1. Changes in the Pressure of the 

 Atmosphere; 2. Composition of the Atmosphere; 3. Effects of Moun- 

 tain-air; 4. Temperature of the Atmosphere; 5. Making of Ice in 

 India; 6. Snow-line; 7. Heightof the Snow line in the Himmalehs; 

 8. Evaporation ; 9. Humidity of the Atmosphere ; 10. Dew; 11. Rain ; 

 12. Monsoons ; 13. Hail ; 14. Falling Stars and meteoric Stones ; 15. 

 Mirage; 16. Black Colour of the Sky over the Himmalehs; 17. Zo- 

 diacal Light; 18. Miasmata; 19. Climate; 20. Sanitary Dep6t8— 

 Table of comparative Temperatures 158 



CHAPTER IX. 



HVnROGRAPHy. 



SSprings— Hot Springs— Wells— Lakes— Rivers— The Ganges— Length 

 of the Rivers of India— Catarsicts 210 



