FLOWERING SEASON AND CL/MATF. 



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" South of the Tapti river the country gradually becomes interspersed 

 with hills and further south the "Western Ghats run parallel to the sea- 

 coast for about 500 miles, with a general elevation of nearly 2,((0 feet, 

 though occasionally hills rise to a height of 4,000 feet or more above 

 the sea level. 



" The low-lying plain between the foot of the Western Ghats and the 

 sea, interspersed with hills and with a heavy rainfall and a humid and 

 enervating climate, is known as the Konkan, while the Deccan is the 

 extensive elevated plateau behind the Ghats, interspersed with numerous 

 hills which are either isolated or in short ranges, with a generally light 

 rainfall and a dry climate." 1 



How variably the climate of the area in question is, will be best illus- 

 trated by meteorological statistics, which, at the same time, give an 

 exact basis for a comparison with the flowering times. The data, where 

 no special mention is made, are taken from H. F. Planford. 2 

 Raiufa'l recorded at 15 Stations. 



1 Cooke : Flora of the Presidency of Bombay, pages V-VI. 



2 Blanford: A Practical Guide to the Climates and Weather of In^ia, Ceyl< n and 

 Burma, Appendix I & III. 



