elxx Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
flourished on the shores of the Pleistocene lake of Kashmir, the 
flora of this region has undergone considerable changes. The 
strata in which these interesting fossil plants were discovered 
have since been raised to an elevation that supports a forest 
of Pine, Spruce, Fir and, at still higher altitudes, Birch. 
None of these Pleistocene plants of Kashmir have been 
figured or even described from the botanical point of view. 
The geologist has taken from them practically all he wants; 
the palaeobotanist has ignored them. 
Among the most recent fossil plants of India are the sub- 
merged forests of Bombay (W.T. Blanford 1878; H. B. Medli- 
cott 1881 ; La Touche 1920) and the Tinnevelli Coast. Those on 
paying them undue respect. Their interest lies chiefly in show- 
ing that there has been a local change in the relative levels of 
land and sea. Acacia Catechu is common in the existing flora 
of the Western Ghats. 
To sum up in a few words, then, the position is this :— 
1. The subject of Indian fossil plants was originally treat- 
ed chiefly from the geological standpoint, and viewed in this 
light it contributed results that were of value to geologists. 
-_ The study of the subject from the special view-point 
of the botanist is an event almost entirely of the present cen- 
idl the same time, the search for petrifactions should 
be continued with unabated energy, for after all these are the 
interest : a further search in the Po Series of rocks in Spiti in 
which Dr. Hayden discovered a few plant-remains, would pro- 
bably well repay the trouble. 
6. It is now time that a systematic description and illus- 
tration should be attempted of the accumulated material of 
the Tertiary and Post-Tertiary plants of India. 
