202 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [ April, 1908. 
of the spur and the size of the abasic I find to be more variable 
than some of the other characte 
When crags break the evenness of the shadier slopes, plants 
occur that I have not yet mentioned. One of the commonest is 
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and apparently self-pollinated in the majority of cases. 
a variability in the flowers, whereby, in some, anthers touch the 
then to turn away. Salia pene grows on the crags and receives 
visits from small insects. Avabis alpina (fig. 15) occurs on crags. 
It is not self-pollinating, ia in the withering of the flower. 
Honey is plentifully present. It was seen to be visited by the 
Rhingia which visits Ainsliva. Thlaspi alpestre, Linn., grows with 
it, and it is showy and receives the visits of Bombyliu 
The woods of Quercus incana, Roxb., hardly ascend beyond 
8,000 feet. In them occur trees of Rho dodendron on arboreum, whose 
brilliant flowers are conspicuous at a distance: the Bhcdictendton 
flowers were seen me be but aie visited. On the other hand the 
were “ee atinndantly- vs ey the sun ha ison 
over the hills, Apis ¢ ica was big its flowers, and busy on them 
all th ; sometimes it visited 30 flowers ina minute, sometimes 
day Syrphids and other flies joined the Apis, and they were 
very largely collected for me by Dr. Acaeatate (see the list 
below). 
Before passing on to the igang of lower levels, there 
is to be mentioned a flora of the waysides, cultivated fields, and 
waste spots about 8,000 feet oni above. It consists of Ozalis 
nae Cerastium triviale, Stellaria penn Capsella Bursa- 
pastoris, Cardamine sylvatica, Crucifer No. 2 ,| Thlaspi arvense, 
Veronica biloba, Ajuga parviflora, Enothera rosea, and Galinsoga 
parviflora. e flowers of the Ozalis, Stellaria and Veronica close 
when the sun goes off them, and in closing self-pollinate. The 
Cardamine, Crucifer No. 28628 (see fig. 16) and Capsella are self- 

Fig. 15.—Avrabia alpina. Fig. 16.—Crucifer No. 28628. x2. 

1 A little Crucifer, perhaps introduced, which has not been determined 
et. 

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