382 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XW, a 
‘Prodromus”; the hills mentioned in that work belong to a 
quite different range. 
Dr. (¢ 
J. A. Barber, as Botanist to the Government of — 
Madras, paid two or three visits to the Anaimalais and field — 
lected and noted during these trips. oa 
wn acquaintance with these hills covers a period of 
i) a 
about five years from the end of 1911, during which time my 
official duties took me into these hills for at least one half of 
each year. Unfortunately, the exigencies of forest work 
demanded my presence in definite localities at the same periods 
each year, so that my collections and notes are deficient m 
consequence. This has affected my record of the most inter 
esting and fruitful localities, that is to say, the dense evergreen 
forests and the grass lands of the mountain tops, which I was 
able to probe only during the hot weather months. 
Considered as a whole, the flora of the range partakes 3 
both of the Malabar and the Dekkan regions as described in 
Sir Joseph Hooker’s “Sketch of the Flora of British India 
The Malabar region is represented in the evergreen forests and 4 
rainfall. The 
their neighbourhood in the zones of hea 
Coromandel sub-region of the Dekkan region is found rae : 
comparatively low-lying tract near the Amaravati river; a ) 
the Mysore sub-region on the outer, fairly dry slopesup@ 
about 1,500 feet, especially towards the east. : -stinct 
The vegetation falls naturally into five fairly dis ne 
types, though they are intermingled to a certain extent ant 
merge so that no very clear limits can be assigned to each. — 
Starting from the plains we get successivel 
Amaravati valley and extends westwards more or me i 
the foot of the hills. The elevations run from about 
1,500 feet and the rainfall ranges from 18 to 21 inches. 
such as Commiphora Berryi Engl., Dichrostachys conerea © 
A., Acacia Latronum Willd. (generally very gregarious) ae 
ling of Acacia planifrons W. & A., Opuntia 
na W. 
Coffea Wightia & A., Dicoma tomentosa Casts vantiquar 
racantha Lam., Solanum trilobatum Linn., Euphor 
assistants I have been furnished with a list of the plants col 
ae 
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