118 1.8.C. Proceedings of the Ninth {N.S., XVIII, 
The author exhibits some le a views of the meadow, in 
which arte Sbinceriteis zones are clearly see 
The ttt of the Nilgiri Hilltops plateau.—By P. F- 
Fyson 
The Nilgiri Hills Rie a poten? isolated by steep sides and long 
abdansd of plain from any other high lan ds. The pe eau is divided 
The differ 
is due to the cultivation of this tract vt an agricultural people, attracted 
thereto by a ee a condit On the western si utenti 
the climate not being suitable for agudilvore, a pistons al people 
settled doa and the: ey have not destroyed the natural covering of the 
The western side is thus the natural climatic _ of the local con- 
ditions ; the eastern vegetation is a degredation produ 
The asap of some plant communities in the Savannah 
stirs —By W. T. Saxton and R. H. Dastor. 
The authors have ss ied the vegetation of an area near Suan edabad 
with a view to elucidating the causes which lead to marked differences of 
vegetation in an ies where the majority of the physical factors bet 
prustiony uniform, and where the whole ae belongs to the sam 
formation Sonar gh the communities are differe 
‘ This és shown, during the last seven ties a fairly sharp dis- 
“psa into feos r parts, and in some cases the dividing line between the 
r to arrive at any definite conclusion five lines of research 
Pave to be —* (a) a detailed mop cer of the vegetation of the 
parts ; (6) an analysis, Soanenl and p eal, a ‘es oases 
e water content; (c) an investigation oo ‘es 
of the more dominant pla 
plants i toss study of te piiysioko gioal papi 
* foie genes concerned ; and (e) experimental determination of the wilt- 
more in: ortant tion 
fence contol sacheee a ant plants, and their rate of transpirat 
p 
de frites wathors o w that the differentiation into Steet a communities 
‘aa : woe sderlics factors and have studied the relationship between 
see actors and the communities eee ted. They also find tha * in 
ache ae cases the possession of a v. ye fe se i unbranched, tap- 
: is the only recognizable ‘‘ adaptation ” by — the plants of this 
ormation are able to survive eight ee mon 
Notes on forest successions in the Gangetic Plain and the 
Reeser. Vindhyas. KENOYER. 
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