808 Remarks on a collection of Plants, [Dec. 



Those parts of the plains which have at a previous period heen 

 cleared for cultivation, but are now unoccupied, present the usual 

 tropical features ; and are occupied chiefly by Cyperaceae, among 

 which occur one or two Gramineae, several annual Scrophularineae, 

 and small Alismaceae. 



III. Botany of the belts of jungle. 



IV. Botany of the foot of the boundary hills. 



On this last I am not able to offer any remarks. It will be found 

 excessively rich in ferns, and next to these perhaps in Cyrthandraceae. 

 The only opportunity that has hitherto been allowed me of visiting 

 any portion of these boundaries above Gawahatti, occurred at Gubroo 

 Purbut ; and I was then fortunate enough to meet with an Alsophila 

 30 feet high, a Sollyana, (mihi,) and Kaulfussia Asamica. Of the third 

 division, the botany is very varied ; so much so, that no one promi- 

 nent feature seems to present itself. It is to this section that by far the 

 greater number of species contained in the collection will be found to 

 belong ; and I shall hence pass in review the orders composing it — 

 reserving the few observations 1 have to make on the most interesting 

 plants to a subsequent part of this paper. 



To those orders, the presence of which indicates the climate of 

 northern latitudes, or of a tropical one at considerable elevations, I have 

 appended an asterisk ; and to those which, though usually tropical, in- 

 clude plants which have hitherto only been found at comparatively 

 high elevations, I have appended a cross. 



Dicotyledones . 



*Ranunculaceas, 3 Dipterocarpeae, 2 



*Magnoliacese, 1 Tiliacese, 5 



Anonaceae, 6 Elseocarpeae, , 1 



*Urnbelliferse, 7 Lythrariese, 1 



Araliaeese 3 Meliacese, - 8 



Ampelidese, 15 Aurantiacese, 7 



Onagrarise 1 Rhamnese, 5 



Loranthacese, 1 Euphoibiaceae, 15 



Alangiese, 1 Hippocrateaeeae, 1 



Melastomacese, 5 Malpighiacese, 2 



Memecylese, 2 *Conarise, 1 



Myrtaceae, 4 Trantlioxylese, 5 



Cucurbitaceee, 12 Balsaminese, 5 



Begoniaceae, 1 Casyophylleee, 4 



*Ciucifeias, 3 *Rosacese 6 



Capparidese, 3 Leguminosse, 41 



* Violaiiese, 2 Connaracese, 2 



Guttiferse, 2 *Cupuliferse 2 



*Temstr£emiace£e, 3 Urticese, 24 



Sapindacese, 3 Avtocarpeae, 18 



*Hippocastanere, 1 Stilagineae, 2 



Herculiacese, 1 *Chloranthe8e, 1 



Bythneriacess, 1 *Saururese, 1 



Malvaceae, 4 Piperacese, 5 



