CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Importance of Forest Grasslands — (Ecology defined — Hydrophytes, 

 Xerophytes, Mesophytes — Formation — Steppe — Savannah — Asso- 

 ciation — Hygrophytes — Tropophytes — Primary subdivision into 

 Grassland and Woodland advisable — Progressive, Regressive and 

 Parallel Succession — Water supply not necessarily the dominant factor 

 regulating the distribution of plant-communities — Adaptations to 

 Temperature — Importance of Light — Plants with different adapta- 

 tions in same Habitat — Suggested scheme of GCcological Classification 

 for India — Value of Oncology for Forest Officers— Importance of 

 Oncology in study of Plant Diseases — Utility of Forest Experiments — 

 Importance of Field Observations — Lines of work adopted in study 

 of Forest Grasslands — Species selected — Arrangement of Information 



Pages. 



1—38 



CHAPTER I. 



Description of Locality. 

 Topography — Climate — Local Types of Vegetation 



39—49 



CHAPTER II. 

 (i) Detailed Description of Species 



Saccharum spontaneum 

 Saccharum Munja 

 Saccharum Narenga . 

 Erianthus Ravennse 

 Imperata arundinacea 

 Triraphis madagascariensis 

 Aristida cyanantha 

 Andropogon monticola 



(ii) Summary of Chief Characteristics of Species dealt with 



50—62 



62—79 



79—87 



87—91 



91—102 



102—105 



105—108 



108—114, 



115—117 



CHAPTER III. 



Suggestions regarding Practical Treatment of Local Grasslands. 



Treatment with a view to Fodder-Production — Treatment with a view to 



Afforestation 118 — 126 



