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within the boundaries of the Presidency. North 
of the river Tapti are Gujerat (including 
Kathiawar), Kutch and the isolated province of 
Sind. 
. The rainfall of the whole area is not even. 
The monsoons which blow from the Arabian 
Sea spend most of their strength in the Konkan 
and on the Western Ghats, more so towards the 
south. Thus the Deccan is robbed of a large 
portion of its rain by the screen of the Ghats. 
Sind, Gujerat and Kutch receive very little rain. 
In consequence of this uneven distribution of 
rainfall, the vegetation of the country is not 
uniform. The last mentioned areas are semi- 
desert and it would be too much to expect ferns 
to grow here, though Adzantum caudatum L. 
var. edgeworthit Bedd. has been recorded by 
Lowe to occur in Sind. It is also possible that 
Adiantum lunulatum Burm. which is common 
throughout the rest of the Presidency, and the 
cosmopolitan Adiantum capillus veneris  L. 
occur in Gujerat and Sind. 
In the Konkan and on the Ghats, as far 
south as Mahableshwar, where the rainfall is 
considerable, though’not so great as in the 
country to the south of this hill, are the 
deciduous forests, whose trees shed their foliage 
