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neighbourhood of Mangalorej and partly from the vicinity of 

 Mercara in Kiirg. 



The mountains of Kiirg were first explored by Captain 

 Munro and Captain Gough^ who seem to have sent many 

 plants to Dr. Wight. Copious Herbaria were also made in va- 

 rious parts of the chain by our own collectors. The district 

 of Nagar seems to have been visited by Hamilton only, on 

 his return from Canara to Mysore : his notices of it are very 

 scanty. Dr. Wight has further published a few plants of the 

 Bababuden hiUs. 



A careful comparison of much of the materials comprised 

 in these different collections, from all parts of the chain, as- 

 sures us that Malabar is comparatively well explored botani- 

 caUy, and that there are not many more phsenogamic plants 

 to reward the labotirs of future investigators. 



3. CONCAN. 



This district extends from Goa to Daman, or very nearly 

 to the Tapti river. Like Malabar, which it greatly resembles 

 in general aspect, it is comprised between the western ocean 

 and the Ghats, and consists of a narrow belt near the sea with 

 salt-water inlets, and a succession of mountain spurs. In the 

 northern parts of the Bombay Presidency, the chain separating 

 the Concan from the Dekhan is called the Northern Ghats, or 

 Siadri mountains, a term which may conveniently be extended 

 to their whole length, and which we shall thus apply when it 

 is necessary to particularize them. Throughout the Concan 

 they form a contiuuous chain of hUls, interrupted, however, 

 by deep depressions. Throughout their length, they seem sel- 

 dom rugged, but to rise often into sharp or flat-topped peaks. 

 To the east they slope gently into the plains of the Dekhan. 

 The summits rise to the height of 4000-5000 feet, but the 

 mean elevation is very much less. The station of Mahaba- 

 leshwar is 4700 feet. In the latitude of Daman 204° N.), the 

 chain begins to sink abruptly into the Tapti vaUey, and changes 

 its course, or sends off a spur of considerable elevation in an 

 easterly direction, as the Chandor hills. 



