GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE FLORA. 45 



3 Southern tract. This may be partly due to climate, the 

 drier cold season and RMOD as compared 



the climate of the mountains of Orissa with their tempering 



. The flora of Parasnath has been more carefully investigated 



and Thomson into a paper, published in the Jour„< 

 Society of Bengal. The onl msnath but whi 



the province n< 



'■■■ ira. elev. 4500 ft.! The Berber l< \> Hi 1 



,m the type. The Kalawhoe 

 ,,. It is to be noted that, 



■;*tn as a distinct species, and Anderson in his pa] 

 which I have r 



Flora of the Southern Tract. 

 152. It has been said that the topography of the Southern tract is 

 much more varied atral or Northern tracts ; the 



flora also shows much more variety. The 

 1 '<i'l-. fr.»st never occurs, and the ten M 



- been interfered 

 • fhl >s Us man). The Saranda forests of - 



oial streams are floristically a 



highe ra?k 



i, ^ ' ■ •'.. ■ . - .■ . •■■ ■ ■■ ■•'"■■ ; ; 



do not differ much from those already dealt with, but they 

 become more mixed with the species belonging to other 1 

 forest. The Sal aom M « "^ while th. 



dner slopes are occupied by 



- JSri ^ndxed wUh yS the Sft 



the base of the h ■ the slopes by V™™**}*™ 



mixed forest, and the tops especially on quartz and mica schists i are 

 monopolized by the male bamboo (Dendrocalarnus *lrictu*). mis 



