BOTANY OF BIHAR AND OBISSA. 



e fellings a 



■ ■ ■ ' ■ 



diich grows on loam in Angul above 



associates Ttnniitnliti ttjuif uln^j. !'!,,,, ,i ;/> - wttrsupium, Mango, 

 Ougeinia dalbergin /. . I • !> fi/mlii* radamba, Bursera serrata, 



heterogeneous assemblage of trees of damper and drier eonditions ! 

 (in the quart/, and mica schists which give a light-coloured soil, on 

 which Sal is never seen \vell-<.'ro\wi. is ' ;., ,•!>:■ ,u <j»,n in if era (especially 



contortus and Aristida. In some parts of Sambalpur the Sal is much 

 at tin ked bv Loranthus longiflorus. 



155. The bamboo formations.— In many of the valleys and 

 eastern plains the Sal and Tenninalia 

 bamboo. Especially gregarious is th 



Th. few trees that occupy them are remnants of those that obtained 

 a footing during one of the recurrent flowering periods, and of under- 

 growth there is none. It was however in streams flowing through 

 thorny bamboo that I first came across the Latvia zeylanka. 



15i.i. Lhndrocalamus strictus often occupies the hills (see above under 



grown, but is apt to take possession of the ground where the rock is 

 near the surface. It does not flower gregariously like the Bambusa, 



Mixed Forests < 



on the drier ridges) t 

 of the species are tho 

 Himalayan element into the flora! Among the former are Machilus 



"'--'/. I iU-x gluhratri (also Santal Parg.), Alphonsea rentric^i. Tur- 

 idnla ,.„„„f,r„, Euqf ,,i„ f, uticosa, Sujniun in^ujnf. Among Himalayan 

 species are Euonymus glaber, Leea acuminata, Bubus ellipticus, Ville- 

 brunea frutescens, Pilea scripta, Baccaurea sapida, while Aralia armata, 



Ihiptinntkn-*,,' .-,.,,//„. Sturux 



, Turin, 



are both of Chittagong and the Himalaya*. 

 is especially interesting, inasmuch as it is found also at lower eleva- 

 tions and in the coastal districts (see pp. 48, 49). 



■■-[•<■< i.diy n ■ rfolia, from the mountain 



ravines of Bonai. This plant has only been previoush found bv me 

 in the mountains of British Bhutan, and is only recorded in the 



