BOTANY OF BIHAR AND ORISSA. 



issii arc Imilt of it. The Balasore laterite is more gravelly 

 further south, and is apparently detrital. South of khui 



•iss. It is less coi 

 ler districts of th« - '-he Lamal Junan 



balpur range) it forms scarps and ridges well stocked 

 anthu*, Bija and Sal, and it frequently caps the platea 



capping ( 



„ , I tin Southern area on igneous and 



gneissic rocks, of 



soils in the forests are for some reason or other very poorly 

 This effect may I • ffl kunker is partly 



;he dry weather. Soymida and Ischcemum (Pollinidium 

 Hum) are frequent species on kunker soils. Cotton soil 



Principal Formations.* 



Tertiary . Pliocene . 



Secondary or Cretaceous 



Regur, 

 Older A 



Upper Gondw 

 Traps, etc. 



Middle Gondwa 

 on p. 16). 



Lower Gondwai 



