116 Notes on the Flora of Manhhum. [No. 2 



Gardenia latifolia Ait. 

 G— sp. (lucida ?) 

 Pavetta Indica, Linn. 

 P — parviflora, Roxb. 

 Wendlandia tinctoria, DC. 

 Cassia fistula, Linn. 

 Calosanthes Indica, Blunie. 

 Stereospermnm suaveolens, DC 

 JEigle Marmelos, Corr. 

 Carissa Carandas, L 

 Zizyphus cenoplia, Mill. 

 Combretum Roxbarghii, DC. 

 Casearia tomentosa, Roxb. 

 Giochidron Sp. 

 Nauclea parvifolia, Roxb. 

 N — cordifolia, Roxb, 



Herbaceous plants are scarce in jungle of the above character, doubt- 

 less they are more abundant during the rains. 



The large scandent creepers are more commonly met with on the 

 hills, but they also occur in the older jungles, the principal species 

 are Bauhinia Vahlii and Butea superba. 



Parasites and epiphytes are represented by two species of Loranthus, 

 two of Viscum and a few orchids. 



It is often to be observed that some one of the trees, mentioned in 

 the preceding list, occurs in such abundance throughout a limited 

 area, as almost to exclude all other species ; some circumstances, which 

 it is impossible to detect, giving it pre-eminence in the struggle for 

 life. The species so occurring are : 



Shorea robusta, Roxb. 

 Terminalia glabra, W. and A. 

 Holarrhaena antidysenterica, Wall. 

 Conocarpus latifolia, Roxb. 

 Eugenia Jambolana, Lam. 

 Casearia tomentosa, Roxb. 



Modification of the character in the vegetation can, however, in 

 two instances at least be traced to its prime causes, viz. the vicinity 



