1*20 Notes on the Flora of Manbhum. [No. 2,. 



Plumieria alba, Jacq. 

 Nerium odorum, Ait. 



A very beautiful effect is often produced by the so-called matri- 

 mony of the species of Ficus with other trees, more especially with the 

 Tal, Borassusflaoelliformis : the seeds of Peepul, dropped by birds into 

 the angle formed by the leaf stalk of the Tal, produce trees which 

 ultimately envelope with their roots and stem the whole of their 

 foster parent. 



The flora of the tanks and jheels is interesting, as it approaches 

 in character that of the ponds and lakes of Europe. The principal 

 species are : 



Nymph sea lotus, L. 



jST— stellata, Willd. 



Hydrilla verticillata ? 



Ottelia alismoides, DC. 



Nelumbium speciosum, Willd. 



Limnanthemum cristatum, Griseb. 



Potamogeton natans, Linn. 



Azolla pinnata, R. Br. 



Marsilea quadrifoliata, L. 

 At the edges : 



Exacum sulcatum. 



Drosera Burmanni, Vahl. 



Scirpus mucronatus. 



Fuirena ciliaris. 

 A number of species of Ci/perus and grasses. 



On all the smaller hills up to 1,000 feet, the greater number 

 of species occurring on the plains are to be met with, and in addition 

 to them many species of both trees and herbaceous plants, which are 

 never found below ; on the highest hills the jungle consists almost 

 exclusively of Bambusa stricta, with an undergrowth in which the 

 blue flowers of Strobilanthes auriculatus and D&dalacanthm pur- 

 purascens are the most prominent forms. 



The following is a list of the most characteristic trees occurring on 

 the hills : 



Kydia calycina, Roxb. 



