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of Opuntia below it ; Dicrostachys cinerea in the background and a 

 dwarfed plant of Canthium parviflorum among the stones in front, 

 lyower figure. — ■Tsllm.assesoi Euphorbia antiquorum with Cissus quadrangularis trailmg 

 over them. A branch of Ficus gihhosa on the right ; F. bengalensis 

 and Glycosmis pentaphylla in the background. Photo taken in 

 October, 1919. 



PlvATE XI. 



Upper figure. — -Remains of a large tree of Ficus bengalensis, the living part of which 

 is seen in the extreme background. On the left a dead secondary- 

 trunk with the remains of the branch from which it sprang ; on the 

 right a larger trunk occupied by a young tree of Ficus gibbosa. 

 In the background on the left masses of Euphorbia antiquorum 

 growing on the rock ; in the foreground young plants of Opuntia 

 diseased plants of Jatropha gossypifolia and seedlings of Glycosmis 

 pentaphylla. 



Lower figure. — Herbaceous thickets on cleared land surrounded by trees of Ficus 

 infectoria, F. retusa and F . bengalensis. Beyond the shade of the 

 trees the vegetation consists of Tephrosia piirpurea, Crotalaria 

 striata and Datura fastiwsa ; in their shade these plants are replaced 

 by Glycosmis pentaphylla and seedlings of Anona squamosa. Note 

 the precise line of division. Photo taken in October, 1919. N.B. 

 — The growth of the Leguminosae was much less dense in 1920 than 

 in 1919. 



