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Taking the zones, therefore, in the following order, as arid, 

 dry, intermediate, wet, montane, and grass, the correspond- 

 ing typical forms may be given as characteristic : — 



(a) Arid Zone. — Salvadora persica, Randia dumetorum, 

 and Tribulus terrestris. 



(p) Dry Zone. — Cratseva Roxburghii, Cassia Fistula, Acacia 

 leucophlcea, Satinwood, Mimusops hexandra, Hemicyclia 

 sepiaria, and Strychnos Nux-vomica. 



(c) Intermediate Zone. — Albizzia odoratissima, Holoptelea 

 integrifolia, Tetrameles nudiflora, Ficus Arnottiana, and 

 Berrya Ammonilla. 



(d) Wet Zone. — Wormia triquetra, Schumacheria castaneae- 

 folia, Cyathocalyx zeylanicus, Garcinia terpnophylla, 

 Calophyllum bracteatum, Vateria acuminata, Elseocarpus 

 serratus, Hydrocera triflora, Evodia Roxburghiana, Kokoona 

 zeylanica, Leea sambucina, Campnosperma zeylanicum, 

 Pericopsis Mooniana, Anisophyllea zeylanica, Barringtonia 

 racemosa, Hedyotis fruticosa, Schizostigma hirsutum, 

 Palaquium petiolare, Diospyros Gardneri, and Machilus, 

 besides many less conspicuous examples, of which very 

 many are Rubiaceous. 



(e) Montane Zone. — Michelia nilagirica, Berberis asiatica, 

 Hypericum mysorense, Calophyllum Walkeri, Gordonia 

 zeylanica, Elaeocarpus montanus, Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, 

 Kendrickia Walkeri, Hedyotis Lessertiana, H. verticillaris, 

 and Rhododendron arboreum may be taken as typical 

 forms. 



Lastly (/) the Grass Land Flora, which, as the name 

 implies, is mainly composed of many species of grasses, yet 

 possesses certain very distinct tree forms, such as Careya 

 arborea, Phyllanthus Emblica, Anogeissus latifolia, and 

 many small leguminous plants too numerous to mention. 



The flora of our hill tops is one of special interest, and 

 might be regarded in certain cases as very remarkable, but 

 it is hardly within the scope of this Paper to enlarge on the 

 complex questions such distribution would entail, as a 



