No. 61. — 1908.] LESSER KNOWN hills. 



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irrigation purposes. The evidence of a once swarming popu- 

 lation is abundant, and both hill top and river bed alike point 

 to an early history of profound interest to students of archae- 

 ology and biology alike. 



I am painfully conscious of the extreme imperfection of 

 this brief outline, but I trust in submitting it to the Society 

 that, with their usual generosity , they will make due allowance 

 for the limited opportunities I have of compiling a detailed 

 account of so large an extent of country as I have dealt with ; 

 while, on the other hand, I earnestly trust it may stimulate 

 others to investigate the various questions I have done no 

 more here than to imperfectly hint at. 



APPENDIX. 



List of Plants noted on " Westminster Abbey," from 

 1,000 feet altitude and upwards.* 



1 . Garcinia spicata. — A dry-zone plant. Also from South India. 



2. Blumea lacera. — A common composite. Tropical Asia and 

 Africa. 



3. Sapium insigne. — Dry zone tree : has a false resemblance in 

 stem to satinwood. Bengal and Burma. 



4. Modecca palmata. — A poisonous dry-zone plant. Of value in 

 native medicine. Indian sp. 



5. Hibiscus ficulneus. — Handsome ornamental flowers. Abun- 

 dant near Kantalai, below ruins on Bandara-malai ; also at 

 " Westminster Abbey." Indian sp. 



6. H. micranihus. — Common in dry zone. India, Arabia, 

 Africa. 



7. Ficus Arnottiana. — In rocks in the dry zone ; fairly common. 

 A South Indian form. 



8. F. Thwaitesii. — A common form. Endemic. 



9. F. Mooniana.— Moderately common. Endemic. 



10. Memecylon grande. — Abundant. Also India and Malaya. 



11. M. capitellatum. — Plentiful. A favourite wood for katty 

 handles and sticks. Doubtfully endemic. 



* The numbers follow the ordei of observation and not of any 

 systematic arrangement. 



