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Carex, Kydia, Jujubifolia, Randia, Hovenia, occurred at 600 feet, 

 with Rhopala, Panax, Ficus obliqua. 



Then shady jungle commenced, underwood of Ferns, Acanthaceas, 

 Urticese, Andropogons, Stemodia secunda occurred at 700* feet. 

 Hastingsia, Pogostemon, Kydia calycina, Glypea, Curculigo, 750 feet, 

 with Clematis Cana, Cerasus, Quercus Robur, this came down a 

 ridge. Rhus acidissima. 



Scleria, Lycopodia, Msesa, Sterculia Balanghas, and Kydia Jujubi- 

 folia, at 900* feet. Phlomoides, Acanthacea specicosa, Pothos pin- 

 natus, Choulmoogrum, Malpighiacea, at 1,000* feet. Buchanania, 

 Magnolia, Achyranthes, Murraya exotica, Sedgwickia, Urtica Gigas, 

 Chloranthus inconspicuus, Peliosanthes, Phsenix pygmsea, Hedysarum 

 acenaciferum, at 1,200* feet. 



The altitude of the bed here is 3,112 feet (64, 206 \ : of Wool- 

 laston, 6.4. 3)t and along its banks Cissus, Woodwardia, Megala, 

 Polygonum Rheoides, Mimosa arborea, Curculigo, Woodwardia, 

 Andropogon fuscum, Conaria, Potentilla, Rumex, Rubia cordifolia, 

 Drymaria, and Begonia occurred. 



The ascent was steep, leading over several land slips, the same 

 vegetation continuing. Oaks, Pines, Rhododendrons occupying the 

 more exposed faces, and the usual humid jungle characterising aspects 

 not so much exposed. Pinus longifolia strays down to within 100 

 feet of the nullah. We passed a pretty cascade discharging a con- 

 siderable body of water : here at 200* feet above the nullah, I observed 

 Crotalaria juncea, the Betula of Thumathaya, Quercus lanatus, Leea 

 crispa, Panax terebinthaceus, Indigofera, Scutellaria, Clematis, Cana, 

 Panax altera, Mimosa, Porana, Arundo karka, Flemingia, Conyza, 

 Aspidium macrosomum. 



At 400* feet, Itea macrophylla, Ficus, Composita arborea. The 

 woods are dry, but little occurring underneath the trees, except the 

 usual grasses, Andropogons and Airoides. At 500* feet, Thibaudia 

 myrtifolia, Triumfetta mollis, Composita penduliflora, Lysimachia, 

 Pinus, Rhododendron. The ground now became excessively rocky, the 

 road winding along at the same elevation, not more than a foot wide. 



At 600* feet, Desmodium vestilum, Artemisia, Acanthacea lurida, 

 Gentiana> as before. Gordonia, Bambusa, Microphylla, Arum vivi- 

 parum, Tussilaginoid, Wendlandia, Thibaudia, variegatoides, and a 

 myrtifolia; Sedum, rocks strewn in every direction covered with 

 Sedum and epiphylical orchideee. 



* Relative heights. 



f These figures refer to Woollaston's thermetrical barometer. 



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