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Of the grasses the most common is Andropogon amboinicus, 

 f, ger.uinu3, which becomes more than 2 m tall. Other species arc 

 a. parvifl ora, A, zollingeri, A* triticus, ... contort US and A. 

 subtilis. Other tall grasses are Rottboelia exaltata and Uphiurus 

 exaltata, which remind one of a horses tail. 



Themeda irgueus is also comnun. 

 Among the trees the most conspicuous are ncacia leucophloea with 



yelloo-white bark, . 



The Palmae are represented by Borassns ilabellifer and 



Corypha gcbanga. . t . ,* 



Scattered here and there we find Ficus superba (krasakjj 

 and in the driest places a thorny scrub consisting of Peronia 

 elcphantura, aegle marmeles, ^cacia tcmentosa Hcmaliuu toment.-sunu 



Wo also encounter bchleichera triju^.a IKosanbi), Rrotlun 

 javanicum, Grewia. Ihyllanthua emblicn, ueliu -ze hu\ach, -.loiaia 

 lebbeckoides and «. procera, Cordia obliqua, Morinda tinctoria 

 and Schoutenia ovata, Tamarindus indica. 



On level ground where the heavy impermeable black soil is deeply 

 cracked during the dry season, the grass cover is thinner and 

 Sisyphus mauritiana is common, oftjn with an abundance of Ipoaoca 

 heterophylla. . 



At the margins of the open places occur the yellow-flowering 

 r.butilon indicus and Thespesla lampas, in moister places 

 Cphioglossum reticulatuin. 



Hauvolfia serpentina grows in the better parts of trie 

 forest, butea nonoaperma, the flame of the forest, is common in 

 teak plantations. The teak does not do very well here. 



