BOOK V. 
GEOGRAPHY. 
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Cassia fistula, Jambosa sp., Gardenia sp., Nauclea sp., Uncaria 
Gambir, Diospyros Ebenum etc., Urceola elastica, Bignonia 
sp., Avicennia tomentosa ; Tectona grandis, Hamiltoniana ; Laurus 
Cassia, Cinnamomum, Malabatrum ; Tetranthera sp,, Myristica sp., 
Hernandia sonora ; Ficus^ religiosa, indica, elastica, benjamina, and 
many others; Cycas revoluta,Borassus flabelliformis, Cocos nucifera. 
Elate sylvestris, Metroxylon Sagus ; Calamus Rotang, rudentum, 
Draco, etc.; Areca Catechu, Taliera bengalensis, Dracaena Draco, 
Pandanus odoratissimus, Flagellaria indica, Bambusa arundinacea. 
Cultivated plants : Oryza sativa, Panicum frumentaceum, 
Eleusine coracana; Sorghum sp. ; Cycas circinalis ; Dioscorea 
alata, Arachis hypogaea, Cocos nucifera, Tamarindus indica, 
Mangifera indica, Garcinia Mangostana ; Musa paradisiaca, sa- 
pientum ; Jambosa vulgaris, malaccensis ; Psidium poraiferum ; 
Citrus Aurantium, decumana, etc. ; Cucurbita CitruUus, Saccha- 
rum officinarum, CofFea arabica, Caryophyllus aromaticus ; Piper 
longum, nigrum, Betle, Cubeba ; Zingiber officinale ; Alpinia Car- 
damomum. Curcuma longa., Soja hispida, Phaseolus, sp., Doli- 
chos sp., Gossypium herbaceum ; Indigofera tinctoria. Anil. 
VIII. Himalayan Kingdom. 
( Wallich's Kingdom,) 
The highlands of India, or the mountain terraces, lying on the 
south of the Himalayan range, Kamoon, Nepal, Boutan, 4,000—- 
10,000 feet. 3Iea?i Temperature, 36' 5° to 65-75°. 
Character. — Tropical forms disappear or decrease. Palmse, Cy- 
cadeae, Scitamineae, Euphorbiaceae, Solaneae, Convolvulaceae, Apo- 
cyneae, Terebinthaceae, Leguminosae, Malvaceae, Annonaceae. 
Extra-tropical, particularly European, forms appear, or become 
more frequent than in VII., as Cariceae, Amentaceae, Coniferae, 
Polygoneae (Rumex, Polygonum, Rheum), Primulaceae (Primula, 
Lysimachia), Labiatae, Ericeae, (Rhododendron, Andromeda), 
Cichoraceae, Umbelliferae, Rosaceae (Potentilla, Rubus, Rosa, 
Mespilus, Pyrus, Prunus), Acerineae, Caryophylleae (Stellaria, 
Cerastium, Arenaria), Cruciferae, Ranunculaceae (Aconitum, 
Ranunculus, Thalictrum). 
Orchideae and Filices, very numerous. To the characteristic 
forms also belong Allium, Paris, Plantago, Veronica, Rhinanthus, 
Pedicularis, Didymocarpeae, Gentiana, Swertia, Campanula, Vale- 
riana, Galium, Cornus, Viburnum. 
The most important trees and shrubs: Pinus excelsa; Abies 
Smithiana, Brunoniana ; Cupressus torulosa, Podocarpus latifolia ; 
