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FLORA OF THE SUNDRIBUNS. 
acted as Superintendent during the absence of Wallich, himself collected 
in the Sundribuns, and a few of his specimens from the region are 
present at Calcutta. Dr. Falconer, * * * § who succeeded Wallich, next 
took the matter up and the collections obtained from the Sundribuns 
during his incumbency include Cyamopsis psoraloides, Acacia Intsia^ 
Asphodelus tenuifolius^ which have not been recorded since. Dr. 
Thomson t who followed Falconer, also made extensive Sundribun 
collections which include, among plants not recorded before or since 
his time, Allophylus Cobhe^ Acacia tomentosaf A. conctnnay Vitex 
trifolia. Dr. Anderson, % the next Superintendent, did not himself 
collect in the Sundribuns but Mr. Kurz, § during Anderson’s incumbency, 
made several collections in the area ; the only species obtained by 
him that has not been collected since is Aldrovanda vesiculosa^ a 
species already known to Roxburgh and to Thomson as a native of the 
Bengal plain immediately to the north of the Sundribuns. Mr. Clarkej|| 
who followed Anderson, has given particular attention to the 
Sundribun flora, his collections include the following species not 
obtained since his visits to the xegion-.^Merremia hederacea^ Col'- 
denia procumhens^ Teramnus flexilis^ Lantana triflorai Scirpus 
triqueter var. segregata^ Cladium riparium var. crassa. Sir G. 
King H kept up the traditional interest of the Calcutta Garden in the 
flora of the Sundribuns and with the assistance of various friends, but 
more especially of Mr. Gamble, added considerably to the list of Sundri- 
bun species ; first, and in two cases only, records dating from the 
period 1871 — 1878 include Mallotus repandat Petunga Roxburghii^ 
Bridelia stipularis^ Desmodium umbellatum. 
Shortly after 1880, Mr. Ellis, then Deputy Conservator of the 
Sundribun Forests, sent to Calcutta some collections of Sundribun 
plants, the most interesting of these being Oryza coarctata^ regarding 
which, in spite of Roxburgh's very definite account of its appearance 
and habitat, some misconception had arisen, and Kleinhovia hospita 
which had never been obtained in the Sundribuns before and has not 
been again reported. These Sundribun plants sent by Ellis were added 
by Mr. Brace** to a special local Sundribun collection already formed 
by King between 1871 — 1880. The knowledge of the Sundribun flora 
afforded by the material thus accumulated was considerable, but it was 
recognised that it must be far from complete. How incomplete it was 
* Superintendent, 1845—1855. 
t Superintendent, 1855 — 1861. 
t Superintendent, 1861 — 1870. 
§ Curator of the Herbarium, 1864—1878. 
II Officiating Superintendent, 1869 — 1871. 
% Superintendent, 1871—1897. 
, Curator of the Herbarium, 1881--1886. 
