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PLANTS OF NORTHERN GUJARAT. 
( i ) Trees 
(As it is very uncertain how far trees are planted and how far 
spontaneously regenerated we include only the common trees 
here) — 
Mangifera indica, Ailanthus excelsa , AzadiracJita indica , 
Mimusops hexandra, Bassia latifolia , Cor diet Myxa , 
Acacia arabica. 
(u) Shrubs and undersbrubs 
(a) More or less abundant, though sometimes only locally so — 
Cassia auricnlata, Calotropis procera , Abutilon indieum , 
Zizyphus rotundifolia. 
(i b ) Locally common, but not so abundant or wide-spread as the 
former— 
Balanites BoxburgKii, Pavonia zeylanica , Acacia Jac - 
quemontii, Gymnosporia montana, Capparis aphylla, 
Waltheria indica, Ocimum canum , Crotalaria Burhia, 
Cassia obtusa , Grewia pitas a, Tephrosia purpurea , T . 
villosa, Crotalaria medicaginea var. neglecta . 
The last three, and sometimes also Cassia auriculata, are liable 
to form dense colonies, dominating the entire vegetation. 
(c) Fairly common, but rarely or never becoming in any way 
dominant — 
Trichodesma indieum , Triuvifetta rhomboidea , T . rotundi- 
folia, Leptadenia Spartium. 
(Hi) Climbers • 
(a) Abundant— 
Leptadenia reticulata (often occurring also as a decumbent 
shrub), Cocculus villosus. 
(5) Common — 
Asparagus racemosus (this is much more abundant in the 
Thorn Savannah), Pentatropis microphylla, Gloriosa 
superba . 
(iv) Herbs (or plants mainly herbaceous) not persisting 
through the dry weather but more or less fugaceous .* — 
(a) Abundant — 
Indig of era Uni folia, I. cor difolia, I. enheaphylla , 
Alysicarpus vaginalis , Cassia Tora, Oldenlaudia 
corymbosa , Justicia diffusa var. orbicnlala, Lencas 
Cephalotes, Commelina nudidora, Cenchrus eathurticus, 
Ferotis latifolia , Eragrostis tremula, Eleusine 
orgyptiaca . 
