PLANTS OF NORTHERN GUJARAT. 
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(i) Trees 
Azadirachta indica , Cordia Uotkii and others. 
(ii) Shuubs :~~ 
Gfewia populifolia , Gymnosporia montana , Clerodendron 
Pklomidis, Ab util on indicum, Trichodesma indicum, Eizyphus 
Jujuba. , 
(in) Climbers”:— 
Damia extensa, Ipomoea calycina } I. pilosa, L dasysperma , 
Merremia pentaphylla, various Cucurbit acea, Cocculus 
villosus , Pupalip lappacea s Ackyranthes aspera , Penta - 
tropis microphylla . 
(eV) Herbs : — 
Corchorus o lit onus, Abutilon ramosum, Commelina nudiflora 
and others. 
While the plants enumerated are mainly those found in other more 
xerophytic associations, yet the general aspect of the vegetation is quite 
different, the whole forming a dense tangle of small trees, bushes, 
climbers and straggling herbs, through which progress is slow and 
difficult. This was the aspect of the association as seen in the middle of 
October, when the surrounding Savannah was already very dry, but no 
doubt it would be considerably modified later on in the dry weathet. 
Unfortunately we have had no further opportunity of studying this 
type. 
The second mesophyfic association is found on small patches of 
ground kept constantly moist by springs. This association was noted on 
the bank of the Watrak River, and in the beds of one or two streams 
flowing through Woodland Savannah in Modasa, and consisted of the 
following : — 
Cy at ho dine lyrata, Emilia sonchifolia , Blumea eriantha , llygro - 
phila Serpyllum , Hemigraphis elegans , Leucas biflora, Cans cor a 
decurrens, Ekacum pedunculatum , Gnaphalium indicum. 
Two associations remain to be described which do not definitely belong 
to any of the groups indicated above. These are, (1) Weeds of cultiva- 
tion, and (2) Hedge plants. Both are to a certain extent artificial, and 
may conveniently be considered in this place. 
i. Weeds of cultivation. 
The weeds of cultivated and garden land form a more or less definite 
association, which has, however, two quite distinct aspects ( 0 ) during 
and shortly after the monsoon (August-October) and (b) on irrigated 
land only during the cold weather (December- March). 
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