CONTENTS 
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Preface xi 
In Memoriam xv 
Introduction xxiii 
Position, Area and Climate xxiv 
Description of the Map xxv 
Collectors xxvi 
Vegetation ............ xxvii 
Table of Genera and Species of each Natural Order in the 
Flora of Simla, and the Number common to Simla and the 
British Islands xxviii 
Natural Orders in Simla but not in the British Islands . xxxi 
Natural Orders in the British Islands but not in Simla . xxxi 
Natural Orders of only one Genus and one Species in Simla xxxii 
Natural Orders of one Genus, but more than one Species . xxxii 
Natural Orders of twenty Species and upwards . . . . xxxiii 
The Trees of Simla xxxiv 
Climbing Shrubs xxxix 
The Herbaceous Element xxxix 
The Ferns xxxix 
Aspects of the Vegetation xlii 
Concluding Remarks on the Flora lii 
Classification of the Natural Orders liii 
Glossary lvii 
List of the Plants figured Ixv 
Bibliography lxvii 
Descriptive Enumeration of the Plants ..... 1 
General Index 637 
