6° RECORDS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
~ his having»visited the range, which is not’ mentioned in his and Arnott’s — 
'  “ Prodromus.” Though his authority is quoted. in the “ Flora of British 
India”’ for the occurrence of . several species in the Anaimalai Hills it is 
- quite possible that the specimens concerned were collected for him by 
others ; certainly: Captain Cotton, R.E., must have provided him with 
some and'probably Michael also. 
Dr. C,.A. Barber, C.I-E., as {Government Botanist, paid one or two 
visits to our area and officers subordinate to him were also deputed for 
collecting work from time to'time. Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Chariar, 
the present Lecturing Botanist at the Agricultural College at Coimbatore, 
has kindly furnished me with a list of the plants recorded during these 
_expeditions‘and they are incorporated in my list. 
y own acquaintance with the Anaimalais dates from 1911. I ‘was 
in forest charge of the South Coimbatore Forest Division, which includes 
these hills, from December 1911 to September 1915 and I paid two or 
three subsequent visits to the western extremity. Every opportunity was 
taken during ‘my official tours to collect botanical specimens and to take 
notes. 'Thé majority of the specimens obtained were sent to the herbarium 
of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, 
Sources of information.—No previous ‘attempt at a eurvey of the 
flora of the Anaimalai Hills appears to have been made. The present one 
is based mainly on my own notes and collections, but, for the sake of such 
- completeness as is possible at present, I haye scrutinised every published 
work. that seemed likely to afford additional information and have obtained 
liyts, as already stated, from the Agricultural College Herbarium. The 
sources from which information has been derived are acknowledged in the 
list for those species which I have not-observed. 
I am conscious that the list is still far from complete. This is due 
firstly to the shortcomings of my own observations, as official duties 
prevented as thorough an-exploration of all parts at all seasons as I should 
have desired. Secondly there is no published botanical work (or un- 
published that I am aware of) deyoted solely to the Anaimalai Hills, and 
those I have been able to consult cover the whole of the Madras Presidency 
_ or even larger areas, if they refer to our-area at all. ; 
restricted area is not specifically quoted as one of the habitats though, no 
doubt, it is included in the general limits stated. I have thought if. safer 
to include only such plants as-are stated definitely to have been found in 
the Anaimalais. On the other hand, I have included a few on the anthor- 
ity of, Beddome with some hesitation, since that author apparently cnoltided 
- the Neliampatti Hills in the Anaimalais as testified “by 
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