FLORA OF THU ANAIMALAIS.. 9. 
Hopea parviflora Bedd., Acacia Suma Kurz., Calamus Rotang Linn.» 
2. The dry, deciduous hill type, on the outer slopes.in the drier regions, 
from 1,500’ to 3,500’.. The rainfall varies from 20 to 60 inches per 
annum. ye 
The slopes are usually very rocky and precipitous (see Plate I), Along: 
the ravines and in other favourable places species of the next type are” 
apt to intrude. The characteristic species of this type are :— 
Cochlospermum Gossypium DC., Shorea Lalura Roxb., Sterculia urens ° 
Roxb.,.. Lriolaena stihietdbonidas Wicht., Ribiiinabiis herbacea Roxb., 
Iliptage Madatlota Gaertn., Murraya exotica Linn., Elaeodendron glaucum 
Pers., Sapindus bifoliatus Hiern., Buchanania Lanzan Spreng., Indigofera 
Wightit Grah., Indigofera pulchella Roxb, Butea frondosa Roxb., 
Dalbergia sissoides Grah., Albizzia ctor etistinn Benth., Kalanchoe flori- 
bunda W. & A,, Rubia cordifolia Linn.; Dissayede: montana Roxb., 
Olea dioica Roxb., Didymocarpus. Rottleriana Wall., Vitex altissima Bille 
f., Lasiosiphon Shsoceghains Dene. (above 3,000'), Givotia rottleriformis 
Griff., Fieus Arnottiana Miq., Manisurus granularis Linn. and gk hee 
Nardus Linn. 
This type is often found occupying arezs that Sesser were covered 
with evergreen vegetation. and that have been neon by shifting» 
cultivation and annual firing. 
8. The moist, deciduous forest type. This type is slosh confined to 
the western extremity, between elevations of 1,500 and 2,500 feet, with a 
tainfall of from 50 to 100 inches (see Plate IL); It borders on and mixes 
with the lower evergreen type (see Plate II). 
This is the most important type from the point of view of the forester, _ 
since it is here that timber trees, such as Tec/ona grandis Linn., Pterocarpus 
Marsupium Roxb., Dalbergia latifolia Roxb., Terminalia fotcentols Bedd., 
Lagerstroemia lanceolata Wall., attain their largest dimensions. ‘In Seiko 
of very wasteful and extensive extractions in the past, enormons examples 
of these and other species are still to be met with. Apart from this the 
most. prominent feature of this region is the prevalence of Bambusa 
arundinacea Willd., which has invaded large areas and threateas the 
extinction of all Sther vegetation. Here too, in clearings and along 
communications, Lantana. Camara. Linn, has appeared and. spread so 
extensively that special means of, repression have had to be adopted. 
Besides those mentioned above the following distinguish this type:— _ 
Naravelia Zeylanica DC., Dillenia pentagyna Roxb., Hibiscus Lampas 
Cav., Stereulia villosa Basi. Impatiens chinensis Lit, .» Naregamia alata 
A., Melia composita Wilid., Vitis discolor Dalz., Schleichera trijuga 
Willd., ‘Semecar pus Anacardium Lina, » Crotolaria dubia Grah., Desmodium . 
