14 RECORDS OF THE: BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 
the neighbouring hills and plains are familiar will remark that it does not 
differ very greatly from that of its surroundings. The most noteworthy 
features are; f 
The absence from the semi-desert type of the spinous Dalbergias and of 
Cassia marginata Roxb., all of which. are common in the adjoining 
Madura District. - s : 
In the higher grass lands Cotoneaster buwifolia Wall., Rosa Lesche- 
naultiana W. & A. and Parochetus communis Ham., all common in 
similar localities in the Nilgiri and Palni Hills are entirely wanting as far 
as my observations go. /On the other hand, Anaphalis Meeboldi: W. W. 
_ Smith is exceedingly common on the Tanakumalai ridge (about 8,000 feet), 
-and lower down we get Impatiens herbicola Hook. £,, both of which species 
were discovered by Meebold in Travancore in 1911 and, as far as 1 am 
aware, havemot been reported from any other than these two localities. 
In the median evergreen sub-type or on. grass land close to its edges 
~ Podocarpus latifolia Wall. is found. Elsewhere it is known only from the 
Travancore and Tinnevelly Hills far to the south. 
Another uncommon plant is Utleria salicifolia Bedd. Of recent years 
it has. been. found outside the Anaimalais in another range of Coimbatore 
hills. It is a gregarious shrub, not a tree as stated in the Flora of British 
India, not exceeding 6 feet.in height and a ground level diameter of 1} 
inches. It is found in rocky places near evergreen forest between eleva- 
tions of 4,000 and 5,000 feet. E 
Pyrenacantha volubilis Hook.,; a slender climber apparently not report- 
ed from any part of India up to the time Vol. I of the Flora of British 
India was published in 1875 and sincé then recorded only from the Palni 
and Tinnevelli. Hills (vide J..S, Gamble’s “ Flora of the Presidency of 
Madras”), occurs in, the semi-desert type of our area. | 
interest to note that I have also found this ies i 
gal. 3 
A spline tishens areto be found on the trunks and branches of 
trees and on soil: in the wetter parts and adhering to rocks at the higher 
elevations. Liverworts are also common in i) Sa scoleats are 
the collections of these organisms have not been ident; “airs 
them find place in this review. jo en adbrititied so far, none of 
— to the compilation of the General list chiens ae after ‘ie 
eke Se ~ been written, the second part of Mr, J. S, Gamble’s 
ee Floms.cf the Essai ies of Madras ” was published, eae hig we: 
* have extracted 28° species. not. included. in the list, and ae ee are 
