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38 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY layers of palisade tissue on either side and seem to contain a lot of storage tissue also.

13. Ehretia aspera B. — In hilly parts not very common. The leaves are more or less hairy.

14. Vitex Negundo L. — Occasional. The leaves are pinnate and the leaflets more or less divided and hairy.

15. Euphorbia Tirucalli L. — Rather common, planted. Al- most always without leaves.

16. Bridelia retusa Spr.— In hilly parts, not very common. Slightly hairy.

17. Ficus bengalensis L. —Rather common, planted or self- sown. Slightly hairy.

18. Ficus retusa ? Linn.— Rather common, planted.

19. Phoenix sylvestre B.— Not common. The leaves are pinnate and contain a lot of sclerenchymatous tissue along both sides of the leaf in addition to the palisade tissue which occupies the whole leaf.

Shrubs.

20. Capparis aphylla Both. — Very common throughout, quite leafless and prickly.

21. Capparis divaricata Lam. In hilly parts not very com- mon. A prickly plant. The leaves are small and somewhat thick. There is a thick cuticle on the upper surface and the leaf is full of palisade tissue.

22. Gadaba indica Lam.— In hilly parte, not common. The leaves are slightly hairy.

23. Gymnosporia Rothiana Laws. — Rather common in hilly parts. Nearly leafless and with thorny branches.

21. Rhus mysorensis Heyne. — Rather common in hilly parts. The branches are thorny. The leaves are pinnate and the leaflets small, more or less divided and hairy.

25. Cassia auriculata L. — Very common everywhere, with pinnate leaves and small leaflets.

26. Mimosa hamata Willd. — A prickly plant, rather common in hilly parts. Leafless at the time.

27. Dichrostachys cinerea 17. A A.— Occasional. A thorny plant. The leaves are pinnate and the leaflets very small.

28. Opuntia nigricans Haw. — Extremely common every- where. The very thorny phylloclades are flattened like leaves, the true leaves being always absent.