CONTENTS: Preface, Acknowledgements, List of Photo Plates, List of Illustrations, 1. Introduction: Historical Background, Reasons for undertaking the present work and its importance, 2. Past and Present Work, 3. Topography and Genertal Features: Rivers, Lakes, Geology and Solil, Climate, 4. Forest Biota, 5. Vegetation, 6. Floristic Analysis, 7. Medicinal, Horticultural and Economically Important Plants, 8. Status Report of Rare and Threatened Plants: Abbreviations Used, 9. Systematic Treatment: Key to the Families, Systematic Treatment (RANUNCULACEAE-POACEAE), 10. Concluding Remarks, Photo Plates, Illustrations, Selected Bibliography, Index.