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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II Natural Scince 1893

1894

The body is loosely encased up to the outer tentacular crown in a soft sheath of a dull cinnamon-brown colour the oral disk between the two crowns of tentacles is of the same colour but lighter and the tentacles with the central part of the oral disk are creamy white. [...] In the contracted state the shape of the body is beautifully caryophyllaceons and the length of the largest specimen is a little short of four inches—(99 This species appears to be very close to Oerianthus americantur Verrill which it aproaches in size judging from the magnitude of the spirit. [...] [Road August 2m1.] The name Sunderbans " is applied to the tract of Itttoral forest and cultivation that occupies the southern portion of the Ganges Delta extending from the Hooghly river to the Aleghna in the ditricts of the 24-Parganas Khulna and Backergunge. [...] They are divided both geographically and as to their legal status into two approximately equal and well-defined areas namely the Protected Forests extending from the Hooghly river to the Raimangal in the district of the 24-Parganas ; and the Reserved Forests extending from the Raimangal river to the Baliswar in the Miran& district. [...] The mechanical effect of the root-suckers of all the species that develop them (except Bden) is to enormously increase the holding power or grip of the roots on the soil and thus to cause a far greater resisance to be offered to the uprooting of trees by storms and generally to maintain the stems of the trees in an upright position ; to prevent the erosion of the surface soil during high-tido
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Pages
20
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
On some Actiniaria from the Indian Seas. By A. ALCOCK M. B. C.M.Z.S. Offg. Superintendent of the Indian Museum
151-153 The Natural History Secretary view
Note on some methods of preparing botanical specimens Communicating Memoranda by Messrs. C. Maries F.L.S. and R. Pantling.—By D. Prain M.B.
153-157 The Natural History Secretary view
Blind root-suckers of the Sundcrbans.—By R. L. Heinig Deputy Con. servator of Forests Bengal Communicated by the Natural History Secretary. Plate VI.
158-161 The Natural History Secretary view
The Petrology of Job Charnock’s Tombstone —.By Thomas H. Holland A.R.C.S. F.G.S. Geological Survey of India.
162-164 The Natural History Secretary view
On a slab of Chinese agglomerate lava bearing a Chinese inscription discovered in St. John’s Churchyard Calcutta. By T. H. Holland. A.R.C.S. F.G.S. Geological Survey of India.
164-167 The Natural History Secretary view
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