CONTENTS:- Preface. I. Description of areas understudy. II. Taxonomic studies: 1. Enumeration of the vascular plant species found at Pale and Sirigao villages. 2. A report on the threatened plant species. III. Description of vegetation at Pale and Sirigao villages: 1. Qualitative characters based on physiognomy. 2. Quantitative characters based on floristics. IV. Range of methods used in the analysis of vegetation at Pale and Sirigao villages. Literature cited. Index to families, genera and species.