Davanagere, one of the 27 districts of Karnataka State, is located between 13? 48’ and 14?54’ North latitude and 75?54’ and 75?24’ East longitude. It covers an area of 5998 sq. km. Topography and general features have been given at the beginning. Past and present work, forests and vegetation have been given next. It is followed by which forms bulk of the book, a total of 867 angiosperm species belonging to 498 genera and 112 families have been enumerated. ...