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the districts he never forgets to gather for me such plants and grasses as 

 present an unusual aspect. It is thus that he obtained for me Clitoris 

 tenella, Roxb., stated by both Roxburgh and Dalzell and Gibson to be 

 rare ; the authors of the " Bombay Flora" saw it only at Surat, but 

 Mr. Wroughton discovered it in the Poona district. In a letter sent 

 to me, he writes to say : — "I have founed the delicate grass, Chloris 

 tenella, specimens of which were sent to you, in the Loni Reserve 

 on the banks of the Mutha Mulla river, but it is extremely local 

 and by no means plentiful. Since I have found it on the banks 

 of the Nira river in great abundance. Here it grows very luxu- 

 riantly. I had to wade through patches which were above my knees 

 and covered a considerable area." 



Mr. Madan, Forest Officer, South Thana Division, sent me a valu- 

 able collection of grasses from that locality, and this year he had the 

 goodness to forward the duplicates with a packet of a scented grass 

 named podan, gande, and pandle. This proves to be Andropogon 

 Huge Hi, Hack., a grass not mentioned in Roxburgh's " Flora 

 Indica," nor in Dalzell and Gibson's " Bombay Flora." When in the 

 last rainy season, Mr. Madan was at Satara, acting for Mr. Great- 

 head, he took the trouble of supplying me with a great number 

 of plants from that district, two of which appear to be new 

 species. 



In the well-prepared collection sent by Mr. Betham of Nassick and 

 by Mr. Vishnu Mahadeo Tiluk, Range Forest Officer, Haveli, there 

 are many interesting and rare grasses, such as Art hr axon microphilus, 

 Paspalum brevi folium, Eleusine mucronata, and new species of Tripogon, 

 Aristida, Qarnotia, &c. 



The collections received from the officers in charge of West 

 and East Guzerat, and of the Panch Mahals, Sholapur, Satara, 

 and also from Mr. MacNaughten, Principal, Rajkumar College, 

 Rajkot, and from Mr. W. A. Talbot, of North Canara, are equally 

 interesting. 



My thanks are due to all of these gentlemen and to Mr. M. M. 

 de Souza, attached to H. E. the Governor's establishment, and to 

 Mr. J. M. de Souza, to that of the Superintendent of Mahableshwar, 

 for their contributions of grasses from that hill, and also to the Rev. 

 C. X. d'Abreu for a few plants from Goa. 



