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Semecarpus Anacardium, Linn. f. Bibha ; Marking Nut. Two or 

 three amall plants seen at Karla. The variety cuneifolia must have 

 quite disappeared from Lonavla Grove. 



Holigarna Grahamii, Hookf. ? Bibha. 



A common and the most striking tree at Lonavla wood. Largest 

 specimens measured 50 feet in height, stem clear for 10 feet, girth 3 to 

 6 feet. The leaf stalks have 1 to 3 pairs of peculiar, erect spur-like 

 processes, \ inch long. The main branches are horizontal, ascending 

 only at the ends, the secondary branches are usually erect, secund. 

 The leaves, in tufts, are often very large, being 16 inches long by 6 

 inches broad, with about 30 pairs of nerves. The fruits protrude but 

 slightly from the fleshy receptacle. 



LEGTJMINOSiE. 

 Crotalaria retusa, Linn. Dingla. 



A small shrub up to 6 feet high. Flowers very beautiful, Laburnum- 

 like, yellow in long terminal racemes. 



Erythrina stricta, Roxb. Pangara ; Coral tree. 



Only in Karla village. Leafless in flower. Stem and branches 

 excessively prickly. Flowers bright scarlet. This tree is commoner 

 and larger below ghats. 



Butea frondosa, Konig. Palas. 

 Small, lopped trees are very common. 

 Dalbergia sympathetica, Nimmo. Pendgul. 



Moderately large climber ; stem and branches usually armed with 

 strong thorns. Flowers copious, but of an inconspicuous white colour. 

 Pongamia glabra, Vent. Karanj ; Indian Beech. 

 Not in the woods, but a common road-side tree. There seem to be 

 two varieties here ; one with pale buds and larger white flowers in few 

 flowered racemes, the other with dark buds and smaller rosy flowers in 

 denser racemes. The leaves of the first also appear to be larger. 

 Mezoneuron cucullatum, W. § A. 



An enormous climber in Lonavla wood ; stems up to \\ feet in girth, 

 bark smooth, prickly tubercles bluntly conical, large, sub-spirally 

 arranged. Flowers beautiful, yellow, in large panicles. Pods dull red 

 thin, flat, papery. This plant is also very common in the jungles round 

 the Duke's Nose, but there it only clambers among small trees and bushes. 

 Saraca indica, Linn. Ashok. 



A tree with beautiful orange flowers, only seen at the temple in 

 Lonavla grove. 



