TREES & SHRUBS OF LONAVLA <& KARLA GROVES. 287 



Randia dumetorum, Lamh. Ghela. 



A common spiny shrub. Flowers small, white, turning yellow. 

 Fruit green, about 1 inch in diameter. 



Canthium umbellatum, Wight. Tupa. 



A small, dense tree. Leaves shining, rather large and leathery, 

 with distinct pits in the axils of the nerves beneath. Flowers } r ellowish 

 in very dense clusters. 



Vangueria spiuosa, Roxb. Alu. 



A dense tree, 20 feet high, with a girth of 5 feet. Foliage dark 

 green, shining. Fruits up to If by If inch, green, smooth with a 

 slight bloom, apex with a small circular areole, surrounded by 5 very 

 small calyx teeth. These fruits taste like crab-apples. 



Ixora parviflora, Vahl. Kurat ; Torch Tree. 



A tall, bushy shrub or small tree, with rather inconspicuous white 

 flowers. The green wood burns readily. 



Ixora nigricans, Br. Kat Kara. 



A very small shrub in Lonavla grove. The pure white flowers turn 

 black before falling, and the whole plant also becomes black when dried. 



Pavetta indica, Linn. Papti. 



Ragged bush, seldom more than 2 to 4 feet high, with fine heads of 

 narrow-tubed white flowers. This plant possesses but does not preserve 

 all the qualifications essential to enable it to rank as ornamental. The 

 flower heads are generally perfect, but the leaves are represented by 

 tattered fragments. The ubiquitous cattle must beheld responsible for this. 



Composite. 



Vernonia indica, Clarke. 



A small shrub with terminal heads of purple flowers, white pappose 

 in fruit. 



Sapotace^e. 



Sideroxylon tomentosum, Roxb. Kumbal. 



A very common, small, thorny tree. 



Mimusops Elengi, Linn. Bokul. 



A tree 30 feet high, stem clear for 8 feet, girth 7§ feet ; with very 

 fragrant flowers, 



Ebenacejs. 



Diospyros montana, Roxb. {joinda. 



Several trees in Lonavla wood ; height 25 feet, stem clear for 6 feet, 

 girth 7 feet. Easily recognized in fruit by the enlarged leaf-like 

 calyx lobes. 



