Collected at Bombay. 39 



^weet smelling but insignificant looking flowers, as all the 

 Annonaceae have. Decandolle calls it Unona uncinata. 



38. Aegiceras mqjus or candel. Found common in salt 

 marshes ; it has pretty dark green leaves with white flowers. 



39. Argyreia cuneata Sprengel. A shrub with very beau- 

 tiful blue bell looking flowers. When near any support it 

 is scandent and sends out long slender branches. Roxbugh 

 refers it to genus Lettsomia. I have only found it on a 

 range of hills about 24 miles west of Poona near Wurgaum. 

 It is grown as an ornamental shrub in the gardens at Poona, 

 but I have never met with it here. 



40. Agave America. I have only seen it in gardens at 

 Seroor and Aurungabad. 



41 . Agrostis linearis. A common grass. 



42. Anthericum tuberosum. Springs up during the rains 

 on rocky wasteland. 



43. Boerhaavia diffusa. 



44. Boerhaavia erecta. Found about 30 miles N. E. from 

 Poona. Stems woody, as thick as a man's finger. 



45. Basella alba and rubra. Varieties cultivated as 

 root herbs ; the leaves are thick and succulent, and afford 

 an excellent substitute for cabbage. 



46. Bromelia ananas. Pine apple. 



47. Bambusa arundinacea. Common and well known 

 Bamboo. 



48. BryophyWrnncalycinum. Growing in cocoa-nut groves; 

 rather pretty when in flower ; grown in flower pots as an 

 ornamental plant. 



49. B.uhinia, speciosa. 1 



60. B. ,, Candida. (^ Trees with pretty flowers 



51. B. ,, variegata- \ particularly the variegata. 



52. B. ,, parviflora' ) 



53. Bergera -STowz^w. Cultivated for its leaves which the 

 natives use in curries. The native doctors use the bark 

 and roots as a stimulant. 



54. B. integerrima. Found near Panwell on the main land. 



55. Bassia longifolia. A common tree. The intoxicat- 

 ing spirit called mowra is distilled from the flower. Oil is 

 also expressed from the seeds. It is a very common and 

 useful tree. The oil obtained from the seeds is extensively 

 used for adulterating glue. 



