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• THE FLORA OF PANGHGANI. 



BY 



E. Blatter, s. j. 

 \(Wkh a Map.) 



The Flora of Mahableshwar has been described by H. M. Bird- 

 wood in a final edition of his " Catalogue of the Flora of Matheran 

 and Mahableshwar " (1897). As the climate of Panchgani shows 

 some markpid diffpirpinnpis frnni thai, of Mahableshwar. from which 



ERRATA. 



Ovvlno- to an error, no attention should be i)ai(l to the columns 

 headed " Cultivated " and " Flowers in October, " crosses having 

 been placed against nearly every plant. 



about 200 feet lower than Mahableshwar. Situated to the lee 

 of Mahableshwar it escapes the heavy rains of the outer range, 

 which are carried away into the valleys to the north and south. 

 The same is the case as regards the fogs ; the greater part of the 

 little that comes towards Panchgani is divided by the hills imme- 

 diately to the west of the Chicklee ghat, and driven eastward in 

 clouds along the sides of Panchgani, one portion into the valley 

 of the Krishna, the other to the south along the valley of the 

 Yenna. The average rainfall is 66 inches, i. e., only one-fifth 

 that of Mahableshwar. The following tables oive the annual 

 rainfall for the years 1877-91, and the monthly rainfall from 

 September 1907 to September 1908. For these details 1 am 

 indebted to the kindness of Capt. Gillespie, the Superintendent of 

 Panchgani. 



