486 JODRNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



RhodoiJendron nii,!- 

 reum. 



XXXVII -PHI MU- 



Andresaoe lanuginosa. 



XXXVII («).-STY= 

 RACEii:. 



Si/mpioi'ox cratfpqtndex. 



XXXVIII.-OLEA- 



CE^. 



Jasminvm d:'sperrmivi . 

 Ja^minum hnmih-. 



Ligristrum com pactum, 



XXXIX. -APOCY-: 



NACE^. 



Carissa earandas. 



HoliirvUena antidysen- 

 teriea. 



XL.-ASCLEPIA 

 DACE^. 



JDnemia ewtenna. 



Common and associated generally with the oak 

 {Quercus hicana). It flowers in March and April 

 when it bears large crimson showy flowers which 

 make an excolloit jelly. Vernacular name " Buras." 



Common : growing on rocks and l>anks. Flowers 

 April to July. 



Found growing at Landour. Common in fruit in 

 October. The bark is used as a dye. Vernacular 

 " Lodh." Leaves are lopped for fodder. 



Growing near the Brewery. Flowers in hot weather. 



A scandent or half erect shrub with dark green 

 foliage and yellow flowers : blooms during the rains. 



Found on Vincent's Hill, flowers in September- 

 October. 



Valleys below Mnssoorie ; blooms in winter and sum- 

 mer months ; the fruit is black when quite ripe ; is 

 sweet and is eaten. The shrub is cut and used for 

 fencing fields. 



A variety bearing large fruit is extensively culti- 

 vated in gardens on the plains, the fruit of which is 

 greatly esteemed. Vernacular " Karaonda." 



Common in lower valleys below Mussoorie. It 

 bears in the hot weather large cymes of sweet-scented 

 white flowers, the bark is very bitter and is used for 

 dysentery whence its specific name. The seeds too are 

 bitter and are sold under the name of '' Talkh 

 indarjau " and are used medicinally. 



This climber is found in the warm valleys below 

 Mussoone. I found it in flower about the end of 

 March above Raj pur. The flowers emit a high, 

 somewhat disagreeable odour. 



