CATALOGUE. 



113 



Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English name, use, 

 habitat, &c. 



14 Dipterocarpeoe .. 



1j Malvaeea?. (The 

 Mallow Order.) 



Ancistrocladus Heyneanus. 



Sida carpinif olia, Herb. Co 



Abu ti Ion polyandrum 



Urena sinuata 



Hibiscus hirtus 



Thespesia Lampas .. 



Bombax malabaricum 

 Syn. Salmalia mala 

 barica. 



1G Sterculiaceae Sterculia urens* .. 



,, guttata.. 



colorata 



17 Tiliaceos. (The 



Linden Order.) 



18 Lineas 



Grewia tilifefolia 



„ Microcos, Herb. Co 

 Erinocarpus Nimmoanus.. 

 Triumfetta pilosa 



„ rhomboidea, Herb 

 Co. 

 Elasocarpus oblougus,//tri 



Co. ^ . 



Linum mysorense, Herb 



Co. 

 Reinwardtia trigyna 



19 Geraniaceaa. (The Oxalis coruiculata,i?erb. Co. 

 Cranesbill Order.) 



Kardor, Kardori. A handsome 

 climbing shrub, with largo, 

 smooth, elliptic loaves and hook- 

 ed branches. Not uncommon at 

 Matheran. 



Cliikni. It "is used to make be- 

 soms, the twigs being at once 

 supple and tough." (Lee.) 



Ran-bheudi 

 Bhendy. 



Lahan Bhendi. Wild 



Savar, T&mbdi Savar. Silk-cotton 

 tree. Sans. Rakta-salmali. 

 The wood is " used for planking, 

 packing cases, toys, scabbards, 

 fishing-floats and for the lining of 

 wells. * * The calyx of the 

 flower-bud is eaten as a veget- 

 able. The fruit is collected before 

 it opens, and the cotton with 

 which it is filled is used to stuff 

 quilts and pillows." (Bran- 

 dis.) 



S&ldhawal, Karai, Kuari. 



Goldor, Gordar, Kukar. 



Bhaikui, Khavas, Kaushi. The 



bark is " made into rope."(Bran- 



dis.) 



Dhdman. "Made into shafts, shoul- 

 der poles for loads, pellet-bows, 

 handles, masts, oars, employed 

 in carriage building. From the 

 inner bark, cordage is made in 

 Bombay. Twigs and leaves lop- 

 ped for fodder. Fruit eaten, 

 of an agreeable acid flavour." 

 (Brandis.) 



Chaura, Chor, Cher. 

 Kutre-vandre, i.e., 



Monkeys." 

 Necharda. 



" Dogs and 



Kasu,Khas. AtLingmala and near 

 " Temple Hall," Mahableshwar. 

 Bamburti, Wfindri. Yellow Flax. 



Abai. Large flowered yellow flax. 

 In gardens at Mahableshwar 

 and Matheran. 



Nalkarda. Yellow sorrel. 



* The Sterculia wrens, though not common, is conspicuous on the Matheran Ghat 

 by its cream-coloured, pink and white, shining bark, the thin, transparent coating of 

 which peels off " like that of the birch." Sitars (native guitars), are made of the 

 wood. It yields a gum which is "sold under the name of katila, katira." The seeds 

 are " eaten by Gonds and Kurkus in the Central Provinces." (Brandis ) 



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