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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English name, use, 

 habitat; &c. 



52 Asclepiadeas 



(conic?.) 



53 Loganiacere 



54 Gentianacese. 



55 Boraginese 



50 Convolvulacea? 



Dregea volubilis Herb. Go. 



Dischidia bengalensis 



Hoya retusa 



„ Wightii. Syn. H 



pallida. 

 Leptadenia reticulata 

 Buddleia asiatica, Herb. Co 

 Strychnos colubrina 



,, potatoram 



Exacum bicolor 



„ Lawii , 



„ petiolaret 



Canscora diffusa 



Swcrtia decussata 



Trichodesma zeylanicum... 

 Paracaryum caslestinurn 

 Syn. Cynoglossum casles- 

 tinum. Herb. Co. 



,, nialabaricum 



Herb Co. 

 ,, Lambertianum 

 Herb. Co. 



Argyroia sericoa 



,, malabarica 



Lettsomia setosa 



Argyreia setosa. 



Ipomsea dissecta, 



I. coptica. 

 Porana malabarica, 



Syn. 



Syn, 



Syn, 

 P. raccmosa, Herb. Co. 



57 Solanaceae. (The Solanum nigrum 

 Potato Order.) 



„ denticnlatum, Herb. 



Co. 



,, gigantcum, Herb. 



Co. 

 „ indicum, Herb. Co.. 



Nicnndra physaloides 



Datura fastuosa, var alba . 

 „ Metel? 



Kaoli. Near the top of the Ro- 

 tunda Ghat and at Babington 

 Point, Mahableshwar. 



Dhikti Ambri. Golden Fringe. 

 Ambri, Dudh-yel. Wax plant . 



Khar-Khodi. 



Kanal, Kajar-vel. Strychnine 

 Creeper. Near Simpson Lake, 



Matheran. 



Niwali, Nirmali. Near Hart 

 Point, Matheran. 



Jatali. Mahableshwar Gentian. 

 Very common amongst grass in 

 October ; dies very soon after 

 the end of the rains. (Cooke.) 



Common along shady roadsides, 

 both at Matheran and Maha- 

 bleshwar. (Cooke.) 



Kauri. Flowers in November, in 

 grassy places. Tolerably abun- 

 dant in the fields between the 

 Satara Road and Lingmala, Ma- 

 hableshwar. Used as a febrifuge. 

 (Cooke.) 



Nechurdi. Mahableshwar " For- 

 get-me-not." 



Gavel. 

 Gtirud-yel. 



Bhauri. The " Snow creeper." 

 Flowers in October and No- 

 vember, in many parts of Maha- 

 bleshwar, and along the Garbet 

 Road, Matheran. Flowers 



small, funnel-shaped, pure 

 white. The dry scariose calyx 

 is often seen on the withered 

 plants in the hot season. (Cooke). 



Kamani. Common in gardens 

 below the bazaar, and below the 

 lake, Mahableshwar. (Cooke). 



Karad Kdngoni. 



Kutri. 



Chiturti, Bhui-vangi. 

 Kartraj Ghat. 

 Dhotra. 



