136 NATURAL HISTORY 



locality, which being far removed from habitations and in a dense 

 jungle, it is difficult to describe. Muss cenda f rondos a does not ascend 

 to Mahableshwar, though common at Ma the ran and in the Koyna 

 Valley, where its velvety, orange flowers and curious, white, leaf-like 

 bracts may be seen throughout the woods. Most of the Composite 

 are common to both hills, but Elephantopus scaler does not ascend 

 to Mahableahwar, though plentiful at Matheran and in the Koyna 

 Valley, aud the same may be said of Cyathucline lyrata, while I do 

 not know that Adenostemma viscosum or Adenoon indicvm have 

 been found at Matheran, though common at the higher elevation. 

 The commonest Composite at Mahableshwar, scattered all over the 

 hill with the brake-fern, is Conyaa stricfa. 



Of the CAMPANULACEiE, the little Wahlenbergia gracilis does not 

 grow at a low elevation. It is not found at Matheran and is very rave 

 at Mahableshwar, the elevation being apparently insufficient, for at 

 the high elevation of Newera Blliya, Ceylon, it grows very 

 abundantly. 



The Sideroxylon tomentosum which is verya bundant at Matheran, 

 does not seem to thrive at Mahableshwar. It is nowhere found 

 near the central portion of the hill top, and is confined to its edges. 

 It is to be met with on the path-way up to Lodwick Point, and also 

 occurs near Bombay Point. Neither Bassia Jatifolia nor Mimusops 

 Elengi occur at Mahableshwar, while the Order Ebenace^i does not 

 possess a single representative. 



Syinplocos Beddomeiis not met with at Matheran, but is tolerably 

 plentiful at Mahableshwar. It flowers in the cold season ; its blossoms 

 have the odour of the hawthorn, and its berries, which ripen in May, 

 are blue. There are one or two trees just opposite the gate of the 

 Cemetery. The Jasminiam arhorescens is common to both hills, and 

 its fragrant white flowers are seen in great profusion in April. 

 The Olea dioica, which is very common at Matheran, is rarely met 

 with in the Mahableshwar woods, while the Ligustrum ncilgherryense 

 is very common on the latter hill, and does not occur at all on the 

 former. Its fragrant white flowers appear abundantly in October. 

 Of the Apocynaceje there is but one representative on the Mahablesh- 

 war hill, and that is a rare plant, the Bainvoljia densiflora. It maybe 

 found in the ravine below the Forest Officer's bungalow at Lingmala. 

 Its white flowers appear in April. Of the Asclepiads, the Galotropis 

 gigantea does not ascend to the elevation of Mahableshwar. The 

 most remarkable plant of the Order which occurs there is the 



