NOTE ON -THE FLORA OF MAHABLESHWAR AND MATHERAN. 139 



ffiou to both hills. Of the Loranthus family, I have not found either 

 L. involucratus nor. L. lageniferus at Mahableshwar. The Osyris 

 arborea is not found at Matheran, although growing at Khandalla, 

 which is close by. It can be readily identified by its native name 

 "Lotal." The Order Euphorbiace^: is better represented at Matheran 

 than at Mahableshwar. The Crotons are entirely absent from 

 Mahableshwar ; Fliiggea leucopyrus ascends about half way up the 

 hill from the Koyna and then ceases; while of the three trees, 

 Phyllanthus lanceolarius, Briedelia retusa and Macaranga Roxburgliii, 

 the first only occurs in any quantity in Mahableshwar. Though the 

 Briedelia does occur in one place, the top of the old Rotunda Ghat, 

 below Bombay Point, it does not, as far as I know, occur anywhere 

 else, and should therefore be hardly considered a Mahableshwar 

 tree. The Macaranga does not grow at Mahableshwar at all, but the 

 Bhonia {Phyllanthus lanceolarius) (Sgn. Glochidion lanceolarium) is 

 very abundant. Homnoia riparia is to be found in beds of streams 

 at Mahableshwar, not at Matheran, and may be collected in the bed of 

 the ravine below the Dhobi's Waterfall. Of the UrticacEjE, Gerardina 

 heterophylla, a formidable stinging nettle, is common to both hills, 

 as are also the Splitgerbera scabrella, and the Trema Wightii. Fleurya 

 inter rupta is not found at Mahableshwar, nor is Debrigascea lougifolia, 

 a native of Matheran. Ficus glomerata (Umbar) is common on both 

 hills, but none other of the genus Ficus is to be found on the hill- 

 top of Mahableshwar, except Ficus caricaoides, although F. asperima, 

 F. cordifolia and F. infectoria may be met on the slopes. The 

 Artocarpus integrifolia does not reach Mahableshwar ; it is cultivated 

 near villages in the Koyna Valley, and there is one tree at the village 

 of Metala on the plateau below Bombay Point. 



The Salix tetrasperma or Indian Willow does not grow at 

 Matheran ; it is abundant along the Yenna River and may be seen in 

 flower in October. 



With regard to the Orchida££^;/ the handsomest one at Maha- 

 bleshwar is the Mrides Lindleyanum, which does not occur at 

 Matheran, and the most showy one at Matheran is jFrides 

 maculosum, which is not found at Mahableshwar, though it is seen 

 on the Panchgani Road. The Dendrobium barbatulwm is common 

 to both hills, and is in flower in March and April. Dendrobium 

 ramosissimum is not found on the summit of either hill. It is very 

 abundant in the Koyna Valley. Dendrobium Macrcei, a curious 

 looking orchid with many large pseudo bulbs, and a single leaf 



