90 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XL 



B. amplectans, D.C., Var. maritima, and two more species of 

 Blumea that are undetermined and offer to any member of 

 the Society, who is expert in the identification of plants of 

 this genus, a nice opportunity for the exercise of a valued 

 talent. 



Eclipta alba, Hursk. " Maka," a common weed whose variable 

 medicinal virtues are recounted in the " Pharmaeographia 

 Indica." Sphcerantlius indicus, Linn., "Mundi." Ccesulia 

 axillaris, Roxb., had evidently dried up soon after the water 

 went off. Sonchus oleraceus, Linn., the Sow Thistle. 



JBokaginEjE by Cordia rothii, Roem. and Sch., *' Gondani " 

 and Heliotropium indicum, Linn., a true halophyte, was 

 decidedly vigorous. 



Convolvulace^ by a species of Convolvulus, of which only 

 a single specimen was obtained. It appears different from 

 any described in the Flora of British India, and there is 

 nothing like it in the Herbarium at the College of Science 

 bat one must not dogmatise from a single specimen with 

 very few flowers available for dissection. Cressa creticai 

 Linn., " Khardi " " Rudantitka," was frequent. This 

 little herb affects salt and moist land so generally that by 

 some people it is supposed to cause moisture. • Ipomcea 

 sepiaria, Keen, li Ambti," occurs on the higher portion by 

 the side of the Vellard. 



SoLANACEiE by Physalis minima, Linn., Datura, fastuosa, Linn. 

 Lycopersicum esculentum^ Miller, the "Tomatoe," Solanum 

 nigrum, Linn., S. melongena, Linn., " Benguin " or '■ Au- 

 bergine," and S. zanthocarpum, Schrad and Wend. 

 Those six species are all well-known plants which thrive on 

 rich moist soil; they appear to be indifferent to salt in the soil. 



Asclepiads, Apooynads, and Gentians would come in here, 

 and their absence is remarkable. 



SGHROPHULAEINE.E by Scoparia Dulcis, Linn., a remarkable 

 sporadic plant not hitherto recorded from the Bombay 

 Presidency, but recently abundant in Bengal ; five specimens 

 only were gathered after a long search ; next year they will 

 probably be abundant. 



