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territority from Castle Rock to Londa. During the autumn vacation I 

 toured along the Ghats on the southern and western sides of the Poona 

 District, re-collecting many of Mr, Woodrow's discoveries to provide material 

 for distribution, I also paid a visit to Nandgaon to inspect the experimental 

 plantation of Sisal Hemp. Mr. Bhide, the Herbarium Keeper, completed a 

 tour from Poona to Nagotna. He found many interesting plants, but his 

 purpose was more especially to collect good material of Poclostemon hooJcerianus 

 and other species on behalf of Mr. J. C Willis, the Director of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, who is making a special study of the 

 order Podostemonacece. Mr. Willis, during his visit to the Bombay Presidency, 

 in search of these plants, was good enough to give us valuable information 

 and identifications of the materials in this Herbarium. 



During the tours special attention was devoted to obscure plants and many 

 —specially orchids — were brought back alive to Poona, so that Mr. Bhide 

 onuld figure them at leisure as they came into flower. 



Drawings of many Bombay orchids were despatched to the Bombay Natu- 

 ral History Society for future publication in its Journal. 



To Mr. Symonds, the Director of Agriculture, who is an enthusiastic 

 l)otanist, I am indebted for interesting plants collected by him when travelling 

 and also for samples of plants, said to have been utilized by the people when 

 reduced to straits by famine. I append a list of these plants identified by me 

 as the information may prove of interest to botanists : — 

 Plants used for their haves are : — 



Portulaca suffrutieosa, Wight, (vern. Morad). 



quadrifida, Linn. {vern. Chighal). 

 Abutilon indicum, G. Don. {vern. Kachnia), 

 Tribulus terrestris, Linn. {vern. Sarata). 

 Rhus mysorensis, Heyne. {vern. Ambogna). 

 Launaea nudicaulis, Less. {vern. Pathari). 

 Dregea volubilis, Bth. {vern. Phandi), 

 Rivea hypocrateriformis, Choisy. {vern. Fangi), 

 Hygrophila Serpyllum, T. Anderss. {vern. Godadi). 

 Digera arvensis, Forsh. {vern. Kemjar). 

 Chenopodium album, Linn. {vern. Chil). 

 The only bulbous plant used was : — 



Cyperus bulbosus, Vahl. (vern. Theg). 

 The^lants utilized for their seeds and grains are : — 

 Indigofera linifolia, Rets. {vern. Pandarphale). 



glandulosa, Wllld. {vern. Defri, Barbada), 

 jj cordifolia, Linn. {vern. Vakal, Godadia). 

 Ocimum canum, Sims. 



Cynnotis axillaris, R. & S. {vern. Damrs, Narids, Tchaka), 

 Scirpus maritimus, Linn. {vern. Dero, Chids}. 



