FLORA OF MATBERAN AND MAHABLS^SHWAR. 399 



{Brugmansia candida\ the Mulberry, the Peach, the Coffee, the Cin- 

 choiaa, the Jack-tree (ArtocarpusintegrifoUa), ai!d|the large yellow 

 flowered flax (Reinwardtia trigyna), which, hoJvever, is said by 

 Major H. H. Lee, E,. E., to be '' found truly wild cii Varandha Ghat " 

 in the Satara District. — (" Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency^'' Vol. 

 XIX, App. A). The home of the species of muHDCrry commonly 

 grown in the Mahableshwar gardens '' is probably China." — (Brandis.) 

 According to Wight and Beddome, the Jack-tree is ''wild in the 

 mountain forests of the Western Ghats, ascending to 4,000 feet." 

 But Dr. Brandis remarks that "regarding its native home there 

 is yet some uncertainty." The others have evidently been introduced 

 within the last 50 years, but some of these have already established 

 themselves more or less firmly. 



In conclusion, I would desire to express my sincerest acknowledg- 

 ments to the friends who have kindly helped me, either by communi- 

 cating the names of new plants or in preparing this revised edition of 

 the Catalogue for the press. My thanks and, I think I may add, the 

 thanks of the Society are especially due to the Revd. Mr. Nairne, who 

 has contributed many new names ; to the Revd. Dr. Fairbank, who 

 sent me the names of many ferns which were quite unknown to me ; 

 to Dr. Lisboa, for a complete list of the grasses found by him on both 

 hills; to Surgeon-Major Kirtikar for a list of fungi and mosses, which 

 he has prepared with much labour and with rare knowledge of this 

 branch of the vegetable kingdom ; and to Mr. James MacDonald, for 

 revising the whole Catalogue with the utmost care and correcting the 

 earlier proofs for the press. 



x\s on former occasions, I trust that the Secretary will be able to 

 issue separate interleaved copies of the Catalogue, with Dr. Cooke's 

 note, for the use of those members of the Society who may desire to 

 become better acquainted with the hill flora of this Presidency and be 

 disposed to make any necessary corrections in the present list of 

 names or to add new names. 



