FLORA OF MATHER AN AND MAHABLESHWAR. 



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Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English 

 na? le, use, habitat, &c. 



23. BurseraceiB (T h e! Canarium strictum, Roxh, 

 Myrrh Order)— CoH<<d 



24, Meliace£e(The Nitab- 

 tree Order.) 



25. Olacinei© 



Oipadessa fr u t i c o s a, 

 Blume. 



Soymida febrifuga, Aclr. 

 Juss 



Chickrassia ta b u 1 a r i s 



Adr. Juss 



Cedrela Toona, Roxb 



Chloroxylon Swietenia, 



DC. 



Mappia foetida, Bliei's 



Uc A balsamiferous tree, 

 yielding a gum (dhiip), 

 burnt as incense by 

 the hill people at 

 their religious' services. 

 I have only seen one 

 tree at Matheran, near 

 the Chauki, 



Naorungi. A shrub with 

 pinnate leaves and 

 clusters of small, 

 round, red berries. On 

 the old road to Maha- 

 bleshwar. 



Polara, Rohan. Bastard 

 Cedar, Indian Red* 

 wood. '' The bark is 

 bitter, and has ~been 

 used as a substitute for 

 cinchona bark" (Bran- 

 dis). 



Kunuk, Edge of Chowk 

 Plateau at Matheran. 



Polara. Rambag and Un- 

 derwood, Matheran, 



Billu, Halda. Indian 3a> 

 tin wood„ 



Gr^nera. Mahableshwar. 

 Well known by the 

 offensive smell of its 

 flowers. 



Sub-Cl&ss 2, — Calyciflor^, 



26. Celastrinese {The|Celastruspariiculata,TF^i/(?.j Kangoni. Matheran. 

 Spindletree Order.)i 



Gymnosporia Rothiana,j Ankli. 

 W.&A 

 ,, emarginata, Roth 



„ raontiBi'Ra, Roxb 



Hippocratea Grahami, 

 Wight, 



Between the road and the 

 Cemetery, Mahablesh- 

 war (Nairne). 



Yenkli, Ankli, The cap- 

 sules are described by 

 Hooker(vol.I,p. 621)as 

 " numerous, with ths 

 size and look of a pep- 

 percorn," but in un- 

 dried specimens the 

 capsules are a good deal 

 larger, 



Yeoti, A climbing shrub, 

 with winged browv\ 

 seeds. Gomroon at Ma- 

 theran. 



