FLORA OF MATHERAN AND MAHABLBSEWAR. 



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Natural Order. 



I 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English 

 nan e, use, habitat, &c. 



32. Leguminosffi C^he 

 Pea, Cassia and Acacia 

 Order.) 



Crotaiaria vestita, Baker 



„ triquefcra, Dalz. 



„ nana, Burin » 



„ retusa, Linn 



„ Leschenhaultii, 



DC. 



Indigofera pnlcheWa, Roxb. 



Geissapsis cristata, W,&A. 



„ tenella, Benth ... 



Zornia diphylla, Pers. ... 



ib., var. zeylonensis, Pers. 



Smithia purpurea, HooJc 



„ setuloaa, Dalz... 



„ blanda, Wall .», 



Alysicarpus vaginalis, DC,, 



var. nummu- 



larifolius, 



,, longifolius, W. 



&A. 



Desmodium Cephalotes, 



Wall 



„ parviflorum, 



BaTcer. 



Erythrina indica, Lavi. 



„ stricta, Roxb. 



Butea frondosa,*'' Roxb. 



Phaseolus trinervius, f 



Heyne . 



Vigna vexillata, Benth ... 



Atylosia lineata, W. & A. 

 ,, rostra ta, Baker.. 



Cylista scariosa,iL«7 



Flemingia strobilifera, I{ 

 Dalbergia latifolia, Roxb 



„ sympathetica,iV"m- 



mo. 

 „ volubilis, Roxb.... 

 ,, paniculata,i?oa;&..., 

 „ monosperma, Dalz. 



QMti. 



Ghagri, 

 Dingala, 



Nerda. Wild Indigo.Near 

 Yenna Falls. 

 Barki. 



Lahan Barki. 

 N41-Barga, Berki, 

 Barga, Berki. 



Hambor. 

 Mothi Berki, 

 Dh4kt4 Dhampta. 



Dhampta. 



Lapoti. Matheran Ghat, 



Pangara, Paranga. 



Matheran. 



Palas, Khakra, Sans. Pal- 



asa. The " Flame of 



the Forest," 

 Mungi, 



Birambol, Halua, Halun- 

 da. Indian Sweet Pea. 

 B-Cn Tur, 



Ran Ghevda. 



Kanphuti. 



Sisu, Siswa, Sisam, Tali, 



Blackwood tree. 

 Pendguli-yel, Yek-yel,, 



Ekyel. 

 Alei, Petungli. 

 Phansi. Matheran GhSt. 

 Garud-yel, Flowers in 



October and November. 



Chowk Plateau, 



* The leaves of the Palas tree are given as fodder to buffaloes. The floweis are made 

 with alum into the yellow dye used at the ffoli festival (Brandis). This tree gives its 

 name to the memorable plain of Falasi, vulgarly called " Plassey." (Graham's Catalogue 

 and Birdwood's " Vegetable Products of the Bomhay Presidency.'") 



t This J2lant is common throughout India. " The seeds, said to be rich iu nitrogenous 

 princrpiesi'vreic i<ti-gely used by the famine-stricken people" (Dr. Lisboa's Useful Plants) 



