414 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. X. 



Natural Ordei 



Genus and Species, 



Vernacular or English 

 name. use. habitat. &c. 



57. Asclepiadea3 ( ^he 



Milkweed Ordi.r.) 



— Contd. 



58, Loganiaceas (The 

 Strychnia Order.) 



GentianacejB (T h ' 

 Gentian Order.) 



60. Boraginea3 (The 

 Borage Order.) 



ih. var. angustifolia 



Dischidia benghalensis, 



Coleb 



Hoya retusa, Dalz 



„ Wightii, HooA;/. ... 



Leptadenia reticulata, 



Wight & Am. 



Ceropegia Lawii, HooJc /.. 



Buddleia asiatica, Lour., 



Herb. Co 



Strychnos colubrina, Linn 



,, potatorum, Linn. f. 



Exacnm bicolor, Roxb, ... 



„ Lawii, Clarice ... 



„ petiolare, (??-2seo 

 Canscora diffusa, Br 



Swertia decussata, Nimmo 



Cordia myxa, Linn 



Dudhi, Near the top of 

 the Rotunda Gh^tand at 

 Babington Point, Maha- 

 bleshwar. The root is 

 given uncooked as medi- 

 cine for guinea-worm. 



Dhakti Ambri. Golden 



Fringe. 

 Ambri, Dudh-yel, Wax 



plant. 

 Khar-Khodi. 



Near the Bund, Maha- 

 bleshwar. Flowers in 

 July (Nairne). ^ 



Very rare. Lingmala and 



FitzGerald GhSt (Cooke). 



Tarali. Strychnine Creep- 

 er. Near Simpson 

 Lake, Matheran. Plen- 

 tiful below cliffs to the 

 south of Chowk Plateau. 



Niwali, Nirmali. Near 

 Hart Point, Matheran, 



Jat^li, Gaulan. Maha- 

 bleshwar Gentian, Very 

 common amongst grass in 

 October ; dies very soon 

 after the end of the 

 rains (Cooke), The whole 

 plant turns red when 

 dried, 



Matheran, 



Galphugi, Shinta,Mahtara 

 cha gavat. Common 

 along shady roadsides, 

 both at Matheran and 

 Mahableshwar (Cooke), 

 Grows to 3 or 4 ft. high 

 in the Rambag, and 

 when dry, after seeding, 

 the whole plant is of a 

 reddish colour. 



Kauri. Flowers in No- 

 vember in grassy places. 

 Used as a febrifuge 

 (Cooke). 



Bhokar. Rambag, Mathe- 

 ran. 



