FLORA OF MATHERAN AND MAHABLESHWAR, 



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Natural Order. 



66. Bignoniacefe (The 

 Trumpet Flower 

 Order,) — Contd. 



Qt. Acanthacese (The 

 Acanthus Order.) 



Genus and Species. 



Heterophragma adeno 

 phyllum, Seem. 



Thunbergia fragrans, 



Roxb 



Hygrophila Serpyllum; 



T. Anders. 



Strobilanthes asperrimus, 



Nees. 



„ Hey neanus , 



Nees. 



„ ixiocephalus, 



Benth. 



scrobiculatus, 

 Dalz. 



callosus.iVees, 

 asper, Wight, 



perfoliatus 

 T. Anders. 



Calacanthus Dalzelliana, 

 T. Anders 



Doedalacanthus purpura 



scens, T. Anders. 



Eemigraphis Uitebrosa, 



Nees 

 Phaylopsis parviflora,TF27Z 

 Blepharis asperrima,iV^ees 

 Haplanthus verticillaris, 



Nees, 

 Barleria Prionttis, Linn... 



Gibsoni, Dah. 





Ve nacular or English 

 name, use, habitat, &c. 



Fidel. Near the chaulaj 

 IViatheran, 



Eri-yel. 



Rin-tewan. 



KSrvi. Meni Karvo, 



Indian Wattle. 

 Ankra, Itari. 



Kirva, Darmori, Said to 

 flower only once in 7 

 years. The same is 

 said of S. asperrimus, 

 which also is said to 

 flower the year after S . 

 ixiocephalus. 



"Corolla symmetric 



pale below, a beautiful 



-blue upwards...., 



Appears to be the most 

 beautiful species of the 

 genus" (Hooker, vol. 

 IV, p. 445.) 



Below Chowk Point. 



Meni Karvo, Chit Karo. 

 Matheran, near Little 

 Chowk Point. Flowers 

 in Oct. Bracts shining 

 white ; sometimes rosy 

 at tips. 



Waiti. Very common at 

 Matheran. It flowers 

 triennially; flowers pale 

 blue. The spikes when 

 dry are highly aromatic. 



Pandhra Karva. Flowers 

 large, purple. Under wet 

 rocks below the chauki, 

 Matheran (Cooke). 



Matheran. 



Koyna Valley. (Macpher- 

 son). 



Dikna. 



Kala Kirdt, Kala Ankra, 



Pivla Itari. Common at 



Matheran. "Flowers 



yellow. 

 Gura. Matheran Gh^t. 



Tubes of flowers white ; 



limb pale lilac. 



