FLORA OF MATHERAN AND MAHABLESEWAR. 



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Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English 

 name, use, habitat, &c. 



87, BurmanniaceEe 



, Orchidese (The Or- 

 chis Order.) 



Burmannia coelestis, Don 



Oberonia recurva, Lindl.. 



Microstylis ^iheedai, Wight 

 Dendrobium MacrseiyLmcZ^ 



,, "microbulbon, 



A. Rich. 



J, chlorops, 



Lindl, 



,, barbatulum, 



Lindl. 



,, ramosissi- 



mum, Wight. 



„ Pierard, 



Roxb 



■„ Lawanum, 



Lindl. 



Cirrhopetalum fimbria- 



tum, Lindl. 



On the road to the Gov- 

 irnor's Bund.Matheran. 



Very like a plantago. 

 Koyna Valley. 



Eria braccata, Lindl 



Phajus albus, Livdl , 



.. Eulophia pratensis, Lindl, 

 brides maculosum,Zwc?Z. 

 „ crispum, Lindl. 



Habenaria grandiflora 



Lindl 



Suaannae, Br. 



Mahableshwar (Cooke). 



Bechu, Nangli. 



The " Umbrella orchis ;" 

 so named by Mrs. Jer- 

 don. 



Ambarkhand. 



Eukhsmg, Pausing. This 

 is the handsome, sweet- 

 scented orchid which 

 flowers so abundantly 

 in May, 



Mahableshwar. Common 

 after the first fall of 

 rain. Flowers with white 

 pectinate petals. The 

 root is the Indian 

 " Salep Misri " of the 

 bazaars. 



Wag-chaora, i.e., " Tiger's 

 claws." The Giant 

 orchis. Only one plant 

 of this magnificent 

 orchis has been found 

 (by Dr. Cooke) at Maha- 

 bleshwar. It IS " plenti- 

 ful on the Bhoma Hill "*> 

 at Khandala. (R. M. 

 Dixon.) 



* An interesting account of this orchis is given in Mr, Dixon's Note at page 328 of 

 Vol. X of the Society's Journal, * 



