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



Natural Order. 



Genus and Species. 



Vernacular or English 

 name, use, habitat, &c. 



SS.Orehidese (The Orchis 

 Order.)— C'^r. 



89. Scitaminess (The 

 Ginger Order.) 



90. Amaryllideae (The 

 Amaryllis Order.) 



Habenaria plantaginea, 



Lindl. 



„ subpubens, A. 



Rich. 



„ crassifolia, A. 



Rich. 



„ stenostachya, 



Bentli. 



„ Wightii, Trimen 



Curcuma Zedoaria, Rose 



,j mbntana, Rose. 



Hitcheniacaulina,"* Baker. 

 Hedychium coronarium, 



Kcenig 

 lb. var. flayum, Roxb. ... 



91. Dioscoreacea3 (The 

 Yam Order.) 



92. Liliacese (The Lily 

 Order.) 



Zinziber macrostachyum, 



Dal. 

 Musa rosacea, Jacq. .,....■ 



Curculigo orchioides, 



Goirtn. 



„ malabarica.. Wight 



Crinum asiaticum, Linn, 



„ brachynema,£rer-i. 



Pancratium parvum, Dah 



Dioscorea pentaphylla 



Linn 



„ sativa, Linn. ... 



„ bulbifera, Zmn.. 



Smilax macrophylla, Roxb 



Asparagus racemosus, 



Willd. 



Chlorophytum brevisca- 



pum, Dah. 



„ orchidastrum,I/mc^^. 



Matheran. 

 Kalabi. 



A .Mahableshwar.Common 



in September. 

 Matheran. 



Matheran. 

 Kachora, Kachola. 



Ran-haidi. White turme- 

 ric. 



Chavar. Arrowroot. 



Near Yenna atream,above 

 Lingmala. 



Sontuka, Dulsb Champa. 

 The fragrant, yellow 

 flowers appear soon 

 after the first fall of 

 rain at Mahableshwar 

 (Lisboa). 



Sheri, Nisam, "Wild gin- 

 ger. 

 Ban-kel, Ch4wa-nfcel, Ka- 

 wadar. Wild plantain. 

 Kajuri. 



Mahableshwar Lily. 

 Khandalu, Dhapa. 

 Shend-vel, Shendon-vel. 



Godri, Komphal, Yam. 



Commonly cultivated, 

 Kadu-karanda. With 



brown bulbs in the axils 

 of theleaves,which,with 

 the roots, are eaten as a 

 vegetable, boiled or 

 fried (Lisboa). 

 Got-vel. 



Ashwal. Asparagus creep- 

 er. 

 Kula, Kiilachi baji. 



« The Eiichenia caulina, from whicli arrowroot has been obtained, grows abundantly 

 everywhere at Mahableshwar. It flowers from June to October, and seeds freely in November. 



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