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object among the foliage of the woods, and the fringed petals of its 

 flowers are very beautiful, the brownish-red calyx appearing through 

 the interspaces between the petals. All the plants catalogued under 

 the genus Tmpatiens are to be found at Mahableshwar, among them a 

 very remarkable o..e, a yellow balsam (L Dalzellii), Evodia* Rox- 

 hurghiana does not occur at Matheran, and is somewhat rare at— 

 Mahableshwar. One tree (a male) may be found on the Panchgani 

 Road, a few yards beyond the turn to Kate's Point, There is another 

 tree at the fourth culvert on the FitzGerald Ghat Eoad, and a little 

 further down the road, close to a culvert, are two trees, a male and 

 female. A knowledge of some localities where a tolerably rare plant 

 may be found will be useful to collectors. Neither of the Orders 

 BuRSEKAOEiE and Meliace^ are represented on Mahableshwar. 



The Mappia fcetida is a very remarkable as well as common tree 

 at Mahableshwar. I do not think it occurs at Matheran. The odour 

 of its yellowish flowers, which appear in October, is most offensive, 

 savouring of carrion. Visitors to the hill are often puzzled by the 

 strange odour, and unable to account for it. There is a tree in 

 the Superintendent's compound, at the side nearest the Club, and 

 several trees may be found close to the road, just below the Bund. 

 Zizyplius rugosa is common both at Matheran and Mahableshwar, and 

 its white berries are edible, though not very palatable. Zizyphus 

 xylo;pyrus does not occur at Mahableshwar, while the Scutia indica 

 is only found on the higher Ghats and does not descend to the level 

 of Matheran. It is known at Mahableshwar as the " Wait-a-bit 

 thorn," as when iis hooked-thorns catch the clothes of a rambler 

 through the woods, there is no going forward till the thorns are 

 unhooked, — often a difficult process. It may be easily identified by 

 its native name " Chimat." 



Eemigyrosa canescens does not ascend to Mahableshwar, nor does 

 Scldeichera trijugttj but the Order (Sapindace^) is abundantly repre- 

 sented by the shrub Allopliylus Cobbe, which, with its soft, trifolate 

 leaves and long racemes of small, white flowers, is scattered every- 



* " I have seen many trees of Evodia Roxhurgliiana at Mahableshwar, some in flower, just 

 opposite Bella Vista, and a great many in the woods between the Dhobi's Waterfall and 

 Glengarry" (C. Macnaghten). There are a good many trees of Evodia on the FitzGerald 

 Ghiit, near the Terraces, The Toddalia aculeata, which belongs to the same Order, is much 

 rarer. — H. B. 



