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where over the hill-top. The Leguminos^ are largely represented 

 on both hills, but it is a remarkable fact that, while in Matheran 

 there are several trees belonging to the Order, there is not a single 

 tree on Mahableshwar belonging to it.* The Crotolaria^ SmitJiia, 

 Desmodiunij Fhaseolus, Vigna^ Atylosia, Cylistc and Flemingia are 

 common to both hills ; but the only Acacia on the summit of Maha- 

 bleshwar is Acacia Intsia. 



Of the Rosacea, the Ruhus lasiocarpus or Mahableshwar Raspberry 

 is very common and well-known. This plant is indigenous here 

 and on the highest Ghats to the Southward. Ruhus moluccanus has 

 been found at Mahableshwar, but it is very rare. It may be found in 

 a ravine on the road to old Mahableshwar. 1 found it very abund- 

 antly on the highland (Newera Elliya) in Ceylon. 



Of the RuBiACE^, neither Adina nor Stepliegyne occurs at Maha- 

 bleshwar, the Wendlandia Notoniana does not occur at Matheran j 

 and I have only seen it in Mahableshwar near the banks of the 

 stream (Yenna) below Lingmala. Psycliotria truncata is a rare 

 plant, occurring, as far as I know, at Mahableshwar, in a single 

 locality, which being far removed from habitations and in a dense 

 jungle, it is difficult to describe, f Musscendafrondosa does not ascend 

 to Mahableshwar, though common at Matheran and in the Koyna 

 Valley, where its velvety, orange flowers and curious, white, leaf-like 

 bracts may be seen throughout the woods. Most of the Composite 

 are common to both hills, but Elephanfopus scaler does not ascend 

 to Mahableshwar, though plentiful at Matheran and in the Koyna 

 Valley, and the same may be said of Cyathociine lyrata, while I do 

 not know that Adenostemma viscosum or Adenoon indicum have been 

 found at Matheran, though common at the higher elevation. The 

 commonest of the Composites at Mahableshwar, scattered all over the 

 hill with the brake-fern, is Conyza stricta. 



* Hooker, in speaking of Pacheen (7,000 ft. high) near Darjeeling, says ; — " The absence of 

 Leguminosce was most remarkable, and the iqost prominent botanical feature in the vegetation 

 of this region. It is too high for the tropical tribes of the warmer elevations, too low for the 

 Alpines, and probably too moist for those of temperate regions ; coo], equable, humid climates 

 being generally unfavourable to that order." {Himalayan Journals, Vol. I, p. 112.) 



t " Found several plants of it (May, 1890) growing on either side of the path from 

 Falkland Point to the Chinaman's Waterfall, not very far from the gorge of the waterfall " 

 (C. Macnaghten). 



