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Of the LoGANiACE^, the Buddieia asiatica is the only plant of 

 the Order at Mahableshwar. It is very rare. There is one plant at 

 Lingmala, near the out-houses of the bungalow, and I have seen a 

 plant on the FitzGerald Ghat. Of the Gentians, the little purple 

 Exacum Laioii is all over the Mahableshvrar hill, ^n October, amongst 

 the grass, but dies very soon after the rains cease. The Swertia 

 decussata is found at Mahableshwar occasionally, but is not common 

 there. It is very abundant on the hill-top above the Panchgani travel- 

 lers' bungalow. An infusion of this plant is used by the natives as a 

 febrifuge. 



The Order BoRAGiNE-ffl is represented on both hills by the genus 

 Paracai'yum, 



The Paracaryutn codestinum is known as the Mahableshwar " Forget- 

 me-not." It is very abundant both here and at Matheran. Two other 

 Paracaryums are tolerably common at Mahableshwar, but as far as I 

 know, do not occur at Matheran. The P. maldbarkum is the more 

 common, and may be found in large quantities at the Bund. 

 P. Lambertianum* may be found on the cliff, opposite the Dhobi's 

 Water-fall, below General Barr's bungalow. Of the Solanace-s:, the 

 Solarium giganteum is very abundant at Mahableshwar, but does not, 

 as far as I recollect, occur at Matheran. It is to be found every- 

 where on the former hill, and its bunches of red berries are handsome. 



The Heteropliragma Roxburghii^ which is very common at Matheran, 

 does not seem to thrive at Mahableshwar. I only know of two trees at 

 the latter place, and these are poor stunted specimens. One of them 

 is just over the Yenna Waterfall, and the othei a few yards beyond 

 the thirtieth mile on the Satara Road. 



Of the AcANTHACEJG, Thunbergia fragrans may be found all along 

 the Panchgani Ghat, and on the road from Panchgani to Mahablesh- 

 war, but, strange to say, it ceases at the sixty-eighth mile, half way 

 between these stations. It is somewhat remarkable that it does not 

 extend to Mahableshwar itself, as it is very abundant at the high 

 elevation of Newera EUiya, Ceylon. The term fragrans is a mis- 

 nomer, as its flowers are destitute of fragrance. 



Of the Baklerias, B. Prionitis, with yellow flowers, is very common 

 on the road up to Matheran, but does not occur anywhere near 

 Mahableshwar. Barleria strigosa, with large blue flowers, is common 

 * I have also found it, with. Dr. Cooke, on th<j"I''*';Gerald Ghat.— H, B. ^ 



