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at Matheran, where it may be fonnd in abundance below Ponsonby's 

 Spring, but is only to be found on the slopes of Mabableshwar and not 

 on the hill-top. It may be seen in flower in the cold season, on the 

 slope some way down below the Dhobi's Glen. Echolium Linneanum, 

 which is very comm( n at Matheran, and has green flowers, is not found 

 at Mabableshwar ; nor is the magnificent Calacanthus JDalzelliana 

 which grows in profusion on the wet rocks on the road up to Matheran, 

 about a mile below the Chaulci. Of the Verbenace^, the CalUcarpa 

 lanata is common to both hills, the Teciona grandis does not reach 

 even half-way the ascent to Matheran, and the Premna coriacea 

 and Gmelina arhorea do not grow at Mabableshwar, Vitex Negundo 

 will no doubt flourish on either hill ; it has been largely planted along 

 the FitzGerald Ghat, and Vitex leucoxylon is to be found in the Koyna 

 Valley. The Clerodendron serratum is not found on Matheran, nor on 

 the Mabableshwar hill-top, but it may be found about Lingmala Eavine 

 and on the Panchgani Koad ; it also occurs on the slope below Bombay 

 Point on the road to the Koyna. The most common of the Labiate, 

 both at Matheran and Mabableshwar, is Leucas stelUgera, At Maba- 

 bleshwar, another member of the genus occurs, Leucas ciliata, a larger 

 and much less common plant than L. stelUgera, Dysophylla myosur- 

 oides is not found at Matheran, but is common in the Mabableshwar 

 water^courses. It is abundant in the nulla near the Sassoon Point 

 Tennis Court, just below where the road from, the bazaar crosses the 

 stream. Micromeria capltellata (M. Malcolmii of Bentham) is a small 

 plant peculiar to Mahableshwar. It is found along the Yenna. below 

 the Bund, and has a strong odour of peppermint. 



The Plantago major is rare at Mahableshwar, and is not found at 

 Matheran. It may be found on the banks of the Yenna Eiver. 



The Lasiosiphon eriocepJialus is common to both hills, and is 

 particularly abundant at Mahableshwar. The handsome climbing 

 shrub Elosagnus latifolia, the undersides of whose leaves have a sheen 

 like silver, and whose pink-coloured fruit is edible, is also com- 

 mon to both hills. Of the Loranthus family, I have not found either 

 L. inwlucratus nor L, lageniferus at Mahableshwar. The Osyris 

 avborea is not found at Matheran, although growing at Khandaila, 

 which is close by. It can be readily identified by its native name, 

 " Lotal." The Order Euphorbiacejs is better represented at Matheran 



