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ttan at Mahableshwar. The Crotons are entirely absent froiil 

 Mahab]eshwar. Flilggea Leucopyrus ascends about half-way up the 

 hill from the Koyna and then ceases ; while of the three trees 

 Glocliidion lanceolarium^ Bridelia retusa and Macaranga Roxburghii, 

 the first only occurs in any quantity in Mahableshwar. Though the 

 Bridelia does occur in one place, the top of the old E-otunda Ghat 

 below Bombay Point, it does not, as far as I know, occur anywhere 

 else,* and should, therefore, be hardly considered a Mahableshwar 

 tree. The Macaranga does not grow at Mahableshwar at all, but 

 the Bhoma {Glochidion lance olarium) is" very abundant. Homdnoid 

 riparia is to be found in beds of streams at Mahableshwar, not at 

 Matheran, and may be collected in the bed of the ravine belovV the 

 Dhobi's Waterfall. Of the Urticace^, Girardinia heterophylla, a for- 

 midable stinging nettle, is common to both hills, as are also the Boeh- 

 meria platyphylla^ var. scahrella, and the Trema Wight ii (T, orientalise 

 Blume). Fleurya interrupta is not found at Mahableshwar, nor is 

 Dehregeasia velutina, a native of Matheran. Ficus glomerata (Umbar) 

 is common on both hills, but none other of the genus Ficus is to be 

 found on the hill-top of Mahableshwar, except Ficus pahnata, although 

 F. asperrima, F. Rumphii and F. infectoria Tosiy be met on the slopes. 

 The Artocarpus integrifolia does not reach Mahableshwar i it is culti- 

 vated near villages in the Koyna Valley, and there is one tree at the 

 village of Mettala on the plateau below Bombay Point. 



The Salix tetraspetma or Indian Willow does not grow at Mathe- 

 ran ; it is abundant along the Yenna River, and may be seen in flower 

 in October. 



With regard to the OschidaCe^, the handsomest one at Mahablesh-* 

 war is the ^fides cfispum which does not occur at Matheran,f 

 and the most showy one at Matheran is brides maculosum, which is 

 not found at Mahableshwar, though it is seen on the Panchgani Road. 



The Dendrohium harhatulum is common to both hills, and is in 

 flower in March and April. Dendrobium ramosissimum is not found 

 on the summit of either hill. It is very abundant in the Koyna Valley, 



* " I saw a large tree on the right of the path leading 16 Lodmck Point in flower and fruit j 

 in April, 1890, and another tree to the right of the path about 20 feet beyond Lodwiok 

 Monument" (C. Macnaghten). 



1 1 found a specimen of yErides crupum in my own compound at Matheran many yearS 

 ago ; and Specimens have been brough* to me from the valleys below. — H. B. 

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