an.— mar. 1858.] Pulney Hills. 



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Caryophyllaceje. 



Stellaria media, \ moist places on the highest ranges, 

 Cerastium Indicum, j very common, 



Arenaria sp. 

 Mollugo ? sp. 



Maltacb^. 



Urena sinuata, 



„ lobata, used by the Natives as a fibre. 



Pavonia Zeylanica, covered with clammy pubescence, 



Lsbretonia procumbens, lower slopes. 



Hibiscus micranthus, do. 



„ hirtus, do. white variety. 



„ lampas, very abundant. 



„ Surattensis, lower slopes. 



„ aculeatus, (Moxb. ) This is H. furcatus, ( W. and A.)hut very 

 different from H. furcatus, {Roxb.) 

 a plant common in Central India. 



„ canescens, slopes near Pulney. 



„ sp. (near Vellay covay) erect, shrubby, 



covered all over with shining hairs, 

 leaves cordate, serrate, 3-5 lobed, 

 petioles the length to twice the 

 length of the leaves, involucel 4 

 to 7 leaved, generally 5, segments 

 narrow, acuminate, calyx deeply 5 

 cleft, segments 3 nerved, acuminat- 

 ed, purple streaked. Flowers short 

 peduncled, axillary, afterwards in 

 terminal racemes, elongated. Seeds 

 glabrous with a few tufts of hairs. 

 Perhaps " H. lunarifolius" but the 

 involucel is generally 5 leaved never 

 10, the calyx is like that of " canes- 

 cens." 



jj eriocarpus, slopes towards Pulney. 



