l86 A NOTE ON PLANTS USED DURING FAMINES AND SEASONS 
ACANTHACEiE. 
IlygTophila spiiiosa, T. Anders. Kolasana (Igatpuri, Nasik). 
Leaves eaten. 
Ifygropliila serphyllum, T. Anders. Godadi (Ahmednagar). 
Leaves eaten. 
VERBEAACE^. 
Eailtana (Janiara, Linn. Tantani. Fruits eaten. A common 
plant near villages and on waste ground almost everywhere. 
Premiia latifolia, Roxb. Chamhari. Leaves eaten. (J. C. 
Lisboa.) 
Clerodendron serratum, Spreng. Bharangi (Ahmednagar and 
Satara). Leaves eaten. 
LABIATdE. 
Ocimuni canuiii, Sims. Manki or Bateria (Matar, Kaira). 
Bavchi (Kaira and Panch Mahals). “ Mixed with grains of 
Sama.” (Panicum colonum.) “ The seeds are generally 
mixed with other grains and not eaten by themselves. It 
is of the same genus as tulsiP (Basil.) 
fi^cas aspera, Spreng. Tamba. Leaves eaten. (J. C. 
Lisboa.) 
WYCTAGOEdE. 
Boerhavia repens, Linn. CheduU (Walha Parincha Road, 
Poona). Gketivali (Yeola, Nasik). Leaves eaten. 
Boerliaavia repanda, Willd. Pemarnara^ Leaves eaten (J. C. 
Lisboa.) 
AMARAYTACEdE. 
Celosia argentea, Linn. Kurdu (Universally). Kitndru 
(Malegaon, Nasik). Kunjru (Pimpalner, Khandesh). Limdi 
(Mandvi, Surat). Hani (Badami and Sindgi, Bijapur) 
Tambadi (Modesa, Ahmedabad). ‘‘ Leaves boiled with 
water and mixed with salt and chillies.’' This is a parti- 
cularly valuable plant as it thrives on high lying murum 
soils. In dry districts I have observed it growing so thickly 
in bajri fields as to leave no doubt in my mind that it was 
really relied upon as a subsidiary crop. By selection it 
could probably be rapidly improved and stripping the plants 
of their leaves for bhaji does not appear to affect the out- 
turn of seed, which ought also to be valuable for food. A 
great number of samples of this useful plant was received. 
