NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM HAVERI TO KUMTA. 
55 
and carried off to Poona to produce leaves, (Those have grown up 
and prove to be remarkably similar to the leaves of A, campanulatus,) 
Here is also found Modecca palmata^ Lam., the only repre.sentative 
of PassifioresB in Western India, i had been searching for this 
plant for a long time, but no exact habitat being available on 
records, I had not found it hitherto. On the Kumta-Sirsi road, from 
the 15th to the 30th mile from Kumta, it occurs rarely, some 
plants being in flower, others in fruit. The fruit at this season is an 
oblate smooth green hollow sphere, about ij inch in width, the 
seeds scarcely yet beyond the ovular stage. An adjacent shopkeeper 
informed me that it is called Iyer balU^ and that the fruit grows the 
size of the fist, is poisonous, and is used as cattle medicine. The root 
is greatly swollen and appears to rise above ground, rapidly tapering, 
and producing one or two stems which had climbed about 6 feet in 
the largest specimen seen. Three of the roots dug up and carried 
about eight days have been found to grow freely when planted. 
A little further on Premna coriacea^ Clarke, was met with ; in this 
instance, it was a subscandent shrub. Turrwa villosa^ Benn., and 
Saccolobtum maculosum Hook, f., were found soon after ; the latter 
unfortunately a solitary specimen. At the 25th mile from the coast 
the road passes over a high open place with sparse forest and out- 
crops of granite; this. is the home of Pheenix acaulis^ Buch. \ this plant 
is only comparatively stemless, for many examples with stems 
5 feet in height may be seen As the fruit was ripe, several gardens 
are enriched from its produce, very few palms being more suitable 
for garden decoration, as it is elegance itself while young. At the 
23rd mile from the coast, what appears to be the crest of the Ghaucs 
is reached, and there is a short descent ; on the highest point Ficus 
Arnottiana^ Miq., was conspicuous, in fresh young foliage of a bright 
red colour. Its stipules are, in this instance, 2 inches in length, and 
fall off as soon as the leaves are developed, Helicteres isara, 
Linn., appeared as soon as the descent was commenced, and was 
soon followed by Ipomcea vitifolia^ Sweet., which proved much less 
abundant here than it is 100 miles further north. Soon Derris 
scandens, Benth. became one of the chief ornaments of the road-side; 
its bright green leaves and rosy flowers were very beautiful in May. 
Albizsia stipuLata, Bois., is frequent here, and so is Blumea 
myriocepkala, D. C., growing on steep banks, by the roadside. At 20 
miles from Kumta, the course of the Bennihalla river was crossed ; Its 
greenstone bed was dry and washed clean, and on its banks, the 
ytmgo, Pangamia glabra^ Vent., Mimusops Elengt^ Linn., and several 
species of Ficus, with a graceful species of Pandamus not in flower 
or fruit. Homonoia riparia^ Lour., a large grass, and immense pjants 
of Entada scandens, Benth., occur in that locality, the latter without 
good specimens of its enormous legumes, the few collected being 
