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NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM POONA TO NAGOTNA. 
poria montana^ Roxb., Marathi, Hekal or Hseklee, a large shrub in 
the hedges, is in full bloom; its odour is agreeable at a little distance. 
Small Sandalwood trees* with Moriiida citrifoha, h.,Cordta myxut L., 
and Acacia leucophloea^ Willd., are near by with Rivea hypocra- 
ieriformis, Chois., climbing over them. On the road women of the 
Katkari tribe were met carrying loads of the branches of Lantana 
Camara^ L., which are used for making baskets. 
At the Qth mile the road crosses a range of hills w'hich afford a 
good view of Poona. In the foreground the temple of Parvati is 
conspicuous on a hill, but the city and camp appear a forest of 
round-headed trees relieved by a few church spires, mosques and 
temples ; its two factory chimneys and three colleges sufficiently 
indicate th.j clerical leaning of the people. The prttty little Rungia 
eleganSy Dalz., is abundant here, peeping from the shelter of stones 
, and bushes with flowers of every shade from white to deep purple in 
secund spikes. 
We are now on the edge of the Mawal district, the land of the 
setting sun. The country here is very beautiful— short broken ranges 
of flat-topped trap hills with few trees, but bearing grasses that feed 
large herds of small hardy cows and heavy browed buffalows. The 
grasses are closely grazed, but are chiefly Ant hist i^ia ciliatay L. f.» 
here called Bongarat^ Andropogan scandens, R., the Marnail of the 
Marathas, which is not scandent here, and Apluda aristata^ Linn. 
The lower part is terraced, and the big Deccanee plough is at work 
breaking up after jcwaree ; on the banks Sarcostemma brevistigma, 
W. and A., spreads its leafless branches f in the stubble are Hibiscus 
cannabinuSy Linn., the pulse Mutkee^ Celosia argenteUy Linn,, Sopubia 
delphinifoUUy G. Don., Pulicaria Wightianay C. B. C ,and Heylandia 
latehrosay D. C,, Eugenia rubtcunda^ Wight; the Lendee jambool^so 
called from Us fruit resembling sheep dung, was met here as a 
small tree ; further westvvard it is very abundant in a coppiced state 
on the banks of streams. Eree Babool considered to be a form 
of Acacia arabica, Willd , and its specific type were found here 
growing side by side. Eree Babool is of rapid growth with con- 
spicuous lenticels in the young bark, which ultimately cracks deeply •* 
its timber is comparatively soft and coarse-grained, its pods have a 
thickened margin not indented between the seeds, and it comes true 
to seed. That the difference is not due to local causes is evident, as 
they arc to be frequently seen near together. Hare abound here, 
and as they spring away from one^s feet they startle flocks of 
Landeeree (Grouse) from the bushes. On the hill aides the American 
* Satttnlum mlbum^ C«. 
