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NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM POONA TO NAGOTNA. 
Loess, were common. Buchnef a his/f/da, Usun, springing up 
near Kurwanda* bushes, a few specimens of the sacred A/>taf and 
a solitary stunted specimen of Gmelina arborea with abnormally 
coarsely dentate leaves complete the list on that hill. 
Water is found only at long distances on those bill ranges, and 
the pools are generally muddy from the feet of cattle. On that 
morning I was suffering fmm a cold and the fierce thirst endured 
was a warning not to go out again without a flask. The road 
having been regained, a walk of 5 miles, crossing a range of dry 
treeless hills at Pirangootche Khind (the pass of Pirangootl, brought 
nve to Pirangoot village at 2 o^clock in the afternoon, much fatigued 
from being on foot since daylight. Herr ! met Mr. Ranade who had 
taken the opposite side of the road and lower altitude, and found 
Echinops echinatus^ D.C , Jndigofera trita^ L., Cocculus villosust 
D.C,, Ammania multijiora^ Roxb., Oldenlandia corymbonUy Linn., 
Stemodia viscosuy Roxb,, Clerodendron serraturriy Spreng., Ipomasa 
obscurat Ker, in addition to several mentioned above. Onward in 
the evening, and Paud, a large village, was reached late at night. 
The Moola river passes this and joins the Mootha at Poona ; those 
flow to^ the Bheema which swells the volume of the Krishna. Mr. 
Ranade took the banks of the river and found Crmum enstfoliumy 
Roxb., Cryptocoryne RoxburghtiySc\ioi\t the yellow Cyathodinex2X^ 
and the pi^rple one abundant — positions which were changed when the 
line of the ghats with its heavy rainfall was approached, Coix Lac^ 
rymWy L., Phyllanthus reticulatuSy Poir., Ophiurus corymbosusy 
Gaertn., Desmodium diffusunty I>,C,y r A lysicarpus pubescens. h^iWy 
Salvia plebeja^ ht,y Alternanthera sessilis, Br., Eclipta albay Hassk.» 
and Tricholepis glaberrimay D.C. — the latter has pellucid glands not 
easily observable in dried specimens,Z?^«/‘^//<z repens, F Achy ran- 
ikes aspera, Linn., in fruit ; Flemingia strobillferay R. Br., was noted 
on the rtiargin of rice fields. Xanthium strumarium, Linn., and 
Psoralea corylifolia, Linn., were abundant enough to be ornamental 
with occasionally Pimpinella adscendens, Dalz., and the centre was 
carpeted with Hy^rophila serpyllunty T. Anders. Plumbago zey- 
lamca, L., was seen, and Andropogon lancifoliusy Tiiii., with its 
short dense growth and flowers abundant enough to give a purple 
tinge to the sod. Spilanthes Acmella, Linn., was seen occasionally; 
of Smithia purpureay Hook a solitary outlying specimen was found, 
its home is with the heavy rain further west. Lndigofera linijoliay 
Retz., was abundant in dry soil, but we appeared to have left Hey Ian- 
dia behind. 
* Carissa Carandas. 
t Buukinia tacemosa. 
