96 NOTES ON A JOURNEY FROM POONA TO NAGOTNA. 
line near the top, Coix Lacrymae^ Linn. Erinocarpus Nimmoanus^ 
Grab., Pimpinella adscendens Dalz., Careya arborea^ Koxh. ^Justicia 
Betonica, Var ramosisstma^ Linn., Hemidesmus indicus Br., Blep^ 
haris asperrima^'H&QS^Bridelta retusa^ Strobzlanthes s^,y Ster. 
culia guttata y Roxb., Hibiscus hirtus, Linn., Vangueria spinosa 
Roxb., Terrfiinalia tomentosa^ Bedd., Btjehmeria platyphylta, Don.^ 
Schleicher a trijugay Wiild.with Viscum angulatum, Heyne, growing 
on it, and Wood/ordia floribunddy Salisb., Panicum montanuMy Pas- 
palum sp., Heteropooon insignis, Vitis quinquefolidy Memecylon 
edulCy Roxb., Caryota urenSy Linn.; Tricholepis amplexicaulis, 
C. B. C., as carefully studied with a view to finding Dalzell’s T, 
montana ; near the base of the mountains Teak. 
At Dhonsa in the village tank the red Nymphaea was abundant 
in the centre, its shadv^ of colour pale-pink, and Ceratoptetfis thalic- 
troidesy Linn., near the side.s. On the banks the wide spread Coix and 
Hygrophila spinosa and Lamprachcenium microcephalumy Benth., in 
j£s stiff feathered pappus makes an intolerable itching, and on a 
dead tree fallen over the water Vanda parvijiora is abundant. In 
a well on the margin of the tank a heavy coating of Lemna polyr-f hizay 
Linn, floats on the .‘surface, and beneath it is a very luxuriant ex. 
oi Nitella>^ Poxburghiiy h\, Brun, the first we had met with. 
As the plant is of special interest to teachers of biology, we Carried 
off abundant fresh specimens On neighouring trees fine specimens 
oi Rkyncostylis retuSdy'QX.y yJtte seen; by the sides of the fields 
Tricholepis radicans was abundant, past flower; Hydrolea zeylanica 
was showing its pretty blue flowers on the still* moist rice-fields. 
The Mango was the commonest tree, but there were large examples 
of Anona reticulutdy Linn., Mimusops Elengiy Linn, and of Khair. 
Derris scanaensy Benth., near the village, and frequently StercuUa 
urenSy Roxb., Marathiy was met with, and the villagers showed us 
Wakandecy eV\^^Vii\y Asclepiady with leaves 8x8 inches. We 
were now in the Concan only a few feet above the level of the sea 
and proceeded along the banks of rice-fields towards Pali. On the 
Elytrophorus articulatus Beam., Careya arboreuy Roxb., Doli^ 
chandrone falcatay Seem , Ipomaea Nily Roth., Peristrophe bicaly 
aulatay Noes, Barter ia Prionitis Linn., Panicum interruptumy Willd., 
Smithia sensitiva^ Ait., EpalUs divaricata, Cass., Holarrhenm 
antidysentericay Wall., Terminalia tomentosa, Bedd., were seen. 
Pali is a 'large village with abundant water in tl*e soil and 
numerous tanks. Mango trees were abundant. Spondias mangifera 
showed extra luxuriant growth ; Lagerstraemia flos^reginasy Retz, 
Butea frondosay Roxb., Leea macrophylla, Roxb., Luffa acutangula* 
