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call it POONA, INDIA
STOP 167 - MAHARASHTRA:
POONA, 1800 FEET, II-10-62
150 Spec.
Speciments were collected in a
yard compound, Ganesh Kahind
district. Surrounding area
disturbed residential suburbs,
characterized by gardens and
trees.
A total of about 200 specimens
were collected in Poona on three
different occassions; only those
collected II-10 bear stop
number 167. Other lots are
simply marked "Poona" followed
by the corresponding date.
Perhaps the month & day should
be left blank on the label,
to be filled in by hand. There
are 3 different dates, the last being in Feb, the former 2 in Jan.

STOP 168 - MAHARASHTRA:
MAHABLESHWAR, 1250 METERS,
II-13-62
5000 specimens
This quaint "resort town",
Poona's primary hill station,
is situated on a gently
rolling plateau of lava.
These flows were layed down
one on top of the other until a
tremendous thickness of lava
had been built up. Erosion
has reduced them to scattered
plateaus and a considerable
range of ghats near the west
coast. The vegetation on the
steep eastern slopes of
the ghats consists of grass
(dry in Feb.), an occassional
thornbush or euphorbia, and
rarely a small tree. The
eastern edge of the plateau
itself is a continuation of
the same dry flora. About
4 miles to the west, however,
due to the rain shaddow
effect, the flora begins to