140 MR. C. B. CLARKE'S BOTANIC NOTES 



not seen ; but Mr. Gamble tells me it is surely Actinodaphne 

 (genus). 



LEGITMINOSiE 



are conspicuously absent the whole way from Darjeeling to 

 Tonglo top, the only plant seen being Parochetus communis, Ham., 

 which comes up profusely wherever the small bamboo-jungle is 

 cleared by burning. Trifoliiim rcpens, L., has spread round the 

 station at 7000-9000 ped. alt. An Erythrina, a small upright 

 tree with showy flowers, 'is planted all over the station ; it is near 

 i?. arborescens, Eoxb. There is one branch of a Desmodium with 

 pale pink flowers on the Station Mall at 7300 ped. alt., which may 

 be indigenous, as the species (of which I have forgotten the name, 

 perhaps D. confertum, DC.) is common at 6000 ped. alt. J&ucuna 

 macrocarpa, "Wallich, just reaches the 7000-feet level. Piptanthus 

 nepalensis, Don, is planted at Darjeeling ; and I have found it at 

 10,000-12,000 ped. alt. on the ridge immediately north of Tonglo ; 

 but I did not see it on my present excursion. 



The sum is, that in the wet forest-jungles of Sikkim, at 7000- 

 10,000 ped. alt., one may walk for days without seeing one single 

 Leguminose plant. 



Rosacea. 



Prunus. 



A Cherry is mentioned on Tonglo by Dr. Hooker ; but in Sep- 

 tember I did not collect it. 



Spir^a callosa, Thunb. 7500 ped. alt. 

 Neillia thyrsiflora, Don. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



Common. 



Rubus ros^folius, Smith. 7000-9000 ped. alt. 



Common. 



R. betulinus, Don. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



Frequent. 



R. paniculatus, Smith. 7000-9000 ped. alt. 



Common. 



R. pentagons, Wallich. 7O0O-9OOO ped. ait. 



Abundant . 



Rubus. The " yellow raspberry " of Dr. Hooker. 

 Abundant. In fruit in June at 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



