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September. 



Dr. Hooker mentions Umbelliferse as conspicuously absent 

 from the upper part of Tonglo. His visit was in May ; and in 

 September I found TTmbellifera? very fairly represented in species 



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and numerous in individuals. 



ARALiACEiE. 



Aralia, sp. At 9000 ped. nit. Scandent, large. Leaves simply pin- 

 nate; leaflets c. 7> serrate, glabrous. Umbels compound, umbellate. 



Pentapanax, sp. ? A tree 40 feet. Panicles very large and com- 

 pound ; glabrous, as are the leaves. Leaves simply pinnate ; leaflets 

 c. 7, entire, 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



Frequent. 



Pentapanax, sp. ? Large, scandent, glabrous. Leaves simply pinnate, 

 leaflets c. 7, sharply finely serrate. Panicles large, compound. 7500 

 ped. alt. 



Panax pseudo-ginseng, Wall. /000-8000 ped. alt. 

 Frequent. 



Panax ? Tonglo top, 10,000 ped. alt. 



Species herbaceous, near the last ? 



Helwingia himalaica, HIc.f. et Th. 8000 ped. alt. 

 Heptapleurum tomentosum, Ham. 8000-9000 ped. alt. 



Plentiful. More of a tree than most Araliads ; often 50-60 feet 

 high, with a clean trunk. 



Heptapleurum, sp. ? 8000-9000 ped. alt. 



Like the last, but the leaflets very narrow and dentate-serrate. 

 Frequent. 



Brassaiopsis, sp. Erect, with 1-3 erect branches, 15-20 feet high. 

 7000-8000 ped. alt. 



Common. 



Besides the above, I collected leaves or imperfect specimens of 

 eight other Araliads between Darjeeling and Tonglo top. They 

 are well known to be characteristic of this level ; but as I have 

 neither Seemann's papers nor my own herbarium to compare them 

 with, I think it more prudent to make no guesses from memory 

 about: them. 



