from the Kingdom of Nepal. 411 



Roxb. a Kamaon, R. B. (Robert Blinkworth). ?y8. ex horto 

 quodam ad Patan in Nepalia, 1821/^ But even in Kumaon, 

 where fine groves occur, the tree is clearly introduced. 



Juniperus : Dhupi. Alpine Nepal. No. 2280. Juniperus 

 squamosa, Dhupi montanorura, Hindice. Hamilton's Nepal, 

 96. Habitat ad Emodi nives : labelled, ''Thibet Hills." So 

 Wallich, No. 6043. /. squamosa , Ham. Gosainthan, Chur. 

 The common species of the Himalaya, with considerable diver- 

 sity as found in the dry or the rainy districts. The description 

 of the Dhupi in the ' Account of Nepal,' p. 96, can, however, 

 only agree with Juniperus excelsa : " A very large tree.'* " Its 

 wood has a beautiful grain, a fine mahogany colour, and a re- 

 markably pleasant scent, a good deal resembling that of the 

 pencil Cedar, but stronger, and I think more agreeable. Planks 

 of this are sent to Thibet, from whence they are probably carried 

 to China." Dhup signifies ' incense.' 



Juniperus : a low bush ; Thumuriya Dhupi. " Branches and 

 leaves have an agreeable smell, and are used in fumigations," 

 p. 96. 



No. 2279. Juniperust incurva. Thumuriya Dhupi monta- 

 norum, Hindice. Hamilton's Nepal, 96. Habitat ad Emodi 

 nives. No. 6042, Wallich. Juniperus recurva, Ham., identified 

 with his /. recurva. Gosainthan. Dr. Hamilton's specimen 

 quite resembles some of the north-western forms of /. squamosa, 

 and has neither the hue nor the pendulous branchlets of the /. 

 recurva of our collections, which is certainly not a native of the 

 British Himalaya. Dr. Hooker (Journals, ii. 28, 45) calls it 

 the weeping Blue Juniper, and figures it as a tree 30 feet high, 

 in Upper Sikkim, but comparatively scarce. 



Catalogue, No. 2067. Cupressus sempervirens. Bhairopati, 

 Hamilton's Nepal, 97. Habitat in Nepalse alpibus. Labelled, 

 " Brought from the alps of Thibet : said to be a shrub." (" Its 

 dried leaves have a disagreeable sulphureous smell," p. 97.) The 

 name is here given, ' Bhaingropati ;' and in p. 97, Bhairopati 

 [i. e. Siva's leaf) is said to be a Rhododendron. Wallich 

 (No. 6041) identifies Dr. Hamilton's specimen with Juniperus 

 excelsa ; and has Cupressus torulosa (No. 6046) only from Niti 

 in Garhwal. I have stated elsewhere, on the authority of the 

 late Mr. J. E. Winterbottom, that he had obtained it from 

 Gosainthan in Nepal ; but he subsequently discovered that his 

 specimens were those of a Juniper. Dr. Hamilton's plant has 

 the branches four-sided, agreeing with Don's '' quadrifariam 

 imbricatis" of C. torulosa (Prod. Fl. Nep. 55) and with my own 

 observation. Lambert says, *' ramulis teretibus," perhaps from 

 a young state of the plant. 



Hingwal Ka bara Saral : the Yew, according to Dr. Hamilton, 



