from the Kingdom of Nepal. 4i^7 



Jumne-muudroo, p. 85. Berberis (Mahonia) nepalensis ; 

 properly Jamani mandru. 



Chootraphul, i. e. fruit of the Chotra, a Barberry. Catalogue?,* 

 No. 841. Berberis asiatica, Hort. Beng. 25; DC. i. 107. Ha- 

 bitat in dumetis Nepalse. The specimen is wanting, and Chotra, 

 Chutro, is the proper name of B. aristata ; but Wallich has, 

 No. 44, B. asiatica^ Roxb., from Nepal and Kumaon. 



Catalogue, No. 1082. Rhododendron puniceum. Potasar : Go- 

 rangs : montanorum Hind. The common R. arboreum. 



"Sanpati : a small Rhododendron, like Myrica Gale; the leaves 

 are very odorous, and even when dried retain their fragrance. 

 It is used in fumigations, and sent to the low countries,^^ p. 97. 



Catalogue, No. 1083. Rhododendron. Son Pati. Hamilton's 

 Nepal, p. 97. The specimen is imperfect, but seems to belong to 

 Rhododendron anthopogon or pendulum ; the leaves of the first 

 are very aromatic, and are burned as incense. 



Bhairopati. Rhododendron. "Its qualities are similar to 

 those of the former, but it is less fragrant,^' p. 97. 



Catalogue, No. 1084. Rhododendron Bhairopatium. Bhairo- 

 pati V. Bhaingropati. This specimen is also without flowers or 

 fruit, but belongs to R. lepidotum, or one of the varieties or- 

 allied species discovered by Dr. Hooker. ^^ 



Catalogue, No. 1062. Melia Azederach. 



a. Enc. Method, i. 341 ; Willd. Sp. PL ii. 558. Colitur ad 

 urbes Indise rarius, habitat in Nepala. In flower, Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden, 4th January 1814. 



No. 1063. M, Azederach, 



/3. Enc. Method, i. 841. Melia sempervirens, Willd. Sp. PI. 

 ii. 559. Habitat ad Indise pagos. In flower, Jolpigorry, 3l8l!^ 

 March 1809. , ^'^i^ 



Wallich's Cat. 1251. M, sempervirens, ■ ^-n^B 



Nepal and Kumaon. ^^J- 



Ibid. 1250. M. Azederach, L. H. B. C. - 



Dr. Hamilton's first No. has oval-lanceolate leaflets ; in 1062 

 they are somewhat broader and less arcuate; the difference, 

 however, is certainly not more than is usual in specimens from 

 the same tree ; and hence Dr. Hamilton finds M. Azederach in 

 Nepal, where Dr. Wallich finds M. sempervirens; and M, sem- 

 pervirens in the Indian villages, which Dr. Wallich has only froi^ 



says it is '* in very great request ") as one of the three staple articles of the 

 Mishims. Masters (J. Agri. and Hort. Soc. Calc. iv. zo(J) tells us that " the 

 juice of this fruit {Dillenia speciosa) is mixed with the Mishimi Bih to 

 prepare the poison for arrows." And Wilcox (As. Res. xvii. 456) mentions 

 two kinds of poison from the mountains north of Assam, — the Bor Bis 

 (great poison) and Sengumuri Bis ; all no doubt to be included in the 

 above-mentioned species of Aconitum. 'jj^^^ka-j 



