PLANTS GATUEHED JN AND AliOUT MUiiHOURt E. 4'.)l 



Cyathula (omeutoxd. 



^T!rna xrandenf. 



AekyrantheK as pa a. 



Arhyranthes bidentata. 



LXIH-CHENOPO 

 DIACEi^. 



Chenopodium alhuvi. 



Ckenojjodiunt opvU- 

 foliuin. 



LXIV.-POLYGO- 



NACEiB. 



Polyij out a III reeu m hens . 



Polyyonum amplexi- 

 raide. 



Polygonum avievlarc. 



Polygonum alatvvi. 

 Fayopyrv, n rymo-ium. 



A M'n coniiaon. iroulilesonio sluul). Flowers 

 (luring the rains. 



Konud abuvt" curl roail. rlinibing on l)ii«h).'s. I'lowurs 

 througliout the rains. 



Common everywhore. Vernacular " Chircliita". 

 All parts of this plant — the seeds, loaves and roots — arc 

 used medicinally in native medicine. Flowers during 

 the rains. 



Is also common and flowers during the rains. 

 Several varieties of the goose foot are found in and 

 about Mussoorie. 



Is very common aboiii all Avasle places, A tall 

 growing variety with large leaves is extensively 

 cultivated in the hills and ascends to very high 

 elevations and is found growing in villages in the 

 mid-Himalayas up to 9,000 feet and forms one of the 

 staple foods of the hill people. Vernacular "' Balhu " 

 or 'Bathwa"; a rain weather crop. 



Is also a common Mussoorie plant. 



Is very common. Flowers during the rains. 



This really pretty plant is very common during the 

 rains. Two varieties, one with white and a second 

 with red flowers, occnr here. The former is more 

 common than the latter. 



Common ; of very variable habit ; flowers through - 

 lint the rains and well into Octobei-. 



Flowers September-October. 



Is very common and bears large panicles of white 

 flowers from August to (October. Two varieties 

 of Buckwheat, one with slightly bitter seeds. Ver- 

 nacular " Phapra " and the other sweet seeds 

 " Phullen " are largely grown by the hill people 

 of the mid -Himalayas and are cropped at very high 

 elevation. 



