PLANTS GATHERED IN AND ABOUT MUSSOORIE. 499 



Aor'dcx ndoratum. This is also plentiful in the Dim and is associated 



vtith A. affine. Blooms in June and July. J have 

 both in cultivation up here. 



IlhynohottyUi guttata. Is also common, growing on trees in the Dun but 



I have not come across it much higher than Rajpur, 

 blooms during May-June. 



Sarcanthui filiformis. Common throughout the Dun, bears insignificant 



yellow flowers streaked with red lines, flowers about 

 August, 



Vanda parviflora. Also occure, blooms during September. 



iJentJrobium Sp. Not yet identified, found growing on road to 



Rajpur at 4,000 feet. 



PhajHS albus or as it is This pretty Orchid was once very plentiful on 

 now Ciilled Thunia alba. (^e hills about Mussoorie, but has now all but dis- 

 appeared owing to the greed of pahari hawkers who 

 found a ready sale for clumps of it in bloom to 

 visitors up here. This abuse grew so great some 

 years ago that Mr. Gamble, the then Director of the 

 Forest School at Dehra, prohibited the collection of 

 it from the Forests under his charge, 



Calogyne orUtata. Is met with up here, growing on rocks in sh%de ; 



flowers in summer. 



Anoeetochiliis roxbur- Plants found in a shady ravine at Landaur. 1 am 

 ghii .' not quite sure that I have identified the plant rightly, 



Microxlylix waliohii. Very common every where at Mussoorie. flowers 



in July and August. 



Herminium angugti- Grows plentifully, blooms in August. 

 folium, 

 Hahenaria 'intermedia. Is a vei-y common Orchid up here, it is the first 



of the ground orchids that comes into bloom, flowers 

 early in July. 



Satyriuin nepaUtm. Plentiful in grass, blooms during August and 



September. I have no doubt that Mussoorie fur. 



nishes many more kinds which owing to want of 



time and opportunity have escaped notice. 

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Hotroea prorrrn. Is perhaps the commonest of the wild flowering 



plants, the hill sides look very pretty dotted about 

 with its lilac flowers during the rains. 



