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from Calycopieris. It is often found where the latter does not exist 

 however, and under such circumstances it is frequently resorted to 

 instead for drinking purposes.* 



Forest guards have told me that they have been under the necessity 

 of resorting to the water from Nandvel when working in some out- 

 of-the-way forests or on the summit of a hill slope when marking- 

 coupes, and it was in this way that my attention was first attracted to 

 the interesting quality possessed by Nandvel and which ultimately led 

 to my ascertaining the same uses in the Ukshi. 



At page 7, Volume XXII, of the ' : Indian Forester" Viiis latifoliaf 

 is reported, I see, to yield also a beverage which the Dehra Dun students 

 sometimes indulge in when in the forests. A few other trees, etc., in the 

 Thana forests are found which yield liquids resembling water from either 

 the roots or their stems and which are turned to various economic, 

 medicinal and other uses, and a description of these it is proposed to 

 leave for another occasion when an opportunity offers. 



• When marching through the forests along the Waitarna River in Mokhada with 

 Mr. Clyton, I.C.S., it was observed how frequently the Nandvel had been out. 



f Vitix lafifoUa is also found in the Thana forests, and it probably also yields water 

 similar to Vitis adnata. Both are known as Nandvel. 



