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Deodar, it generally occupies a more elevated position. Thus, on 

 the Jelowri Pass, in Kooloo, ascending from the Muudi side, we 

 fiud Deodars and Morindas (Abies Smithiaua) associated with the 

 Mokroo Oak(Quercus dilatata), and Horse Chesnuts (Pavia iudica). 

 As we continue to ascend we find the Chilrow, some of them 

 19 feet in girth, at three feet from the ground, and associated with 

 magnificent Khursoo Oaks(Quercus semecarpifolia). Still ascend- 

 ing, we leave the Chilrow, and find the Oaks associated with the 

 Khododendron campanulatum, which, when we crossed the pass 

 in April, was in full blossom, and presenting a most striking and 

 beautiful appearance, with its purple, pink, and white blossoms, (as 

 it presented all these colours, in some plants only one colour, 

 in others two blended, and in others all the shades mixing 

 aud blending with each other in great luxuriance.) The fore- 

 ground was covered with Primula?, Ranunculi, Anemone, Verbena 

 Wallichiana, and Poteutillse. Associated with the Rhododendron 

 were the dwarfish Khursoo Oaks, a small Berberis, and the 

 Crataegus rupestris. The pass itself consists of clay-slate, and 

 from its summit presents one of the most magnificent scenes any- 

 where to be met with in the wild, rugged, and bold country of Kooloo. 

 On this lofty pass the Rajah formerly possessed a series of forts, 

 which were destroyed by the Seikbs.and amongst the ruins of one of 

 these we found tailless rats (Arctomys Roylei) running about. As 

 we descend the pass, on the Sutlej side, we first pass through 

 Khursoo Oaks, then Pindrow, and Morinda, or Row. to the village 

 of Khote which is surrounded with Deodars. A little below the 

 Deodar we meet with forests of Kuel (Pinus excelsa) and 

 Mokroo Oaks, and still lower, forests of the Pinus longifolia, or 

 Cheer, which we have before reaching Shumshale. 



7. P. Pindrow Royle. — By Dr. Royle the P. Pindrow is 

 considered a distinct species from the P. Webbiana ; and is 

 characterised by its much smaller and thinner cones, which, too, 

 are of a deeper purple colour, and seldom exceed three and a half or 

 four inches in length, and its shorter, broader, stiffer, and furcate 

 leaves. But other characters there are none, and possibly it may 

 be a mere variety. If, however, the cone is uniform in size and 

 colour, it would form a very characteristic mark. I have in 

 my possession a drawing taken from Dr. Royle's original speci- 

 men brought by him from Tyne Teba aud deposited in the 

 Mussoone Garden. It is now 20 feet high, and the cones never 

 exceed 4 inches in length. In P. Webbiana they are seldom met 

 with under T inches. The furcation of the leaf, noticed as a 



