APPENDIX I. 



LIST OF SPECIES FROM BIHAR AND ORISSA FOUND IN 

 THE WALLICHIAN HERBARIUM AT KEW. 



The families and genera are arranged in the order adopted in the 

 Flora, and the specific names given in the first column are also those 

 of the Flora, so that the authority has not been repeated. After 

 the specific name is given the Wallichian number. Next the name 

 given on Wallich's or Hamilton's tickets are, where these differ from 

 the name adopted, added in italics. This is the more necessary as 

 one Wallichian number includes specimens from many localities, and 

 also sometimes different species. Moreover Hamilton's names have 

 an interest in themselves. They are usually " noms de plume " 

 embodying the supposed genus and some obvious character (e. g. 

 Echites ])ubescens) or the vernacular name in the locality where col- 

 lected (e. 17. Nerium coraia). The bulk of the specimens from our 

 area are of Hamilton's collection ; those of 1820 especially are Wallich's 

 own collection. The precise locality has fortunately usually been given 

 as well as the date, but many of the small villages are difficult to 

 locate, and the construction of an itinerary has had to be relied upon 

 to fix those villages which fall within the limits of our area. Prain's 

 Life of Buchanan Hamilton has also been found useful. The place 

 Nathpur, so often occurring on tickets, is in Bhagalpur, not far from 

 the Kosi river and close to the place marked Pratabganjghat on the 

 map attached to this work. From this place Hamilton appears to have 

 made excursions during 1810 not only into the surrouncling country, 

 but often extending across the Nepal frontier. Hence the plants 

 collected at Siupur, Sukranagar and other places bearing similar 

 dates to those from Nathpur but which are apparently across the 

 frontier have had to be deleted from the list. Even some of the plants 

 labelled Nathpur itself, although included, were possibly collected 

 outside British territory, perhaps on short day excursions. Such 

 is Anaphalis araneosa. There is a place Chainpur in Shahabad, but 

 the Chainpur Hills are now found to be the Chainpur Hills near the 

 Arun River in Southern Nepal, not those near Chainpur in Shahabad. 

 There is also a Chainpur in Bhagalpur and not far from Nathpur. 

 Although Hamilton surveyed Shahabad practically no specimens of 

 his are found from that district, and he did not go there till the 

 rainy season of 1913 {vide Prain in Life of Buchanaii Hamilton). 

 Koemore, again, does not refer to the Kaimur Hills of Shahabad, 

 but apparently to a place in Goalpara. Kumarganj is in Bhagalpur, 

 just south of the Ganges and not far from Monghyr. Dariyapur is 



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