from the Kingdom of Nepal. 447 



Junino-mundi'oo, p. 85. Berberis (Mahonia) nepalemis ; 

 properly Janiaiii mandru. 



Chootraphul, i. e. fruit of the Chotra, a Barberry. Catalogue, 

 No. 84-1. Berberis asiatica, Ilort. 13cng. 25; DC! i. 107. Ha- 

 bitat in dumetis Nepal?e. The specimen is wanting, and Chotra, 

 Chutro, is the proper name of B. aristata; but ^yallicll has. 

 No. 44, B. asiatica, Roxb., from Nepal and Kumaon. 



Catalogue, No. 1082. Rhododendron puniceum. Potasar:Go- 

 rangs : montanoruni Hind. The common R. arboreum. 



"Sanpati : a small Rhododendron, like Mi/rica Gale; the leaves 

 are very odorous, and even when dried retain their fragrance. 

 It is used in fumigations, and seut to the low countries,'^ p. 97. 



Catalogue, No. 1083. Rhododendron. Son Pati. Hamilton's 

 Nepal, p. 97. The specimen is imperfect, but seems to belong to 

 Rhododendron anthopogon or pendulum ; the leaves of the first 

 are very aromatic, and are burned as incense. 



Bhairopati. Rhododendron. "Its qualities are similar to 

 those of the former, but it is less fragrant," p. 97. 



Catalogue, No. 1084. Rhododendron Bhairopatium. Bhairo- 

 pati V. Bhaingropati. This specimen is also without flowers or 

 fruit, but belongs to 7^. lepidotum, or one of the varieties or 

 allied species discovered by Dr. Hooker. 



Catalogue, No. 1062. Melia Azederach. 



a. Yaw. :\Iethod. i. 341 ; Willd. Sp. Pi. ii. 558. Colitur ad 

 urbes Indite rarius, habitat in Nepala. In flower, Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden, 4th January 1814. 



No. 1063. M. Azederach. 



/3. Enc. Method, i. 341. Melia sempervirens, Willd. Sp. PI. 

 ii. 559. Habitat ad ludise pagos. In flower, Jolpigorry, 31st 

 March 1809. 



Wallich's Cat. 1251. M. sempervirens. 



Nepal and Kumaon. 



Ibid. 1250. M. Azederach, L. H. B. C. 



Dr. Hamilton's first No. has oval-lanceolate leaflets ; in 1062 

 they are somewhat broader and less arcuate; the difference, 

 however, is certainly not more than is usual in specimens from 

 the same tree ; and hence Dr. Hamilton flnds M. Azederach in 

 Nepal, where Dr. Wallich finds M. sempervirens ; and M. sem- 

 jjervirens in the Indian villages, which Dr. Wallich has only from 



says it is " in ven' j^cat request ") as one of the three staple articles of the 

 Mishims. Masters (J. Agri. and Ilort. Soc. Calc. iv. iTUUj tells iis that " the 

 juice of this fruit [Dillenia speciosa) is mixed with the Mishinii Bih to 

 prepare the poison for arrows." And Wilcox (As. Res. xvii. 4o()j mentions 

 two kinds of poison from tlie mountains north of Assam, — the Bor Bis 

 (great poison) and Sengumuri Bis ; all no doubt to be included in the 

 above-mentioned species of Aconitiun. 



