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adA'ance no further to the westward will, we do not doubt, 

 prove very much larger, as the following list of species al- 

 ready identified proves : — 



Aconitum palmatwm. 

 Manglietia insignis. 

 Magnolia sphenocarpa. 

 Miohelia excelsa. 



„ lanuginosa. 

 Sphasrostemma elongatum. 

 Stepliania hernandifolia. 

 Berberis Wallichicma. 



„ angulosa. 

 Meconopsis simplicifolia. 

 „ Nipalensis. 



„ WallicMi. 



Corydalis jitncea. 

 Pyrus Iiulica. 



„ follolosa. 

 Gotoneaster rotundifolia. 

 Eriobotrya elliptica. 

 Photiuia dubia. 



„ integrifolia. 

 Eubus rugosus. 



„ cfilgciims. 

 Cerasus riifa. 



„ acuminata. 

 Neillia thjrsiflora. 



Sanguisorba decandra. 

 Panax Pseudo-ginseng. 

 Hedera ■polyaeantha. 

 Toricellia tilicefolia. 

 Wightia gigantea. 

 S cboepfia fragrans. 

 G-aultheria fragrantissima. 

 Yieriajvrmosa. 

 Edgeworthia Oardneri. 

 EriosolEeua WallicMi. 

 Cinnamomum ? caudatuiii. 

 Benzoin HSfeesianum. 

 Phcebe paniculata. 

 Tetrantbera sericea. 

 „ elongata. 



„ ohlonga. 



Sphssrocarya edulis. 

 Helicia rohusta. 

 Corylus yferoa;. 

 Quercus serrata. 



„ Arcaula. 



„ lamellosa. 

 Podocarpus macropliylla. 

 Larix Oriffithii. 



A considerable number of tropical forms also creep along 

 the base of the Himalaya as far west as the valley of Nipal, 

 which have not been collected in Kumaon or west of it, as ; — 



Ddlenia speciosa. Parabasna sagittata. 



„ aurea. Cocculus mollis. 



Saccopetalum tomentosum. Castanea Indica. 



and a species of Calamus. 



Western Himalaya. 

 The mean elevation of the western Himalaya is not mate- 



