200 FLORA INDICA. 



of the province, is elevated 5500 feet, the lake of Naini-tal 

 6500, of Bhim-tal 4000. Binsar, a mountain of the interior 

 region and a well known botanical station, is elevated, we 

 believe, about 7500. 



For further particulars we must refer to Captain E,. Stra- 

 chey's account of the provinces of Kumaon and Garhwal in the 

 Journal of the Geographical Society of London (May, 1851) . 



The vegetation of Kumaon appears to aflPord rather a rapid 

 transition from the humidity of Nipal to the drier provinces 

 further west. Its flora, according to Strachey's and Winter- 

 bottom's excellent collections, includes fully two thousand 

 flowering plants, — a much larger number than are to be found 

 in an equal area anywhere to the westward, though consider- 

 ably fewer than to the eastward. 



Amongst the natural orders we have examined in detail, 

 the following species find their eastern limit in Kumaon, so 

 far as is at present known ; — 



ThalioirnvQ. paucifloriMii. Corydalis Qovaniona. 

 OxygrapHs polypetala. „ flabellafa. 



Eanunculus hirtellus. Pyrus laccata. 



„ arvensis. 'Robo. pimpinellcsfolia . 



Trollius acaulis. Eubus saxatiUs. 



Aquilegia vulgaris. Potentilla alpestris. 



Delphinium denudatum. Gaum urbanum. 



„ ineanmn. Spiraa sorbifoUa. 



„ ranunculifoUum. Daphne oleoides. 



„ Kashmirianum. Celtis eriocarpa. 



Aconitum Lycootontim. Corylus Oolurna. 



„ heteropJiyllum. Quercus Ictnata. 



Pseonia officinalis. Cedrus Deodara. 



Papaver dubium. Cupressus torulosa. 



Meoonopsis aculeata. Juniperus communis. 



Of Eastern Himalayan plants which have not hitherto 

 been traced to the westward of Kumaon there are : — 



Clematis grewicejiora. Thalictrum ele.gans. 



„ acuminata. „ glyplioearpiim. 



