INDEX. 



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Nurtiung, ii. 318. 

 Nut, Himalayan, ii. 114. 

 Nutmegs, wild, ii. 353. 

 Nymphcea pygmaia, ii. 312. 







Oaks, i. 109 ; distribution of in India 



(note), ii. 336 ; Sikkim, i. 157; upper 



limit of, ii. 114. 

 Observatory at Benares, i. 74. 

 Oil of Bassia butyracea, i. 151; of 



B. latifolia, i. 16 ; Kuskus, i. 42 ; 



mustard, linseed, and rape, i. 13 ; 



uggur, ii. 328 ; wood, ii. 348. 

 01 ax scandens, i. 31. 

 Olibanum, Indian, i. 29. 

 Olivine (note), ii. 123. 

 Omerkuntuk, i. 32. 

 Onglau (mushroom), ii. 47. 

 Opium, East Indian, cultivation and 



manufacture of, i. 83 ; quality of, 



i. 85. 

 Opuntia, i. 205. 

 Orchidece, growth of in Khasia, ii. 321 ; 



of Khasia, ii. 281. 

 Orobanche, Himalaj'an, i. 262 ; Indka, 



i. 16. 

 Ortolan, i. 98. 

 Otters, i. 198. 

 Ovis Amnion, i. 244 ; ii. 132 ; skulls of, 



i. 249. 

 Oxalis sensitiva, i. 102. 

 Oxytropis Chiliophylla (note), ii. 164. 



Pacheem, i. Ill ; vegetation of, 112. 



Painom river, ii. 167. 



Palibothra, i. 90. 



Palms, distribution of in Sikkim, i. 



143 ; fan, i. 29 ; of Khasia, ii. 267. 

 Palung plains, ii. 84, 152; view of from 



Sebolah,ii. 142. 

 Pandanus,i. 300; ii. 9. 

 Papaw, ii. 350. 

 Paper, manufactory at Dunkotah, i. 190 ; 



of Astragalus, ii. 162 ; of Daphne and 



Edgeworthia, i. 205, 303 ; ii. 162; of 



Tibet, ii. 162. 

 Papilio Machaon, ii. 65 ; (note,) ii. 68. 

 Paras-nath, i. 12, 32 ; geology of, i. 32 ; 



summit of, i. 21. 

 Paris, ii. 18. 



Parochetus communis, ii. 50. 

 Patchouli plant, ii. 314. 

 Patna, i. 82. 

 Pawn, i. 99. 



Peaches, Sikkim, i. 158 ; cultivation of, 



ii. 185. 

 Peacock, wild, i. 30. 

 Peat at Calcutta, ii. 341. 

 Pea- violet, ii. 309. 

 Peel, Sir L., garden of, i. 2. 

 Peepsa, i. 157. 



Pelicans, mode of feeding, i. 80. 

 Pemberton, Capt., treatment of his 



embassy in Bhotan (note), ii. 202. 

 Pemiongchi temple, i. 327. 

 Pemmi river (East Nepal), i. 1 92. 

 Pepper, Betel, i. 99. 

 Perry, Mr., i. 98. 

 Peuka-thlo, ii. 81. 

 Phadong Goompa, ii. 192 ; confinement 



at, ii. 209. 

 Phari, ii. 110. 



Pheasant (Kalidge), i. 255 ; horned, ii. 37. 

 Phedaugbos (Limboo priests), i. 138. 

 Phenzong Goompa, ii. 192. 

 Phieungoong, i. 332 ; ii. 198. 

 Phipun, Lachen,ii. 22, 149; of Lachoong, 



ii. 105. 

 Phoenix acaulis, i. 145; (note), i. 143, 



400 ; dwarf, i. 22, 382 ; paludosa, 



i. 1 ; ii. 355 ; sylvestris, i. 88. 

 Phosphorescent wood, ii. 151. 

 Photinia, ii. 22. 



Phud (Tibet mendicant), ii. 186. 

 Phyl/anthus emblica, i. 273 ; (note), i. 16. 

 Picrorhiza, i. 272. 

 Pigeons, ii. 37. 

 Pines, gigantic, ii. 108 ; Himalayan, i. 



256; ii. 44, 198; rarity of in Sikkim, 



i. 169. 

 Pinguicula, ii. 40. 

 Pinus excelsa, ii. 45, 105 ; Khasiana, ii. 



282, 288, 301 ; longifolia, i. 145, 182, 



278, 280 ; ii. 3, 45. 

 Piptanthus Nepalensis, ii. 5. 

 Pitcher-plant, ii. 315. 

 Plantago leaves, used to dress wounds, 



ii. 75. 

 Plantain, scarlet-fruited, ii. 309 ; wild, 



i. 143. 

 Plants, English, on Soane river, i. 45; 



English, on Ganges, i. 80 ; tempera- 

 ture of, i. 36 ; of English genera in 



Terai (note), i. 398. 

 Plectocomia, i. 143. 

 Plumbago, i. 407 ; ii. 46. 

 Poa annua, i. 118, 221 ; laxa, ii. 123 

 Poa (fibre of Boshmeria), i. 157. 

 Podocarpus neriifolia (note), i. 256. 

 Podostemon (note), ii. 314. 

 Poisoners, i. 65. 

 Poisoning of goats by rhododendrons, 



ii. 150 ; of Bhoteeas by arum-roots, 



ii. 75. 



