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423. Kankoo B. — Large and firm. 



424. Watooi B.— Small. 



425. Bhee B. — Reported to be poisonous. 



ACROGENS. 

 Filices. 



426 to 451. Of ferns I collected 26 species, among which is the 

 gigantic tree fern, but I have not sufficient data by me to determine 

 the genera and species. 



Musci, 



452 to 470. Of fungus only 6 species. 

 Miscellanea. 



477 ? Arboreous. All the young parts densely covered wtih rusty 

 tomentse, leaves alternate, oblong, lanceolate, sharply serrate, smooth 

 above, clothed with ferruginous down, underneath, veins conspicuous, 

 parallel, anastomizing at or just within the margin. Larayen. 



478. Rottlera tinctoria, Roxb. Nowgong. 



479? Compositae. A very large plant for this family, from 10 to 

 200 feet high, the trunk near the ground from 3 to 6 inches in diame- 

 ter, wood very hard and heavy. Leaves alternate, sessile or nearly 

 so, ovately lanceolate, acuminating most towards the base, remotely 

 dentate, smooth on the upper surface, a little downy underneath, 

 principal veins strong, parallel anastomizing near the margin, 18 

 inches long by 6 broad, flowers very numerous in large terminal 

 spreading panicles, found on every hill between the Dikho and Dyung 

 rivers. 



COMPOSITE. 



480. Tunglutty. Shrubby, many erect branches often springing from 

 the same, perennial root, every part woolly and fragrant. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, acuminating to both ends, serrated, serratures ending 

 in a rigid point, downy on both sides, with 4 nearly opposite subulate 

 appendages to the petiole, very common in the plains, covering large 

 tracts of land. I frequently met with it on the hills, but not in 

 flower. Kangsing. 



481. ? Compositae. A small herbaceous, erect, branching in every 

 part, densely covered with odoriferous glands. Branches winged, wings 



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