606 The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. [June, 



in June, it is clear that the 1st seeded berry is produced by the sup- 

 pression in some cases of the second seed and cell. The third cell and 

 its seed are probably always abortive. The shrub is abundant where I 

 write, (Binsur mountain,) attaining sometimes a height of eight feet. 

 Its habit of flowering both in spring and autumn resembles that of 

 Citrus, near which Dr. Lindley still keeps it ; but the persistent calyx, 

 and leaves not articulated with the petiole, are at variance with his 

 character of the Aurantiacese ; as the cells, with apparently only one 

 ovule, are with that of Xanthoxylese. The plant is, or recently was 

 growing in the Botanic Garden, Glasnevin. Its range at Nynee Tal is 

 from 6600 to 8600 feet. 



Xanthoxylon oxyphyllum. On Luriya Kanta, and observed by Mr. 

 Edgeworth on the ascent from Koorpaka. It comes very near Brucea 

 Sumatrana, as defined and described by Roxburgh, and may be the B. 

 nepalensis mentioned in J. A. S. April 1833. 



Rhus velutina. 



Machilus odoratissimus. 



Daphnidium pulcherrimum. 



Litssea consimiles. " Cheerura," and " Chirchira" of upper Kuma- 

 oon and Gurhwal, where a coarse oil is expressed from the fruit. 



Albizzia wightii (and elsewhere ; not Acacia mollis.) 



Indigofera polyphylla, " Moos-Sukena," a half procumbent shrub, 

 common from 5500 to 8500 feet. 



Indigofera pulchella. At the elevation of 7500 feet, as well as in the 

 outer portion of the Bhabur forest, this is equally reduced to the height 

 of a few inches. But in the Sal forests at 2000 feet and upwards, it 

 gradually increases from a shrub of 3 to one of 1 2 feet ; under the 

 former aspect it appears to be Dr. Royle's T. Arghawan. The number of 

 arborescent Indigoferas has probably been exaggerated. Roxburgh's 

 T. arborea and virgata, seem to be T. Dosua of Don, and heterantha of 

 Wallich. In the vallies of Kumaoon, about Almorah and Somesur, at 

 4000 to 7000 feet, there is a shrubby species with short sericeous le- 

 gumes, and small flowers, which appears different from T. Dosua, and 

 may be I. violacea, but Mr. Edgeworth pronounced it to be T. Dosua. 

 Roxburgh's description of the shrubby species of this genus are in- 

 different. 



Desmodium sulcatum (Edgeworth), and two undescribed species. 



