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find the variety? floribus roseis at this elevation, and up to 11,300 ; as 

 determined by Lieut. Strachey. It is only while young that the leaves, 

 and still more the leaf-buds and scales of the scarlet Rhododendron 

 are poisonous ; the flowers are certainly intoxicating, if eaten in any 

 quantity, as I have seen exemplified in my own coolies. 



Linum trigynum. 



Phyllanthus (Leptopus, Decaisne) cordifolius. 



Phyllanthus parvifolius, Don. 



Euphorbia hirsuta (not involucrata,) probably E. longifolia of Don's 

 Prodromus. A pretty species, resembling the English wood spurge. 



Euphorbia (peploides.) 



Schizotechium crispatum. 



Leucostemma latifolium. 



Stellaria media. 



Cerastium triviale. 



Mollugo stricta. 



Hedyotis calycina. 



Randia (Gardenia) tetrasperma. 



Galium asperuloide, Edgeworth. Descends to 7500. It has the 

 appearance and fragrance of Asperula odorata, but differs in the leaves 

 from Mr. Edgeworth's species. 



Galium aparine, common in cultivation, hills and plains, from the 

 Ganges to Nynee Tal and Almorah. 



Viburnum cylindricum, probably Dr. Royle's "punctatum." " Kala 

 Tit-muliya." This shrub is an evergreen, and is common from Simlah 

 to Kumaoon, from 6000 to 8000 feet, as are V. cotinifolium and mullaha. 

 Of these V. cotinifolium is identified by Dr. Royle with Wallich's poly- 

 carpum ; and mullaha with stellulatum. The nature of the plants would 

 lead to a suspicion that the synonymes have been reversed, V. cotinifolium 

 being remarkable for its stellate pubescence, as V. mullaha is for its 

 abundant fruit : (red.) It preserves the Nepalese name to Kumaoon, 

 (Muliya, and Tit-muliya, from the bitter fruit) and even to Mussooree, 

 (Maloop ;) but at Simla this is lost, and replaced by Free. V. cotinifolium 

 is known as Jawa at Simlah, Gooya in Kumaoon ; it has black fruit, and 

 much resembles V. lantana. V. nervosum of Don's Prodromus is identical 

 with his cotinifolium ; V. nervosum of Ro}de is the V. fcetens of Deca- 

 isne, an epithet for which it is indebted to the odour of its leaves when 



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