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



crushed ; the flowers however, have a delicious fragrance of lemon. It 

 abounds everywhere from 9000 to 11,000 feet, the " Thelain" of Buse- 

 hur, but in Kumaoon " Gooya." V. grandiflorum was found common 

 on the upper Surjoo by Lieut. Strachey, with the habit of V. mullaha : 

 where also occurs another species, perhaps punctatum or adenophyllum 

 of Wallich ; growing to be a considerable tree. 



Daphne papyracea, Wallich, D. Bholua, Don, formerly inserted as D. 

 cannabina on the authority of the former in the Asiatic Researches, 

 unless the shrub there described be D. odora, which seems to differ 

 little from the present except in being fragrant. Two varieties are 

 common everywhere in the British Himalaya ; one with white flowers 

 and yellow fruit, is found from 4000 to 8000 feet ; the other with pur- 

 ple flowers and fruit from 7000 to 8000. " The Nepal names Bhulloo- 

 soang and Bholua, if Hindee, and the aspirate be correct, would indi- 

 cate its poisonous property ; without the aspirate, the strength of its 

 fibre : Sida rhomboidea is called Buloo for this reason. But the 

 orthography in Kumaoon is " Buroowa," with the prefix, set, white ; 

 " Sutpoora" in Gurhwal. No allusion to the plant or its uses is to be 

 found in Dr. Wilson's Dictionary ; but the Almorah Pundits affirm 

 that it is intended in the Umurkosh by the terms Loota, Tuntoovayu, 

 Oornunabhu, and Murkutka, all denoting a spider, weaver, &c, and, 

 as applied to this Daphne, alluding to the manufacture of paper from 

 the bark. 



Daphne sericea ; Don's Prodromus ; an examination of many living 

 specimens satisfies me that this includes Wickstrcemia salicifolia of 

 Decaisne, and W. canescens of Meisner ; the differences are merely in 

 degree, due to age and exposure, and may either be found on the same 

 plant, or on plants within a few yards of each other, and evidently of 

 the same stock. Paper prepared from this — the Chumlia, is considered 

 inferior to that of the Set Buroowa, allowing the ink to run. The bark 

 makes a strong rope, and is so used at Nynee Tal. 



Osyris Nepalensis. Descends from 7000 to 1200 feet along the foot 

 of the mountains ; none of the people about Almorah are aware of its 

 leaves being used for tea. 



Geranium bicolor, Boyle, Ocellatum, Decaisne ; from 1 500 to 7000 

 feet. 



Impatiens umbrosa and tricornis. 



