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Biophytum sensitivum, to 3500 feet. 



Commelyna Donii. 



Uraria lagopus. 



Pueraria tuberosa, to 4500. 



Wendlandia puberula. 



Sapindus acuminatus. 



Clematis Gouriana, to 4500. 



Adiantum lunulatum. 



Dalbergia Ougeinensis. To 5000 feet, and far up the great vallies. 

 The Vernacular Sanun,* Sandun, Sunduni, &c, universally employed in 

 the Bengal Presidency, are from the Sanskrit " Syundun," " Syunduni," 

 " Syundan-droom," — "tree of the war-chariot," indicating the use for- 

 merly made of the timber, which would probably be found an excellent 

 material for the spokes aud felloes of wheels, &c. It is still in high 

 estimation in Kumaoon, and many parties may be seen returning from 

 their annual visit to the Bhabur with a small supply for their ploughs, 

 &c. 



The lake at Bheem Tal is 64 feet deep. (As. Res. XIII. 309.) 



The following grow in or by it, in addition to those enumerated at 

 p. 406:— 



Vallisneria spiralis. 



(Enanthe stolonifera. 



* Balanites iEgyptiaca. The vernacular names indicate the Sanscrit Hingoo. 

 putree and Hingoo-purnee, " asafcetida leaf." I do not recollect the odour of the 

 leaf, but " the pulp of the fruit has an offensive greasy smell." (Roxburgh.) 



One or two more identifications of the vernacular with the classical may be 

 added. 



" Talisputra," "Mountain-leaf." A leaf used in medicine (Wilson) is probably 

 Rhododendron anthopogon, well known to the mountaineers of Busehur as " Tal- 

 sir." The leaves are much more aromatic than those of R. lepidotum, to which 

 Dr. Royle refers " Taleesfur." "Chora," (Wilson' s Dictionary .) Traill in As. 

 Res. XVII. 9, is the ordinary term in Busehur and Gurhwal for Mr. Edgeworth's 

 Angelica glauca; " Gundhrain" in Kumaoon, and " Cheepee" of the Bhotias. 



" Chumpa" is referred by Dr. Wilson to Bauhinia variegata, but is more proba- 

 bly Michelia Kisopa, Doltsopa, &c. which, with several Magnolias, are called 

 Champ in Nepal and Sikhim. 



" Toong," Rottlera tinctoria, according to Wilson, but in the British Himalaya 

 universally used for Rhus velutina and parviflora. 



