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Identification of the plants found by Major General Hardwick 

 between Hurdwar, Kotdwara and Sreenugur, in the year 1796, as de- 

 tailed in the sixth volume of the Asiatic Researches : — 



MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Costus speciosus. 



Curcuma (angustifolia.) 



Diandria monogynia. 



Jasminura 1, (dichotomum of Don, angustifolium, Roxb. ) 



Jasminum 2, (arborescens.) 



Jasminum 3, (chrysanthemum, Roxburgh, and revolutum, Don : 

 very probably also J. inodorum of Jacquemont ; J. Jacquemontii, De- 

 caisne, and J. chrysanthemoides of Royle.) Hemapooshpika, Sanscrit, 

 Sona-jahee, or Golden Jessamine of the Vernacular. It occurs from 

 5500 to 10,000 feet above the sea, and varies considerably in the size of 

 the leaves, the position of the stamens, &c. The former, as well as 

 the corolla, are ciliate. 



It may be necessary to mention that the Udwanee mountain, where 

 the General found this and so many more of his plants, is the highest 

 range between Kotdwara and Sreenugur, being about 12 miles S. S. W. 

 of the latter (direct distance) and 7151 feet above the sea, at Ranee- 

 gurh, the Trigonometrical station. 



Justicia (Phlogacanthus) thyrsiflorus. 



Salvia integrifolia (lanata.) 



Triandria monogynia. 



Valeriana (Hardwickii.) 



Tetrandria monogynia. 



Ixora tomentosa. 



Pentandria monogynia. 



Androsace rotundifolia. (No doubt the General intends the peren- 

 nial pink species flowering all the year : not Dr. Wallich's white flower- 

 ing annual, A. incisa, which alone descends to the Turaee, flowering 

 only in the cold season and spring. Don (Prodromus) confounds the 

 two, and I believe that in Europe, the specific names are erroneously 

 reversed.) 



Lonicera quinquelocularis, (diversifolia of Wallich,) which never climbs, 

 no other species grows near Udwanee, and this, except in wanting the 

 5 -celled ovary, perfectly agrees with the combined character by Rox- 



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