,352 The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. [May, 



shut by snow, it affords an easy, though circuitous route from Almorah 

 to Chilkiya. 



The vegetation from Jiaree towards Almorah consists of — 



Rosa Brunonii : " Kooja." -j lowest limit, 



Cerasus Puddum : " Pudm," " Puya." >250O feet: with Crataegus 



Pyrus variolosa : " Mehul." J crenulata : Surjoo Glen. 



Hedera helix and H. parasitica. 



Vitis lanata and V. latifolia. 



Pittosporum eriocarpum : — " Gur-silung," " Gur-shoona." 



Clematis Gauriana, C. Buchananiana, and C. grata. 



Thalictrum foliolosum : " Pengla-juree," " Chulnia ;" — lowest limit 

 3000 feet. 



Crotolaria sericea : C. tetragona, C. alata, C. albida, and C. prostrata: 

 " Goongree." 



Bauhinia retusa: " Kandla:" " Kanulla." 



Bauhinia variegata : " Khweiral." From 2000 to 6000 feet. 



Bauhinia Vahlii : " Maloo:" " Maljhun :" the fibre of the bark affords 

 a very strong and durable rope : hence the name from " mul," to hold : 

 or because the leaves are in general used to contain ghee, &c. 



Erythrina stricta : " Roongura," 



Edwardsia mollis. 



Dalbergia robusta, and D. Ougeinensis. The timber of the last, " Sa- 

 nun," is very durable, and much used for ploughs, furniture, &c. 



Oxyramphis. 



Desmodium ? a shrub with hoary leaves and yellow flowers. 



Acacia sirrisa 1 " Kulsees." The bark is applied for hurts to the eye. 



Acacia mollis : " Burou ;" and A. pennata? 



Mimosa rubricaulis : *' Agla." 



Pueraria tuberosa. This fine climber is in profusion along the exte- 

 rior belt of the Kumaoon mountains, and is known by the names 

 " Bilaee-kund," " Billee," " Biralee-pona." Children are employed in 

 digging up its enormous tubers, which are exported to the plains, being 

 considered to possess very cooling properties. It seems to be Dr. 

 Royle's No. 71, in the List of Materia Medica, J. A. S. for October, 

 1832, and if so is identical also with his No. 78, " Sural," and " Suralt," 

 being the names of Pueraria in Sirmour. 



Jasminum pubescens, and J, grandiflorunu 



