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Nyctanthes arbor-tristis : " Kooree," " Parijat." 



Glycosmis pentaphylla : " Potula." 



Murraya exotica : " Jootee." From 2000 to 4500 feet. 



Bergera Konigii : " Gunee." 



Sterculia (Wallichii?) : " Bodula." 



Hibiscus Lampas : " Kupusya." 



Grewia oppositifolia : " Bhengool." 



Bombax malabaricum : " Semul." 



Poivrea Roxburghii. 



Terminalia Bellerica : " Byhurah." 



TerminaliaChebula, " Hur :" " Hurura :" the fruit pulled while young 

 is sold as " Jungee Hurura," and " Bedmata" — mother of doctors. 



Pentaptera tomentosa : " Saj." 



Andrachne trifoliata : " Korsa." 



Euphorbia pentagona : " Seehoond." 



Phyllanthus Leucopyrus?* " Ainta :" and P. Emblicaf " Amla," 



Briedelia montana : " Kurgnulia." 



Adelia : a beautiful shady tree resembling Eugenia, " Kandagar." 



Ricinus communis. " Eend. ,, 



Rottlera tinctoria. " Rooenee" " Rolee." Meets Andromeda ovali= 

 folia at 4000 feet. Rottlera is the tree called "Kamilla in the Simlah 

 mountains ; and it is curious enough that Dr. Royle (as quoted above — 

 No. 408,) gives Kunbeel, Kumbela as the Arabic terms for " the stri- 

 gose pubescence of the fruit." 



Captain Thomas (Views of Simlah, p. 4,) states that the seed of the 

 11 Kamilla" is a sure cure for the distemper in dogs, if given immediate- 

 ly on the appearance of the disease : no quantity is mentioned, a very 

 necessary element in an Euphorbiaceous recipe. 



Captain Thomas, however, is mistaken in affirming that heaths " in 

 great variety and beauty, alike of form and colour" exist in the moun- 

 tains : not one species that I am aware of has yet been discovered. Nor 

 is it much more probable that " the elder is found in abundance all 

 round Simlah." Sambucus adnata, indeed, grows on Gosainsthan in 

 Nepal, and on the mountains of Kashmeer, (Royle, Illus. 236,) but 

 " Elder (Sambucus, not the Alnus or Alder) Bhekla" (Thomas, p. 9.) 

 if the vernacular name be correct, denotes Prinsepia utilis, which yields 

 oil, but not wine : its berries also ripen in spring. Captain Thomas' 

 * Fliig-gea Leucopyus? t Emblica officinalis. 



