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Quercus semecarpifolia : " Kurshoo," " Sanj." 



Quercus dilatata : " Kilonj," " Tilonj," but often mistaken for the last, 



Quercus annulata : " Phuliant," " Phuniat." 



Acer oblongum : " Putunglia," " Putungulia." 



Acer leevigatum and A. cultratum. Maple. 



Symplocos paniculata : "Lodh." 



Rhododendron arboreum : from 3500 to 10,000 feet. " Booroonsh,' 9 

 " Boorans." The pundits of Almorah affirm that this is the true " Bun= 

 dhooka," " Bundhoojeevuka" of their sacred books, applied elsewhere, 

 but with manifest uncertainty, to Ixora, Pentapetes, Pentaptera : all red 

 flowers ; the word however merely implies that they were " bound" as 

 garlands, a common practice in the mountains, especially with the rho- 

 dodendron. The name in Nepal is " Gooras," evidently the Sanscrit 

 " Goorashyu," a mountain Peeloo (Wilson), from goor, the saccharine 

 fluid so abundant in the blossoms. The pundits can only say that 

 Boorans, Booroonsh, are " bhakha ;" if not mere variations of Goo» 

 rashyu, they are probably from vrindisht, very beautiful or charming ; 

 from vrishnashun (Embelia ribes), Bull-destroying : cattle are said to be 

 occasionally killed by eating the flowers and young leaves. So Nerium 

 odorum is called Huyumaruka, the Horse-killer ; or, from vrish, to 

 sprinkle, to rain (honey or flowers.) Humboldt (Cosmos) quotes this 

 rhododendron as attaining a height of 20 feet : he might safely have 

 doubled that ; a specimen on Binsur is 13 feet in girth j one at Nynee 

 Tal is reported to be 16. One, on Siyahee Devee is 14£ feet round at 5 

 from the ground. 



Andromeda ovalifolia : " Uyar :" in Nepal " Ungiar," perhaps from 

 the Sanscrit " unarogyukar," causing sickness : the young leaves being 

 very poisonous to sheep and goats. The honey is also considered very 

 deleterious. 



Hydrocotyle hispida. (Mehula, Budhan Dhoora.) 



Ilex dipyrena : Holly. The fruit has frequently three seeds. 



Ilex serrata? " Gurshoon :" a superb tree in the vallies below Chee- 

 nur, to the S. W. and on Siyahee Devee near Almorah. 



Prinsepia utilis : " Jhutela,'* " Dhutela.'* 



Cerasus cornuta : " Jamuna." 



Pyrus variolosa : " Mehul." Wild Pear : when black and rotten, 

 the fruit becomes very sweet. 



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