3/4 The Turaec and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. [May 



Itea nutans : " Gurkath." 



Leucomeris spectabilis : " Punwa." " Pundooa." Common be- 

 tween 3000 and 4000 feet ; rarely up to 6000. 



Engelhardtia Colebrookiana : " Moua." " Gobur-moua." " Bodul- 

 moua." 



Conocarpus latifolia : «* Bakla." " Baklee." Its leaves are export- 

 ed to the Plains for the use of the tanners ; the timber, under the name 

 of Dhau is considered excellent in Rajpootana, but seems in small re- 

 quest here. The Sanscrit Vukoola is applied in Bengal to Mimusops 

 elengi. The Conocarpus imparts a fine copper tint to the forests in 

 winter. 



Erythrina suberosa, and E. stricta : " Roongura." Dr. Royle seems 

 to consider the Erythrina of the Dehra Dhoon to be E. spathacia : the 

 commonest species of similar localities in Kumaoon agrees best with E. 

 suberosa. 



Bauhinia vaiegata, var. Candida : " Khwyral." Abundant in all the 

 warm glen below Nynee Tal, and from the Kosilla to the Kalee, flower- 

 ing in April. It does not appear to extend as far as Mussooree, the 

 *' Khyrwal" of Gurhwal being B. purpurea ; nor apparently south to- 

 wards Silhet, for Roxburgh had only found it in gardens. " Khyrwal" 

 is evidently the Sanscrit Khurvullica, " sharp or sour pedicel i" the 

 flower-buds being made into pickle. B. variegata is the S. Kovidar^ 

 and Dr. Royle's kobdar, Illus. p. 185. 



Acacia 1 " Kureo," an immense tree with white bark. 



Oxiramphis sericea, (mihi.) 



Lindenbergia macrostachya. 



Ophelia angustifolia. 



Lantana dubia. 



Cuscuta grandiflora : " Akash-lugoolee." 



Porana paniculata. 



Holmskioldia sanguinea. 



Barleria cristata. 



Lepidagathis cuspidata. 



Sterculia Wallichii ? " Bodula." 



Zingiber ligulatum. 



Costus speciosus : " Keoo." " Keolee." It is curious enough that 

 the Sanscrit names Kushmeer, Kushmeerju, of the true Costus, the 



