1848.] The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. 37 i> 



" Koot" and " Puchuk" of commerce, (Aucklandia Costus) point out 

 the country where Dr. Falconer discovered it, beyond which, it is not 

 known to exist. 



Saccolabium guttatum. 



Vanda cristata. 



Cselogyne nitida. 



Pholidota articulata. All and others generally known as " Banda ;" 

 and, especially the last, by the doctrine of signatures, in much estima- 

 tion as " Hurjoj" and "Hurjor" for uniting broken" bones : though pro- 

 bably quite inert. 



From Kalaputthur to Kaleedhoongee occur, — 



Nauclea cordifolia : " Huldoo." 



Nauclea parvifolia : " Phuldoo." 



Bignonia (Calosanthes) indica : " Phurkuth." 



Bignonia suaveolens : " Padul." " Pudeeala." 



Odina Wodier : " Jinghun." " Jeebun." 



Sterculia villosa : " Oodial," a strong rope is obtained from the fibres 

 of its bark. 



Capparis horrida : " Oolta-kanta." " Bipooa-kanta." 



Capparis sepiaria, 



Polanisia viscosa. 



Ehretia leevis : " Kodah." 



Orthanthera viminea : " Chupkeea." 



Calotropis gigantea : " Ak." Both white and purple. 



Pergularia pallida? " Soorkeela." 



Ventilago maderaspatana. 



Vitis latifolia. 



Artocarpus lacucha : " Dhou" " Duhoo." But apparently only 

 near the clearings. 



December 14. — To Kotah, six coss N. W. The low range of hills 

 which beyond the Ganges is called the Sewalik, commences about three 

 miles to the N. W. of Kaleedhoongee, and forms the Kotah Dhoon. 

 The Boula, Bola, or Bol river, a large brisk stream, which rises on the 

 S. W. face of Cheenur, waters its eastern portion copiously, and issues 

 by its S. E. angle to join the Nihal below Kaleedhoongee. In this 

 angle, Mr, Batten informs me that a hot spring exists, an interesting 

 phenomenon in such a locality, which escaped my notice. The route 



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