1848.] The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. 379 



Syzygium Jambolana : " Jamun." " Phounda." The fruit is that of 

 Roxburgh's Eugenia Jambolana : the leaves, those of E. caryophyllifolia. 



Syzygium : " Rae-jamun ;" a very large, distinct, and 



handsome species, still more abundant in the forests of the eastern 

 Bhabur : unknown in those of Gurhwal. 



Vitis latifolia : " Pun-lugoola." " Bhyns-umlee." An immense 

 climber, with cable-like stems, sometimes 2 feet in diameter. The first 

 name imports " water-climber ;" probably it is one of the species which 

 in spring afford large supplies of sap. 



Vitis tomentosa : " Chuppurtung." " Cheprain." " Ameela ;" very 

 common, and reaching up to 6000 feet in the mountains : Dr. Royle 

 traces this species up to Monghir only : in Kumaoon the leaf is always 

 trifoliate. 



Hymenodyction (excelsum?) " Bhoulun." "Bhulena" "Bhu- 

 meena." "Dhoulee," an enormous deciduous tree. Towards the 

 Sutluj, this or an allied species is, under the name of " Bur too," in 

 much request for sword scabbards. 



Ficus oppositifolia : " Totmeela." 



Ficus cunia : " Kewnia ;" (hence the trivial name ;) the " Jurphul" 

 of Gurhwal : it occurs from the lower border of the grass tarai up to 

 4500 and 5000 feet in the mountains. 



Ficus cordifolia ? " Gujeeoon." " Gujeena." Much resembles the 

 Peepul, as well as the " Pilkhun" of Gurhwal (F. venosa ?) if indeed 

 it be different from the last. The Gujeeon is found up to 4000 feet in 

 the mountains, and is frequently parasitical on large trees, the trunks 

 of which are enveloped in a white network composed of its innumerable 

 roots, and finally destroyed by them. The Gujeeoon then consolidates 

 into a stem "deeply furrowed, as if composed of many coalesced 

 trunks." (Roxb.) 



Ficus indica : " Bur," (i. e. best or greatest,) and " But," (i. e. 

 Vut, to tie, its hanging roots being still used as ropes in Dinaj- 

 poor, Buchanan.) This tree does not ascend the mountains : it is 

 considered sacred, and its root-stems, which from their toughness 

 and elasticity make excellent poles for dandees, &c, are not cut till the 

 in-dwelling, arborescent god has been appeased by the sacrifice of a 

 g 0a t — that luckless beast which on every occasion bears the brunt of 

 the sins, real and imaginary, of all Kumaoon. 



