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Grislea tomentosa : " Dhoula." To Almorah ; and 6000 feet. 



Ehretia lsevis : " Kodah," which, at Almorah, is Cordia myxa. 



Tetranthera monopetala : "Kutmur." " Kukooree," " Kerowlee," 

 " Putoya." Probably the Sanscrit Kutumbura. 



Cordia latifolia : " Borla," "Byrala," "Bourala." 



Randia dumetorum : " Munyool," " Mynphal." 



Kydia calycina : " Pnta." 



Sterculia villosa : " Oodial." 



Garuga pinnata : " Kitmira." The leaves are excellent fodder for 

 cattle : hence " Khurput," " Grass-leaf," the name in Gnrhwal. 



Wrightea mollissima : " Doodhee." 



Holarrhena pubescens, (or antidysenterica) : " Kooer," " Koora," 

 " Kooda," passim. 



Cucumis Hardwickii : " Air-aloo." In Kumaoon, the term " In- 

 drain" is appropriated to Trichosanthes palrnata. 



Lygodium semi-bipinnatum, and L. japonicum : two scandent ferns. 



Azadirachta indica : " Neem," nowhere indigenous, but planted near 

 the Goths and Mundees, the leaves being greatly valued by the moun- 

 taineers. The force of " azad-i-durukht" is " spreading tree :" more 

 true of the Bukayun than of the Neem. 



Cannabis sativa : " Goon-bhanga," — the fertile plant, yields seed for 

 oil, and Gunja : " Phool-bhanga" the male plant, fibre only : from this 

 are made strong ropes, and the sackcloth, called " Bhungela :" " Koth- 

 la," "Bora" and " Gajee." The wild hemp, " Jungulee-bhanga" is of 

 no use for fibre, and merely affords " Churrus." The word " Sun" 

 seems never used to denote Cannabis sativa. 



December 24th. — From Huldwanee to Bheemtal, about 14 miles, 

 At three miles is the bungalow called Kath-godam, at the base of the 

 mountains, and mouth of the Bumouree Pass, 1896 feet above Calcutta. 

 It derives its name from the wooden Store-room erected here in days of 

 yore for the commissariat : from which circumstance the " godam" has 

 now in Kumaoon become universal to express supplies of provisions. 

 The place is now one of small resort, the violent blasts of wind which 

 rush down the Pass during the night and morning being excessively 

 cutting and disagreeable at this season; about 1} miles on the sandstone 

 rock first occurs in situ at the short ascent called Hath-gya or guleeon, 

 below which the Hill-porters formerly refused to carry their loads. 



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