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for the green leaves, they will probably change their minds on this 

 matter. 



Three to four miles west from Bheemtal across the ridge above the 

 Kooa Tal, in a deep basin, lies the group of lakelets called " Sat Tal," 

 generally of a circular form, and much resembling volcanic craters. The 

 neighbouring hills are of trap, capped by slate. These lakelets dis- 

 charge their waters into the Buliya ; and are fed from a system of glens 

 separated from that of Bheemtal by a low neck near Mahra village, 

 north of the latter. 



In the Bumouree Pass and upward, occur, 



Argyreia strigosa (or setosa) : to 3500 feet. 



Coifea Bengalensis : " Kuth-jahee." 



Holmskioldia sanguinea : " Koobtolia :" to Bheemtal. It is remarka- 

 ble that the natives have no well-fixed name for this beautiful shrub, 

 which is sometimes mistaken for the Fuchsia. 



Boehmeria frutescens (or tenacissima) : " Poee." Nets are made from 

 the fibre, which is very tough. 



Boehmeria macrophylla (or macrostachya) : " Gurgela." 



Boehmeria nervosa : " Getee." The wood is turned into bowls, &c. 



Boehmeria salicifolia : " Tooshiaree." 



Ruellia latebrosa. 



Strobilanthes. 



Panax fragrans : from 2000 feet up to Bheemtal. 



Hedera parasitica : " Kot-semul :" from 2000 to 3509 feet. 



Vitis latifolia : " Pun-luglee :" " Bhynsia-umlee." 



Vitis lanata. 



Cissus serrulata : occasionally an immense climber : from 2000 to 

 4000 feet. 



Croton polyandrum. 



Grewia didyma : " Bhimool." 



Abutilon oxyphyllum (Edgeworth) : near A. polyandrum, common 

 here and the Kotah Pass at 3000 feet. 



Cocculus cordifolius (or verrucosus) : " Goorcha." 



Pothos officinalis ? " Huthunglia, " Guj-pecpul." The leaves of the 

 Kumaoon plant arc often deeply cut : hence the name : " hand and fin- 

 gers." 



Curculigo recurvata : " Petarce." 



