>Common in the fields, 



406 The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. [May, 



the scenery. The fruit ripens in spring : but it was completely de- 

 stroyed by the snow of January and February 1847. 



Viola Csespitosa. 



Impatiens balsamina : " Mujethee." A red dye is made from its 

 leaves and flowers. 



Jasminum dispermum : " Soormalee." 

 Medicago lupulina 



Lathyrus.( an S ulatus - 

 I aphaca. 



Androsace incisa. 



Ervum hirsutum. 



Ilex excelsa. 



Tetranthera : " Kouwul." Several species. 



Streptocaulon calophyllum : " Dal-bhengoola." 



Chirita bifolia. 



iEchmanthera tomentosa or gossypina : " Joundela." " Jhoola- 

 boota." In profusion on all the hills around : especially towards Mu» 

 looa Tal. In the low vallies between Cheennur and the Kotah Dhoon, 

 it rises 10 to 12 feet high, a strong bush. 



Porana racemosa. 



Tragopogon elegans : " Gwalla." " Golshia." A pot-herb. 



Bryonia laciniosa : var. 



Zingiber chrysanthum ? a sp. with habit of Z. ligulatum. 



Salix tetrasperma: " Bhynsh." Syzygium jambolana, "Jamun," 

 Ilex excelsa, &c. fringe the lake with Banj oak : the Lotus, Nelumbium 

 speciosum, " Kouwul," or " Kunwul," grows in the lake, but still more 

 abundantly in Noukoochia Tal : this, 4500 feet, being the highest level 

 at which it seems to flourish. In the Lake are also to be found — 



Potamogeton mucronatum, crispum, and . 



Hydrilla verticillata. 



Phragmites nepalensis : " Nul." " Tot-nul." 



Scirpus lacustris ? a great Bullrush. 



Sagittaria sagittifolia. 



Myrioplyllum indicum, 

 and on the swampy brink towards the north end, 



Altimanthera nodiflora : " Bheemraj." 



Veronica anagallis. 



