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



certain marks which the people believe to be the footprints of elephants, 

 horses, camels, &c, the army of a certain, or rather, uncertain god ; 

 who, wishing to pass this way, was resisted by the demon of the place : 

 this latter obtained " moksh," emancipation from existence, by being 

 quoited down amongst the Aguris : and hence they say comes Motesur 

 or Mooktesur. The Motia Patthur is said to be distinct, lying between 

 this and Devee Dhoora. 



The vegetation about the Ramgur valley consists of Craniotome 

 versicolor. 



Pupalia sequax. 



Rubia cordifolia. 



Marsdenia Roylei. 



Jasminum dispermum. 



Mimosa rubicaulis (its upper limit.) 



Bryonia scabrella. 



The coppice about Peoorah exhibits the usual shrubs, with Spiraea 

 cuneifolia. 



Rhus semialata : " Dukmeela." 



Rhus vernicifera : " Goor-bhuliou. 



Rhus parviflora : " Runnel," (Highest limit.) 



Benthamia fragifera : " Bumoura." 



Elseagnus arborea : " Gheewaee." 



Myrica sapida : " Kaephul.' , 



Cotoneaster affinis : " Rous." 



Alstonia lucida : " Doodhee." 



Quercus annulata : " Phuliant," " Funiyat." Upper limit 6000 ft.* 

 lower 2000. 



Pardanthus Sinensis : to 7700 feet on Motesur. 



Hedychium villosum. 



Hedychium tenuiflorum ? Between Ramgar and the Gallery, flower- 

 ing in August, and discovered here by Moonshee Murdan Alee* of the 

 Seharunpoor Botanic Garden. 



* This very intelligent and respectable Syyud, the first of his race, perhaps, who 

 addicted himself to Natural History or any useful knowledge, and in whose honor Dr. 



Royle established the genus Murdannia, has, under the occasional instruction of Messrs. 



Royle, Falconer, and Edgeworth, his masters and mine, attained a considerable profi- 

 ciency in Botany, and has compiled a Hindoostanee work on the subject, containing a 



