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



Robinia macrophylla : " Goujha." Upper limit, 4000 feet. 



Pisum arvense : " Kulon." " Kolai." S. Kulayu : " generating 

 wind." 



Vicia sativa, var. angustifolia : " Koor-kosha." 



Lathyrus angulatus, aphaca, and Sativus: "Mutur." The first 

 " Goor-kosha." 



Ervum hirsutum : " Kooree." 



Zornia angustifolia. 



iEschynomene indica. 



Smithia ciliata : very common by streams. 



Alysicarpus vaginalis and bupleurifolius. 



Uraria alopecuroides and picta. 



Desmodium gyrans, triflorum, parvifolium and polycarpum. 



Lespedeza elegans. 



Oxyramphis macrostyla, himalensis, and . 



Dumasia villosa. 



Mucuna pruritus : " Goncha." 



Erythrina arborescens : " Roongura :" 4000 to 6500 feet. 



Dolichos : " Moos-kela." A procumbent species with 



deep-red flowers, and edible tuber. 



Cantharospermum pauciflorum ? and . 



Eriosema . " sp. very common on Simtola Hill : 5000— 



6000 feet. 



Phaseolus scaber : " Guhutia." Sweet Pea. 



Phaseolus angustifolia : " Bun-moong." 



Rhyncosia ? 



Flemingia semialata (to 6000 feet) " Bhutooa :" and sp. resembling 

 procumbens. 



Dalbergia robusta. 



Edwardsia mollis : " Puhur-goongree." 



Csesalpinia sepiaria : " Kurounj." " Agla." 



their dialect comes closest to that of Bhojpoor in Behar. Kumaoon may have been colo- 

 nized by that warlike district. 



A " Khus" dynasty is said to have expelled for some ages, the Rajpoot line (from 

 Jhoosee near Allahabad) which, founded by Somchund, reached down to the Gorkhalee 

 conquest. The names of these autochthonal chiefs, which are. still in common use, are, 

 the last two excepted, not at all Hindoo : they are given thus : Beejud, Jeejud, Jajud, 

 Jud, Kaloo, Kulsoo, Jahul, Mool, Goonakur, Keeda, Nugoo, Bhagoo, Jypal, Soupal, 



