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Ficus Luducca? " Kabra." 



Ficus chincha ? foveolata? " Kismira." "Kewnia." 



Ficus cunia : " Kewnia " 



Ficus. 



Celtis tetranda : " Khuruk." Grows to be a large tree, much plant- 

 ed about the villages, as the boughs fork conveniently for the stacking 

 of hay, grass, straw, &c. The male flower is frequently pentrandrous. 

 Flourishes to 7000 feet at Simlah. 



Myrica sapida : " Kaephul." The fruit is brought in large quanti- 

 ties to Almorah, and the bark is exported to the Plains as a dye and 

 medicine. 



Salix tetrasperma and : " Bhynsh." 



Juglans regia, Walnut : " Ukhrot." S. Ukshod. Akhod. « Ukor." 



Peperomia saxatile : " Methia-banda." 



Osyris Nepalensis : " Bukurdhura." 



Elseagnus gheewaeen : " Gheewaeen." Edible Oleaster. 



Daphne cannabina : " Set-burwa." Paper shrub. 



Cinnamomum albiflorum : " Tujpat." " Kirkiria." 



Amaranthus spinosus. 



Alternanthera nodiflora. 



Celosia argentea : w Siralee." " Ghogia." 



iErua lanata : " Sajee." 



Pupalia sequax : " Jhut-kooree." 



Achyranthes aspera. The Oude Rajpoots consider this plant to be a 

 safeguard against scorpions, which it is believed to paralyze. This 

 corroborates Sir W. Jones, (As. Res. IV. 300.) " The vulgar name, 

 however, of the Ichneumon Plant is Rasun, (Rasna ?) * * * it is 

 asserted by some that the Rasun is no other than the rough Indian 

 Achyranthes." Dr. Royle states that the leaves of Salvadora (Peeloo, 

 Jal,) are sold in the bazars as Ra-suna ; this may signify " Mustard 

 Senna ;" the leaves and fruit having the pungency of mustard or cress : 

 a circumstance which led Captains Irby and Mangles as long ago as 

 1817 to identify the Salvadora with the Mustard Tree of the N. Tes- 

 tament. But Dr. Falconer has since ascertained Ra-suna to be the 

 leaves of Berthelotia lanceolata, which is indeed called Resun at Feroz- 

 poor : apparently the S. Rechuna, from rechun, cathartic. 



Chenopodium album : " Bhutooa.' , 



