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Ambrina Botrys. 



Beta bengalensis : " Palung." -j 



Phytolacca acinosa : " Jirrug." ) Cultivated - 



Rumex nepalense : Dock. " Huloonia." 



Rumex has tatum : Sorrel. "Ulmoru."* 



Fagopyrum vulgare : " Ogul." Buckwheat. Cultivated as a vege- 

 table. The species, F. emarginatum, grown in the Upper Himalaya, 

 is called " Phaphur ;" a nomenclature reversed by Dr. Boyle. 



Fagopyrum corymbosum : " Bun Ogul." 



Polygonum convulvulus, repens, recumbens, lanigerum, scabriner- 

 vium, herniarioides, glabrum. 



Mirabilis jalapa. Completely naturalized, and of many varied colors : 

 the blossoms open regularly about 4 p. m. The name " Gool-bansa,'* 

 or Flowering Justicia, may be the origin of Gool-Abbas. 



Boerhaavia procumbens. 



Cocculus laurifolius : " Keekra." " Tilbura," " Tilpara." 



Cocculus Roxburghianus : " Gujera." " Gurjiah" 



Cissampelos convulvulacea : " Paree." 



Clypea. N. S. Edgeworth. 



Stauntonia latifolia : *« Gophla." Edible. 



Andromeda ovalifolia : " Uyar. ,, *1 Nearly exterminated 



Rhododendron arboreum : " Booroonsh." J about Almorah. 



Primula speciosa : " Biskhopra." (i Jul-kootia." Abundant by streams 

 from 3500 to 5500 feet, and considered poisonous to cattle. 



Anagallis cserulea : " Jonk-mura." " Jynghunee." Triturated, it 

 is employed to poison fish, and to expel leeches from the nostrils. 



Lysimachia alternifolia, pyramidalis, lobelioides. 



Androsace rotundifolia and incisa. 



Samolus valerandi : On the Suwal. 



Myrsine bifaria. 



* Almorah has its name from the prevalence of this plant ; Musooree from Coriaria 

 nepalensis ; and Simlah perhaps from the Semul, there being a Simlah at Calcutta also. 

 In this, the people only follow the example of their fathers, who were so addicted to bota- 

 nical nomenclature, that six out of their seven Dweeps are named from plants : viz. 

 Jumboo : Eugenia jambolana. Koosh : Poa cynosuroides. Pluksh : Ficus infectoria 

 and religiosa. Salmulee (Semul) : Bombax malabarica. Sak : Tectona grandis. Poosh- 

 kur : Nelumbium speciosum. All tropical, or nearly so. 



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