44-4 The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. [May, 



Solanum melongena : " Baingun." " Bhutta." A very fine variety 

 of a rich purple color which gives the adjective " baingunee." 



Saccharum officinarum : " Rikhoo" (from Sans, riksh, to cut '{) 

 " Gimna." The large variety is called " Poona," the small, " Kanthee 

 Rikhoo." Chiefly from the districts about Dwarahath and Gungolee- 

 hath. 



Colocasia Himalensis : Royle. «' Ghweea" of the Plains : two varie- 

 ties, the white, " Pindaloo," the red, " Guderee ;" the leaf " Papur," 

 and the unrolled leaf " Guba" are also edible. 



Capsicum frutescens : " Koorsanee." 



Solanum tuberosum : " Aloo." The Potato, from English tubers, 

 introduced in 1843, by Major Welchman, yields excellent produce at 

 Almorah and Lohooghat; up to the end of 1847, no vestige of the rot 

 has shown itself : the hypothesis, therefore, that the Plant is worn out 

 by continued propagation from the tubers cannot be sustained. 



Cucurbitacese : Almorah is supplied with most of the kinds which 

 grow in northern HindoOsthan : Cucumis sativus, " Kakura," very 

 large : Charantia muricata, " Kurela :" Luifa acutangula, " Torai :" 

 Luffa pentandra, " Gheea Torai :" Trichosanthes anguina, " Chi^ 

 chinda:" Cucurbita maxima, " Gudooa," Kudoo :" Lagenaria vulgaris, 

 "Louka," "Loukee:" a very fine variety introduced in 1 84 G, from 

 Jubulpoor, by the men of the first Co. 7th Bn. Artillery. The small 

 variety is called " Toomree." Benincasa cerifera (Cucurbita pepo,). 

 "Bhoonja," "Petha," and "Kumhra." 



Zingiber ofiicmalis : "Ada:" grown in all the hot vallies. Curcuma 

 longa (or " Kuchoor ?" " Huldee :") ditto. 



Dioscorea : " Genthee," and " Ghunjeer," or " Ghujeera:" cultivat- 

 ed : species unknown : the pundits affirm the Ghujeera and D. quinata 

 or pentaphylla to be the " Kakolee" and " Ksheer-kakolika" of their 

 old books. Generally amongst the cerealia, will be found some of the 

 undermentioned leguminous plants. 



Dolichos unifiorus : " Guhut :" the " Koolut" of the N. W. 



Dolichos catjang : " Rensh," " Ree-ensh," or Rysh : 3 varieties, of 

 which one is called " Sonta." 



Soja hispida : "Bhut." Common about Almorah: "Khujooa" of 

 Rohilkhund. 



Lablab cultratum : " Sheemee •.' , gardens. 



