1848.} The Turaee and Outer Mountains of Kumaoon. 587 



ing down to the level of perhaps 3000 feet, occurs a new species of 

 Rubia, which Mr. Edgeworth has named R. nervosa. It has round 

 stems, sessile lanceolate leaves, and buff-colored flowers ; the plant is 

 entirely procumbent, growing on the steep banks to the length of 5 or 

 6 feet, with a very large root of the finest red ; it exists in less quanti- 

 ty on the opposite bank ; neither myself nor any of my people have 

 met it except here and 15 miles higher up at the Gungolee Bridge. 

 Nevertheless as growing by the roadside on the only high ways in the 

 country, it is curious it should have escaped notice hitherto ; the fact 

 proves how imperfectly we are yet acquainted with the Botany of the 



Boswellia ? " Googgur ;" leafless. 



Thunbergia coccinea. 



Piper sylvaticum 1 



Citrus Medica 1 " Beejoura." 



Toddalia aculeata. " Kunj." 



Chonemorpha macrophylla. 



Pittosporum. 



Uncaria pilosa. 



Evonymus N. S. ? 



Lysionotus ternifolia (Don.) probably, 



Clematis loasaefolia. 3500-4000 feet not found west of the Surjoo glen, 



Laurus tomentosa ? " Kupooa-kouwul." 



Laurus lanceolaria. " Soon-kouwul." 



Tetranthera apetala? " Gur-beejour." 



Ficus lamellosa? '■' Gur-timla." A very shrubby sp. on the rocks along the margin 

 of the river. 



Ficus ovata? Don. " Bedoolee," and another, a lofty climber. 



Boehmeria tenacissima. " Poee," " Phoosur-puta." 



B. frutescens 1 " Gur-tooshiara." 



Boehmeria macrophylla (Don.) 



Boehmeria platyphylla. > „ Gurgela." 



Boehmeria rotundifolia. ' 



Boehmeria salicifolia. " Tooshiara." 



Boehmeria nervosa. " Getee." 



Procris. Several species. 



Blumea laciniata. 



Gynura nepalensis : a very succulent shrub. 



Polygonum glabrum. " Kurra." 



Amongst the stones by the river side at a temporary native bridge about a mile above 

 the Iron one, grows a small pubescent shrub, which Mr. Edgeworth thinks is a species 

 of Rhabdia. It must be altogether submerged during the wet season ;— and for as long 

 zn the dry months, exposed to the fiercest heat. 



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