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affording copious panicles of large and excellent blackberries. R. con- 

 color is found above Diwalee. The Viburnum nervosum and cotinifo- 

 lium, " Ginnia" and " Gweea," Millingtonia dillenifolia, " Gwep," Coto- 

 neaster affinis, " Rous or Reooush," with black, not bright red fruit, which 

 Loudon gives it in the Arboretum, a smaller shrub, with fruit of this 

 color, is common, and is called " Kooeus," the C. acuminata ? the 

 Elceagnus arborea, " Gheewaee ;" the Kadsura grandirlora, " Sillunghe- 

 tee," Panax decomposita, Sabia campanulata, Rhus Teeturee, Fraxinus 

 floribunda, " Ungou," the finest I have met, Acer villosum and cultratum, 

 the Alder, Alnus obtusifolia, " Ooteesh," Cornus macrophylla, " Ru- 

 chia," Betula cylindrostachya, " Haour," or " Shaoul ;" and several more 

 trees and shrubs, abound on the mountains of Khathee : with the plants 

 Gaultheria nummularioides, " Bhaloo-bor," Anemone discolor, " Kuk- 

 reea," Parnassia nubicola, Strobilanthes Wallichii, Euphrasia officinalis, 

 Geranium Wallichianum, Veronica chamoedrys or Teucrium, Halenia el- 

 liptica, Pedicularis megalantha, Sibbaldia procumbens, the beautiful club 

 moss, Lycopodium subulatum, " Toola-mooka," 6 to 10 feet long, 

 Roscoea spicata, Hedychium spicatum, Spiranthes amcena, &c. &c. 



The Pceonia Emodi abounds in the woods and glades here and higher 

 up, and has as often two carpels as one ; the natives call it " Bhooniya 

 madeen," ("Yet-ghas" of the Bhoteeahs,) to distinguish it from the 

 " Bhooniya nur," Lilium giganteum, common in the forests along the 

 Pindur ; these being considered the male and female of one species ; a 

 very humble approximation to the Linnasan system ! Among the bushes 

 opposite to Wachum there is abundance of a twining campanulate plant 

 called " Gol-ghunna," * with large greenish yellow and purplish blos- 

 soms, which, as well as the capsules, are eaten by the inhabitants ; it is 

 a species of Wahlenbergia or Codonopsis. 



September 17 th. — After rain all night, and fresh snow on the moun- 

 tains above us, we left Khathee at 10£ a. m. and reached Diwalee, about 

 10 miles distant, in four and quarter hours. A drizzling rain fell nearly 

 the whole way, rendered doubly disagreeable by the dripping of the thick 

 forest, and especially the luxuriant and most abundant Nigala bamboo, 



* All these words are spelt according to Dr. Gilchrist's system nearly, which 

 seems best adapted to the English reader ; one must protest, however, against its 

 being introduced into names intended for Latin, where u for a, and no for au are 

 horribly barbarous. 



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