liltl,. i 



Vni. Pohjpod'nnn trivhomauohles. Goniophhbium, subama.nnn 



.lop,-.!. 







m, another epiphytic fern, accompanies arboreal vegetation 'to the 





Passing the grove we entered the inagiiitieent forest of pines 





extends without a break to 12,o()() feet. We marched to its upper 





where we camped after clearing a sufficiently large plot of ground 





stream, winding through an expanse of rhododendrons. Two 





- of Cremanfhodittm, Pohp/oinuii rm-rini folium, Oxyrut diijpua. 



/',.//, 



nlaris of \arious species, /'oft ntilla frutiro.ta, beautiful yellow' ami 



The following day we held on our course upwards. The region of 

 trees was - ion let! in tin rear, and ;. 1 u growth of Rhododendron com- 

 panuuilum succeeded, showing the dark glaucous tints of its unfolding 



damp mar-ins of watercourses, and bumble bees were busy amongst its 

 fetid flower heads. These are in clusters of a dark hrown colour, 

 enclosed in inflated white papery bracts forming an ovate head, and 



S, eM ' 



Ullicic. 



itly t< 







ly la,, 



led Suits.,/, 





\'// , l » <!, _ ing to gio m 









ir>t sigl 



it to be only a ball of v, 



.cffirA 



er he 



lids W 





ng are completely enveloped, but on 







' : " 





?ns on the top, disclosing the inflore- 



e plant, in similar situations, is ( '; rpts 

 buried in the ground is flattened on a 



.' uos 



- car 



rot-l'i 













.•3 a broad bead of •, 











■spres-d eloseiy to the -oil. Iihv»„, 



visil.l. 



: 



x: 



XX 



all the cliffs around, and ascends to 



led below the ascent to Kanko La, 

 the river through a low line of cliffs, 

 f the Tankr* Choo valley. 



;. : £ 



r.'.V 



ra I'.'i 





'ho frequented path, and followed 

 h is at an elevation of 10,000 feet. 



1 by sn 



!;•;' 



Ope, 

 ridge 





> the pass, is exceedingly rocky, and 





• p* 



; is a c 









didinj 



- 



from the crags on either side. 



Tifeta 



ii -■; 



B a narrow gi 



•assed valley descends steeply. Fog 











ed view. Between the Kankola and 





r beli 



:W V 





ai there was a multitude of bright 



and yellow Chrp^phuiom, yellow 









lb-own 







'yell 



Off fort 



us ot ( 'orpdahs, a \\-\v species of 



' 



itiiu] 



s 





s, Primal mXiflon^P.mmcoidr, 



■■ ■"■ 

 the most notable. The plants! iound 





!■■' • ^ 



continuous winds \v> 





was rendered more obvious by t 







d snow, that from the 



- ;,-.• 



i meteorological conditions prevailed 



