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fiexa supra lucida, lanceolata vel lanceolate obovata. Gem- 

 mis ovato. Conicis terminalibus. 



Towards Oongar bridge alt. 6000 ft. 



693. Rhododendri sp. — Frutex altiusculus vel arbuscula. Cortium 

 ramorum Isevi albido. Ramulis hispidissimis ramentis ferru- 

 gineis uti petiolis costaeque basi fol. obloDgo ovatis, basi cor- 

 datis subtus ferrugineo pubescent acutis coriaceis, venis supra 

 valde depressis, Gemmis ovatis, squamis exterior laxiusculis 

 interioribus viscosissimis. 



Speceis distihcta. Rodoola mountain 10000 to 11500. 



694. Abeis spinulosa Icon. It. Boot. t. 69. — Arbor soepius medio- 

 cris interdum axaltata 80 pedalis habitu e longinquo Lariceis. 

 Ramis inferiores deflexi, superior ascendentis, ramulis fere 

 omnibus deflexis, verrucis equibus folia viruntur exasperatis, 

 fol. undique patentia, linearia, mucrone spinulosa terminali, 

 pungentia, pagina inferiora glauca, superiora obresupinata. 

 Conis terminalibus non raro ex apice proliferis, pendentibus, 

 oblongis fere cylindrieis. Castaneo brunneis, squamis la- 

 tissimis obtusissimis loivibus. 



Rodooli mountain, on the west face, where it begins at IO- 

 SCO ft. and continues to the bottom of the valley 8000 ft. 



695. Juniperi sp — Frutex procumbens vix 2 pedalis, ramis decum- 

 bentibus crassis foliis squamiformibus lanceolatis adpressis 

 margine albis, galbulis nutantibus vel cernuis, oblongis apice 

 depressis Rodool mountain ridge alt. 12000 12300 ft. 



696. Juniperi sp. Icon. It. Boot. t. 62 mas. 63 fem.— Arbuscula 

 (cortici uti solet in cupressimis loevissima.) with a scraggy 

 appearance 20 ft. high ramulis soepius pendentibus foliis linear- 

 lanceolatis acutis, Galbulis ovatis. 



Temple near Oongar with C. pendula alt. 6000 ft. 



697. Panax curcifolia.— Arbor vel arbuscula cortex aculeat, foliis 

 fere ut in Jatropha curcas. Paniculis terminalibus cernuis 

 initio erectis ferrugineo tomentosis ramis simplicibus floribusi 

 albidis. Towards Oongar bridge in sylvis 6000 to 5O0O ffc. 



698. Cymbidii sp.— Epiphytica in arboribus foliis distinctis equi- 

 tantibus a medii supra cernuis. Strap shaped acutis. Canalicu 

 latis coriaeeis basi prope (3 inches above) articulatis venis 

 praesertim petioli albis, fol, exteriori in sqamis coriaceis abi 

 euntia. 



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