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BOOTAW 



On rounding a ridge with a north-east aspect we came without 

 altering our elevation, on a humid jungle. Pothos pinnatus and red, 

 Ferns, Acanthaceae, Choripetalum, Calamus, Acrostichea, Blakea, 

 Grammitis decurrens, Moschosma. We descended through similar 

 jungle with Pandanus also occurring until we again changed our 

 aspect, when the oak woods, etc. reverted with Rhododendron and 

 Thibaudia myrtifolia ; again changing, we returned to an interme- 

 diate jungle, gradually assuming all the humid characters of those 

 places passed before. Here I observed Tupistra, Asplenium nidus, at 

 200 feet above the bed of a nullah. Kottleria, Mimosa arborea, 

 Crawfurdia, Speciosa, Zanthoxzlon triphyllum. 



Along the bed of this nullah, Crawfurdia speciosa, Potentilla, 

 Choripetalum, Eurya, Ranunculus, Cardamina, Juncus ! Oxyspora, 

 Saurauja hispida, occurred ; some in a sort of marsh, with Thibaudia 

 variegatoides. The places along which torrents formerly flowed 

 were occupied by Typha elephantina, Kujara, Megala, Arunda, the 

 Alnus of Bhailseeree, Artemisia major, Rubus deltoidifolia, (Cory- 

 santhera hispida with Juncus ;) here Anthistiria arundinacea, Artemi- 

 sia minor, Bucco grandis (Bird), Polygonum rheoides, Bsehmeria 

 torrentum, Gaultheria deflexa, Indigofera, Oaks, Gordonia, Holcus 

 elegans, Conaria nepalensis in flower, and Erythrina occurred along 

 the bed, up which we proceeded about a mile. 



We then ascended among Pines and Oaks, Callicarpa arborea, 

 and others, ascending up the humid ravines, which in the rains give 

 e xit to torrents — at 300 feet noticed a different Pinus, which is 

 observed in abundance on a mountain on the opposite side, up which 

 it ascends 2 or 3,000 feet. 



Callicarpa azurea, Buddlea Neemda, Eugenia, Serissoides, and the 

 Saccharum of Churra, occurred here. 



The ascent was continual but gradual, rounding the almost preci- 

 pitous face of the hill, the path was stony, often loose and frequently 

 not above a foot wide, with a precipice lowering above and yawning 

 beneath. The vegetation had, with the exception of the Pines, 

 Oaks, and Rhododendrons, all been burnt, so that the ascent was 

 uninteresting. As we neared the summit it became bitterly cold, a 

 strong biting wind nearly cutting us in two: we reached Bailfa, 

 which is on the summit but sheltered, at 6 p. m. 



Conaria occurs at the top ! being more advanced in flower than 

 below ; in one instance with young capsules. I noticed Pogonatherum, 

 Didymocarpus contortus, Serissoides, Gaultheria fruticosa, Polytri- 

 chum fuscum, gathered at 7,000 feet, previously: at 1,200 — 1,500 



