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Ascending, the oaks and Rhododendrons became more developed 

 the latter being the smaller species, Bambusa microphylla, Gordonia, 

 Sphceropteris, Antrophyum trichomanes, Oxalis major ! commenced. 

 Larches on the opposite side, Saccharum aristatum, Gillenioides, Glei- 

 chenia major, Hemiphragma, Abies Brunonis commence. 



At 6,500 feet Smilax ruscoides, Senecio scandens, Lilium gigan- 

 teum. The Rhododendrons here are large, forming with oaks, open 

 woods, mosses and lichens, very abundant. Here we came on snow, 

 with it commenced Eurya acuminata, Rhododendron formosa, majus, 

 Rhododendron fruticosa on ruins, Pyrus malus, Dipsacus. 



At 6,800 feet, Q. ilecifolia, Q. glauca, Dalibarda, Bambusa very com- 

 mon, Sphagnum abundant, Rhododendron formosa, majus, Quercus 

 ilecifolia larger and more common at 7,000 feet, Gaultheria nummu- 

 lariodes very abundant, Daltonia, Lomaria of Khegumpa, Gaultheria 

 flexuosa, Thibaudia acida, Tetranthera nuda, Lycopodium of Suru- 

 reem, Primula Stuartii, Hyperici sp., also H. moflongensis, are found up 

 to 7,400 feet, with Hemiphragma, Elseagnus spinosus, microphyllum, 

 Juncus, Alnus of Beesa, Saccharum aristatum. 



The village is a ruined one apparently, and never contained more 

 than four or five houses, situated on an open spot, surrounded by 

 woods. This spot is covered with sward, a fine Q. ilecifolia occurs 

 about the centre of the village. Its altitude is 7,983 feet. 



The vegetation is the same, Abies pendula, Oaks, Rhododendron 

 formosa, majus, the other has disappeared, Bambusa microphylla, 

 Thibaudia acida, Primula Stuartii, Juncus. 



