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commences, continuing up to 10,500 feet, Brachymenium bryoides, 

 Bambusa very common, forming frequently the chief bulk of the 

 forest, even up to 10,500 feet, Acer arbuscula foliis palmatum 

 lobatis !! Pyrus arbor magna fol. obovat. serratis subtus albus, fructi- 

 bus cerasi magnitudinum. 



At 10,000 feet, Composita penduliflora! Hemiphragma, Lobelioides, 

 Brachymenium bryoides, Rhododendron minus ferrugineum, arboreum 

 vel arbuscula, Rhododendron obovatum, foliis subtus albus, Rhododen- 

 dron hispidum, Rosa microphylla, Bambusa, Spiraea of former ascent. 



At 10,200 feet, Polygonum, Rheum, Hydrangea! Spiraea belloides, 

 Hydrangea, Betuloides. 



At 10,500 feet, Abies densa, but sparingly, Rhododendron ellipti- 

 cum, foliis basi cordatis, Hypericum, Rhododendron microphyllum. 



At 11,000 feet, no firs: nothing almost but Rhododendrons, R. 

 ellipticum, and R. ellipticum foliis basi cordatis. 



At 11,500 feet, Vaccinium, foliis ovatis spinuloso-dentatis, atratus 

 fructex pygmaeus repens. 



Towards the Pass, the face of the mountain became more and 

 more rugged, the vegetation more scanty, consisting of nothing but 

 Rhododendrons. 



At 12,000 feet, Eriogonum minus, Polygonum, Rheum, Rhodod. 

 microphyllum and ellipticum foliis basi cordatis. 



About the Pass, Trichostomum, Xyris, Abies densa, one small 

 plant, Rosa, Eriogonum minus, Rhododendron microphyllum and 

 ellipticum foliis basi cordatis. 



On the more level ridge between this Pass and the summit, Rho- 

 dodendrons still were most frequent, Triticoides umbellifera of Royle, 

 Eriogonum majus, woods of Abies densa occurred a little below the 

 path, Gentiana maxima, 4-pedalis folliculis bipollicaribus, Lilium 

 uniflorum, Potentilla common between this and 9,000 feet, Rosa 

 microphyllum, Juniperus, Epilobium minus of Dhonglaila, Rheum. 

 Large black crow, Pedicularis, Saxifraga, Umbellifera alia, Compositae, 

 Spiraea. 



At the summit, no woody vegetation was visible, except Rhodo- 

 dendrons ; the firs being confined below. 



The descent at first through Rhododendron, then for a long time 

 entirely through vast woods of Abies densa, most of the larger trees 

 of this are apparently blasted, it has a tabular form, and very sombre 

 appearance, and can be recognized even at great distances by its 

 black columnar palm-like appearance. 



