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Taxus or Abies brunonis ! Lomaria of Khegumpa, Rhododendron 

 foliis oblongis subtus punctatis ferrugineis, Rubus, Primula Stuartii ! 

 Quercus folliis, Castanese, Ilex, Betuloid, continues. 



At 8,500 feet, Panax rhododendrifolia, Thibaudia obovata, Taxus 

 ophiopogon angustissimus, Rhododendron formosum majus ! Smilax 

 ruscoideus vel gaultherifolia ! Primula pulcherrima, very common. 



At 8,200 feet, Spiraea decomposita, Thibaudia obovata very com- 

 mon. No firs, woods of oaks and Rhododendron majus, Panax 

 rhododendrifolia and another species ; Bambusa. 



At the nullah, same vegetation, Tetranthera nuda, Primula pul- 

 cherrima, Valeriana violifola, Eurya acuminata, Daphne papyrifolia, 

 Fragaria, Potentilla supina, Rumex of Khegumpa, Poa annua, Stellaria 

 media and angustifolia, Rhodoracea deflexa ! 



At 8,000 feet, the woods at this elevation have the same characters, 

 Rhododendron argenteum becomes common, Q. ilecifolia and Cas- 

 tanese facies, both very handsome and large trees, covered with 

 pendulous mosses, Sphseropteris, Saxifragea viridis, fleshy Urticea, 

 Oxalis major on sward at the same elevation, Vaccinium cyaneum, 

 Mespilus microphyllus, Artemisia major, Gnaphalium, Dipsacus, Elae- 

 agnus in woods, Tetranthera nuda, Taxus, Gaultheria flexuosa num- 

 mularifolia, Vaccinium cyaneum, Lomaria, Lonicera villosa, paper 

 plant, Thibaudia orbicularis, Hedera. 



At 7,800 feet, towards open barren hills, Indigofera canescens, Q. 

 robur, Spiraea decomposita, Anthistiria minor, Composita pendulifiora, 

 Alnus of Beesa, Juncus effusus, Viburnum caerulescens, Xyris, Scripus 

 fuscescens of Tassangsee, Gaultheria arborea and fruticosa, Polygo- 

 num rheoides, Smilax auriculata, Saccharum aristata, Lobelia pyrami- 

 dalis, Stauntonia latifolia, Salix lanata, Deutzia. 



At 7,500 feet, Quercus tomentosa commences, between this and 

 Tongsa, Berberis asiatica is very common, Rosa sp., quarta, Cyaneum 

 dycopod. of Surureem, Ilex dipyrena, Tuipus, Kysoor of Churra, Ap- 

 ple, Gleichenia major, Rubus deltoideus. In wheat fields, 7,500 feet, 

 Crucifera, Thlaspa, Lamium, Ervum, are found, Vaccinium cyaneum 

 continues to 7,000 feet, this Mespilus microphylla, Berberis asiatica, 

 Cycnium, Lycopod. of Surureem, Ilex, Daphne papyriferae, are the only 

 elevational plants found between 8 and 9,000 feet, and which continue 

 low down. All the others ceased with the jungles. 



March 13M. — Tongsa : this, although the second place in the king- 

 dom, is a poor wretched village, the houses, always excepting the 

 palace, are poorer than ordinary, abounding in rats, fleas, and other 



