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At 8,500 feet, the woods composed chiefly of Q. castaneoides and 

 glaucum, Q. ilecifolia less common. No Q. robur, path-like glades 

 and rather open, Pythonium ecaudata, up to 9,000 feet, Primula pul- 

 cherrima very common. 



At 8,500 feet, Saxifraga of Khegumpa and of Chindupjee, Mitella ! 

 Luzula, Carex, Viola reniformis, Lomaria of Khegumpa, Hedera, Ilex, 

 Mercurialis, grey lichens. 



Taxus, Quercus, Rhododendron, another species foliis subtus ferru- 

 gineo-argenteis floribus rosaceis. 



Smilacina, Ophiopogon, Urtica carnosa decumbens, Limonia lau- 

 reola, Pythonium ecaudatum. 



At the same elevation and indeed below us, but on other ridges, 

 cedars were seen in abundance : Hydrangea and Hydrangeacea calyp- 

 trata, Epilobium sp. withered. 



At 7,800 feet, Aristolochia novum genus, Tritium glaucum, Thlas- 

 pi, Arabis cordata, Loranthus, Symplocos sessiliflora. 



At 7,900 feet, Lardizabalea. 



At 8,000 feet, Hamiltonia? 



At 9,000 feet, Crucifera floribus amplis albis, on mossy banks, 

 with Mitella, Spiraea densa. 



Acer sterculiacea in forests, Gerasi sp. common. 



Betula, Ribes, Arenaria, Lilium giganteum, Laurinea, Chimaphila, 

 Acer. 



At 9,300 feet, Rhododendron hispida and rosaceum, Taxus, Pytho- 

 nium filiformia, Trillium album, Salvia of Royle, Rhododendron ferru- 

 gineo and obovata, Smilacinia densiflora, Sarcococea, Daphne cannabi- 

 num, here in flower, Anemone, Prunella, Hemiphragma, Cedar, but 

 rare. 



At 9,700 feet, Primula Stuartii in flower lower down, but here quite 

 past, Corydalis linetta, Viola, Juniperus, Viburnum floribus mag- 

 nis albis, Rhododendron deflexa, in flower. Acer : 1, vel. 2, Cerasi sp. 

 altera, Paris polyphylla, and from 7,000 feet, Iris foliis angustis, Cera- 

 sus apetalus gathered below here a shrub, very common, Osmundia 

 alia, Berberis ilecifolia and integrifolia, Rosa microphylla, Spinis 

 latis, Baptisia, Corydalis altior floribus luteis, Aconiti sp., Papaveracea 

 succo aqueo, ferrugineo hispida, capsula siliquosa, 3-valvis, replis 

 totidem, stigmata radiata, 5-lobo. Prunella, Betula, Ranunculus 

 minimus, Carex, Mimulus ! Sambucus of below, Salvia of Royle, 

 Polytrichum rubescens. 



From the ridge the view to the south is pretty, the country undu- 

 lated, either naked and swardy, or clothed with firs. 



