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Pedicularis,* Rosa, Bistorta,* leaves with margins not united to the 

 margins of pitchers of Nepenthes and Cephalotus, Pteris aquilina, 

 Prunella, Rhododendron microphyllum, Euphorbia, Taxaxacum, Po- 

 tentilla, Thymus, Primula Stuartii. 



At 9,100 feet, Hyperica brachiata of Moflong. 



At 9,300 feet, Morina Wallichiana, Osmundioid,.Dipsacus, Sca- 

 biosa ? capitulo nutanta, Verbascum, Juncus, Epilobia sp. 



At 9,400 feet, Salix shrubby, Cyperus fuscescens of Tassangsee, 

 dwarfed Larix. 



At 9,500 feet, Anemona aurea commences, covering in some places 

 the sward ; it straggles down in favourable places with Iris angusti- 

 folia, to 9,300 feet, Primula Stuartii, Rhododendron microphyllum, 

 Gnaphalia, Euphrasia. 



At 9,800 feet, southern face of ridge bare, northern thickety, 

 consisting of Rhododendron fruticosum, foliis ellipticis basi cordatis 

 punctato lepidotis, Salix, Berberis, Pyrus aria, Bambusa, Tetran- 

 thera. 



In wet sheltered spots, Iris angustifolia, Aconitum, foliis aconitoi- 

 deum, on the sward Euphorbia radians. Below this a little, woods 

 commence chiefly of Bogh Pata, Cerasus, Salix, Rosa fructibus 

 hispidis, Acers, Abelia ? Viburnum niveum, Hydrangea arbuscula, 

 non-scandens, Berberis integrifolia. The woods are open, the open 

 spaces occupied by remains of last summer's vegetation, as Composite, 

 Umbelliferse, Aquilegium, a plant five or six feet high, folii aconitoi- 

 die, etc. Epilobium. 



Among these in the woods, Trillia sp,, Saxifraga reniformis, Lili- 

 acea Brodidoid, Viola, Primula purpurea, a lovely species, Aconiti 

 sp., Papaveracea hirsuta foliis, Aconitoid very common, Orchidea?, 

 Ribes sanguina, Composita penduliflora, Arenaria pusilla of above 

 Telagoung, Polygoni sp., pusilla repens hirsuit foliis cordata ovatis, 

 vel reniformibus subtus purpurescent, Salvia nubicola ? Euphorbia 

 coccinea. 



Abies densa appears, as also close to the Gylong village, from this 

 elevation upwards, it is common. 



Abies spinulosa common on north face at 9,000 feet, Abies pendula 

 ascends on south side as high as 9,300 feet, but is stunted beyond 

 9,000 feet, it does not exist on north face. 



Primula Stuartii throughout, very abundant. 



The plants most limited were Papaveracea, Aconitum folium 

 aconitoideum, Saxif. reniformis, Primula purpuria, Euphorbia radians, 

 Rhododendron cereum, mentioned above, and another at 9,800 feet 



