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BOOTAN. 



We reached this place which is visible for some distance at 5 p. m. ; 

 the march being one of eighteen miles. No villages occurred en 

 route. The hills were densely wooded to the summits and much lower- 

 ed in height than those to which we had been accustomed. Passed 

 two waterfalls, one less high, but more voluminous than the other, is 

 the Minzapeeza of Turner; both these occurred on the left bank of 

 the river. Minzapeeza, is a fall of great height, but the body of water 

 is small. 



The vegetation to-day partook much of the subtropical character, 

 almost all boreal plants being left behind. We ascended and des- 

 cended between 3,000 to 4,500 feet near Chuka, Parkioides, Mimosa 

 arboreal and M. frutex. Magnolia! Rubia munjista, Impatiens ! 

 Cucurbitacea ! 



Oxyspora latifola ! Rosa fragrans, Incerta ribesioides, Piper ! Urtica 

 heterophylla! Wendlandia ! Phytolacca, Daphne nutans, Rottleria ! 

 Curculigo orchediflora, Acer, Eurya pubescens, Rhus, Alnus ! Ada- 

 mia, Gordonia ! Q. robur reappears at a lower elevation than be- 

 fore seen : Dipterocarpioides arbor vasta trunco ramoso ! Smilax 

 auriculata ! Pothos pinnatifid ! Briedlia oblonga ! Corydalis, Dipsa- 

 cus, Acanthacese common, Rubiacese of a tropical character, such as 

 Ophiorhizae ; Celastrus ! Pythonium majus, Tetranthera macrophylla ! 

 Quercus coriacea ! Gaultheria arborea scarce, Deutzia on the descent 

 to the Teemboo, Macrocapnos, Sterculia platanifolia, Melica latifolia ! 

 Arundo ! Achyranthes densa! Labiata spinosa of Khegumpa or 

 Phlomis, Labiata, Quercoides. The rocks on the river side are covered 

 with Epiphytical Orchidese ; Saurauja sterculifolia, Pythonium palli- 

 dum, Elseagnus fragrans. 



Along the banks of the Teemboo, Pandanus ! Rhododendron 

 azaleoides, R. pulchrum, Lyellia, Begonia picta, Composita arborea ! 

 Ficus ! on ascent above its banks, Dioscorea ! Elaeocarpus ! Acros- 

 ticum atratum ! Convallariurn oppositifolia, Thibaudia loranthiflora ! 

 Pogostemon of Dgin ! Leea ! The only northern plant a species of 

 Viola; Otochilus linearis ! Entada ! Kydia! Musssenda! Macrocapnos 

 altera of Yen, Callicarpa arborea ! Panax aculeato palmiformis supra 

 decompositse of Dgin ! Solanum farinacium ! Urena lobata ! Marlea, 

 Panicum plicatum ! Before ascending to Murichom we made two des- 

 cents to two streams, crossed by common wooden bridges : that nearer 

 Murichom being the largest ; elevation at 2,500 feet. Here tree-fern ; 

 Pythonium majus, Duchesnia, Lysimacha, Begonia of Punukha ! Cary- 

 ophyllea scandens, Urtica gigas ! Modeceoides exembryonata ! Com- 



