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BOOTAN. 



At 1,500 feet, Celastrus guttiferoid, Malvacea digyna, of which I 

 found flowers on the path, Koempfera terminal, Antidesma, Antheri- 

 cum, Echites arborea, Careya, Mimosa scandens, Pavetta, Rubiacea 

 alia, Lepidostachys, Lagerstrcemia grandiflora, Leea crispa, Costus, 

 Thunbergia grandiflora, Gordonia, Commelina, Phyllanthus, Briedlia, 

 Dioscorea, Cassia fistula. 



As we approached a lower level, the same plants continued : a Dille- 

 nia very common, Urena lobata, Hedera terebenthacea : the root is in 

 some cases like figs, Spathodea, Nauclea, Sterculia carnosa, foliis 

 palmatis, Dalbergia, Panax, Semicarpus, Rhaphis trivialis, Cymbid. 

 alvifolium, Sarcanthus guttatus common, Apocynea fauce, 10-glandu- 

 lata, Ixora, etc. 



Saul was not common, nor did I see one tree of any size ; it com- 

 menced about the margin of the Toorai. 



Among the grasses forming the underwood of the Toorai and the 

 grassy masses clothing the plains, Sacchara were the most common 

 and the most conspicuous : next to these a species of Rottboellia. 

 Sciurus Bengmoria occurred, Hemarthria, Greweia edulis, Leea 

 crispa, Crinum in the Toorai, Viburnum of Sudya, Millingtonia pin- 

 nata, Volkameria serrata, Labiata Sudyensis, Mussaenda erecta, humi- 

 lis, Cinchona, Premna herbacea, Phoenix pumila. 



Arrived at Chichacootta, a small village, situated in an open grassy 

 plain, miserably stockaded ; and lodged in a good well elevated house. 



The following day started and reached Cooch Behar territory, after 

 crossing a considerable but fordable stream. The contrast between 

 the desolate territories of Bootan, and the sheet of cultivation pre- 

 sented by Cooch Behar was striking. 



The same contrast continued until we reached the Company's 

 territories, and its less cultivated portions along the bed of the Brah- 

 mapootra. The only plant worth notice on the route, was a species of 

 Swertia ; the vegetation being almost precisely the same as in Upper 

 Assam. 



Rangarnuity , Bhooruwa. 



