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NEW PLANTS FROM NEPAUL. 



form very distinct species. The extensive Herba- 

 rium of the celebrated Professor Pallas, collected 

 in various parts of the Russian Empire, now in the 

 possession of Mr Lambert, has afforded me an op- 

 portunity of comparing the different plants of these 

 countries with those of Nepaul. Without such aid 

 it would be almost impossible to ascertain satisfac- 

 torily the limits of the various species. The bo- 

 tanical world is wholly indebted for a knowledge of 

 its vegetable productions, to Dr Francis Hamilton 

 (formerly Buchanan), and more recently to the ex- 

 ertions of Dr Nathaniel Wallich, the excellent 

 superintendant of the Calcutta Botanic Garden, 

 who has sent several able collectors, at the expence 

 of the East India Company, to explore its vege- 

 table treasure. 



Without further notice, I shall now venture to 

 give specific characters and detailed descriptions of 

 several new Nepaul plants. 



1. Rhododendron setosum, ramulis undique 

 setosis; foliis ovalibus obtusissimis subtus 

 marginibusque setosis; pedicellis glandu- 

 loso-setosis laciniis calycinis brevissimis nudis. 



Habitat in Alpe immensa nivosa, Gossaignsthan 

 Nepalensium dicta. D. Wallich- h> 



Frutex A parvus ramosissimus, rami flexuosi 

 subfastigiati (cortice tuberculato-rugoso deciduo) ra- 

 muli setis paten tibus dense suppediti ; folia ovalia 

 obtusissima brevissimk petiolata, punctis nitidis re- 

 sinosis utrinque instructs, subtus marginibusque 



