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OsbecktachtnensiSi C total aria albida^zxi^ Meliosma stmplicijolia 
occur on the stream side ; and the climbing Dioscorea belophylla, 
Sabia paniculata^ Hedyotis scandens^ Ficus scandens and Thunber^ 
gia cocci nea put in an appearance. 
There are further, — because carters encamp so much there, — a 
number of weeds dependent on man which need not be enumerated. 
Only the occurrence of Artemisia vulgaris may be mentioned, because 
it is interesting to see how low it, which descends to the plains of 
Upper Assam, can descend in this longitude. 
Tegetation aliont the top of the foot hills, more or less ^000 feet 
abOTe sea le?el. 
From half way up the Chorea Ghiti hills to the top of the ridge, 
plants not seen earlier are met with, Swertia angustifoliat var. 
Wallichiiy /Echmanthera Wallichiiy Indigofera hirsutuy Maoutia 
PuyOy and Boehmeria rugulosa ; and at the top appear Blumea 
obovata% Scutellaria repensy S. discolor y Echinacanthus longistylusy 
Anapkalis araneosay Strobilanthes capitatu$y Mussssnda Rox» 
burghiiy and Geniosporum strobilijerum, Blumea obovata was one 
of the most conspicuous of plants on the top of the pass, though over 
a restricted area : its large heads nod and it does not look at all 
like a Blumea, It was only known formerly from Wallich’s 
specimens, probably obtained exactly whence mine came. I am 
indebted to the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for a 
comparison of my specimens with the type. Echinacanthus longis- 
tylus was also abundant over a small area. 
north slope of the foot-hills. 
The descent northwards is for a very short way steep ; then it 
becomes quite gentle, winding through open sdl forests down to the 
Kurd nadi near Hettdunda and on to the R4pti at Hettiunda itself. 
Pinus longifolia hardly descends these damper northern slopes ; 
Shorea robusta instead rules in exactly the same positions as it does 
at Dehra Dun. The grasses are here taller than they were on the 
south side of the hills ; there is abundance of Phragmites Karkay 
Anthistiria gigantea and a Saccharum : Phyllanthus Emblica is 
very common ; and towards Hettiunda Mimosa rubricaulis lashes 
theishrubs together; and Asystasia macrocarpa grows among them. 
A few epiphytic orchids appear ; and at Hettiunda itself Dioscoreas 
arc vigorous. 
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