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miES FROM A JOURNEY TO NEPAL. 
The following montane plants extend from Nepdl eastwards only 
beyond the boundary of the k\ngAov[M^Polygala arillatat SteUarta 
saxatilis, Cleyera ochnacea, Eurya symplocifiay Schinia Wallichii, 
Heynea trijuga, Zisyphus tncurva^ Dobinea vulgaris^ Destnodium 
conjertumy Shuteria vestitay Mezoneururh. cucullatum^ Ruhus moluc- 
cdnuSy Etrctnvxsid glducescens, Dichrod fehrifugay Otbeckia nepal- 
ensisy Oxyspora cernudy Bryonia lactniosay Lucutia graiisstma, 
ti^endlandia coriacedy Hedyoiis scdndenty Gdultheria fragrantii- 
simay Ma^sa ramentdceay Massa macrophyllay Myrsine semtser- 
faidy Myrsine cdpiiellatdy Sympl&cos iheaefolidy Sweriia dilatatOy 
Strobilanthes penstemortoideSy PogoStemon glatery Elshalizia blanddy 
Litsaea obtongdy Piled anisophyllUy Casianopsis indicdy Otochiluz 
albdy Pdndanus fufcatusy Carex flltana, and Polypodium coronans. 
The following extend from Nepal westwards only •.•^Arenaria 
serpyllijolidy Rhm Wallichiiy Lotus corniculatuSy Erigeron betlidioi^ 
deSy Myrsine africanOy Ligustrum nepdlensCy Swertia pan^culatoy 
Coleus barbaiuSy Euphorbia ptlosa, Celtis australtSy and AnthistU 
ria irnberbis, var. Poylei. 
Rosa moschata might almost be classed as western, for it disappears 
in Sikkim ; but if re-appears.in the Chumbi valley and Bhutan. 
We' must admit a greatly preponderating eastern element. 
Of interesting irregular distribution are : — 
Lobelia radicans : Khasi hiiis, Ringhi and Nepal ; it is probably an 
introduced plant in Nepal. 
Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis : the hills of southern India generally and 
in the north along the lower Himalaya from Nepal westwards ; not in 
Sikkim ; to the east in the hills of Assam and Burma. 
Lindenbergia philippensis : Burma and Assam, jumping from 
Chittagong and the Naga hills to Nepdl, being in this respect rather 
like Lobelia radicans. 
Teniperate Forest Bdt • its ofiaraeterlstic pfaiito. 
The temperate forests 1 am inclined to define by the presence of 
Rhododendrons. Rhododendron arbor eum occurs first above Sisa- 
ghiri, with pines Quercus Semecdrpifotidy taakStigoti this south 
side of the pass a thin forest. 
The grass in December under these trees above Sisaghdri is 
yellow and contains an abundance of Andphatis contorid out of flower. 
On the north side of the pass there is less -grass, and there are more 
bushes, e.g.y of Luculia gratissimOy Viburnum sfellulafum, Rhussucce- 
done a with red autumn leaves, and two species of RubuSy together 
with trees of Prunus Pudditm and Lauraceje. Mosses just at the 
