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Naldera . 
. Naldera 
Nahl Dehra 
Nal Dehra 
Narkunda 
. Narkanda 
Nagkunda 
Patarnala 
. Paternalla . 
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Sainj 
. Sainj . 
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Subathoo 
Subathu 
Sabathu 
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Soobathoo 
P . '.te;.;.; 
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Subbathoo 
Sungree . 
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Soongri 
Syree 
. Sairi . 
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The Chor, frequently mentioned in the body of the work, is a 
peak just without the limits of the map to the south-east. It is 
nearly 12,000 ft. high, and is situated in about 30° 
52' and 77° 32'. 
This and Hatugarh are 
the only elevations in the district on which 
there is a subalpine vegetation. 
COLLECTORS 
As long ago as 1855 Hooker and Thomson (‘ Flora Indica,’ 
Introduction, p. 203) stated that the flora of Simla might be con- 
sidered as exceedingly well known, and at p. 69 of the same work 
the collections are summarised, but the number of persons named 
as having collected in Simla is not large. This is perhaps due to 
the fact, that when the great Indian botanists Wallich, Royle and 
Falconer successively botanised in the North-West, Simla was in 
an early stage of its history. The earliest noteworthy collection 
in the Kew Herbarium labelled as coming from Simla was made 
by the Countess of Dalhousie, who evidently was no mere collector 
but a keen botanist ; for in a letter dated Dalhousie Castle, 
February 4, 1833, to Sir William Hooker, announcing the despatch 
of 600 duplicates of her Simla plants, she gives some interesting 
particulars. At the date when the plaflts were collected (1830) 
the Earl of Dalhousie was Commander-in-Chief in India, and 
subsequently he was appointed Governor-General. Referring to 
their journeys Lady Dalhousie says : 4 At Simla we remained 
nearly seven months. This station is 7,500 ft. above the level of 
the sea, in the region of the Finns Deodara and Rhododendron 
arboreum. Subbathoo, where several of the plants were gathered, 
is on a lower range at 4,000 ft. Mahassoo is 9,000 ft., and the 
greatest elevation I reached was Whattoo Mountain, 10,763 ft. 
