ded, and along
which we continued for some time. We then ascended where the banks were
of such a nature as not to allow a path, descending again here and there.
Then we came on the Khoomun, a large torrent, which we crossed by a
wooden bridge about 100 yards above its bed; re-descended to the Kooree,
reached its bridge; and thence descending rather steeply, and for about
one and a half mile to Ling-Ling, or Lengloon, which is plainly visible
from the bridge over the Kooree.
After turning to the north along the Kooree, and indeed after passing the
cultivation below Linge, which chiefly occupies a sort of plateau, we
passed through a most miserable country, the hills being rocky, nearly
destitute of trees, and chiefly clothed with the usual coarse
Andropogoneous grasses, especially lemon-grass, occurred between Linge
and Lengloon.
At 5,000 feet, observed Desmodium, Santalacea australasia, Gaultheria
arborea, Indigofera, as before, Clematis cana, Acanthacea caerulescens,
Pteris aquilina, Viburnum caerulescens, Oxyspora, Panicum eleusinoides,
Anthistiria, Conyza, Ficus cordifoliis of Bhamree, Labiata Suddiensis,
Corearia, Rhus pendula, Airoides major, Flemingia secunda and major.
At 4,800 feet, Desmodium vestilum, stunted, Q. robur, Dipsacus,
Epilobium, Elaeagnus microphyllus, spinosus.
At 4,600 feet, Sedum, Campanula, Osbeckia capitata, Citrus in villages,
Emblica, Artemisia minor.
At 4,000 feet, Paederia cyanea, lemon-grass, Panax, Terebinthaceus, Pinus
longifolia, here and there, Ficus obliqua, Grislea, Cirsium.
At the bed of the torrent 4,000 feet, Bassia.
Over the Kooree, Euphorbia antiqorum, a sure sign of aridity.
Didymocarpea contorta, D. canescens, which differs from the other in
being hirsute, Menispermum, Holcus elegans.
Along its bed, Sedum of Phoollong, Eugenia, Achyranthis, Ingoides
arborea, Aspidium polypodioides, Briedleia obovata; Desmodium of Nulka!
Arundo, Buddlaea neemdoides, Jasminum of Benka, Composita, involucri
squamis ciliatis. Rice fields, in these Gnaphalium aureum, Phleoides of
Tassangsee, but in full flower, Lysimachia majus, rugosus, Oxalis
comiculata, Hieracioid, Composita, Lactucoid purpureseus, Ammannia,
Bidens alba, Drymaria.
Then along the wooded banks, Wendlandia, _Pomacea_? Mimosa arborea,
Camunium, Butea suffruticosa, Pterospermum of Bhamree, Luculia, Ulmus, as
before, Pinus longifolia, Rottlera, Melica latifolia, young plants of Q.
robur on rocks, along with it Go
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