At 8,500 feet, Berberis pinnata, asiatica, Buddlæa purpurea; Eurya acuminata.
At 8,000 feet, Gnaphalium trivenium, Baptisia, Spiræa, (Gillenioid) bella, Artemisia major. 7,500 feet, Rhododend. minus arborea, Leucas ciliata, and woods of Q. robur, as usual deciduous.
All the plants above 10,500 feet, had perished, not a single one being found in flower. The descent was so hurried, that it was impossible to note down more plants; and the same applies to the descent to this from the halting place. Starvation being to be added to discomfort.
Of Rhododendrons, the species observed, may be characterized as follows:—
Floribus in racemis umbelliformibus.
1. R. arboreum, arboreum, foliis oblongo obovatis, subtus argenteis.
2. R. ferrugineum, arboreum, foliis obovatis, supra rugosis, subtus ferrugineis.—No. 654.
3. R. ----- fruticosum, foliis oblongis, subtus ferruginea lepidotis.—No. 652.
4. R. ellipticum, fruticosum, foliis ellipticis.—No. 653.