Description

Duthie hopes the enclosed specimens will interest Hooker, and that he has correctly named the little plant as Galium paradoxum. He found Saxifraga cernua not far from where the former was growing. He had not expected to find anything of that kind on that day; he was exploring, out of duty, some hills on the northern side of this valley and just above Jangla. The hills are very stony and looked sterile, but after reaching the top of the first ridge, at about 12,000 feet, he found the comparatively moist wooded slopes where he came across the Galium. It was a long, weary climb there and he regrets being unable to go higher to explore heights corresponding to those he visited on the other side of the Ganges valley. It was impossible, however, to manage this feat in one day. Other plants collected on the shady side included: Senecio arnicoides, Picrorhiza kurroa, Valeriana species, Pyrus foliolosa and Rosa macrophylla. Plants collected on the southern side include: Juniperus, Morina coulteriana, Arenaria festucoides, Aralia cachemirica and Saxifraga stracheyi. Lower down he found: Ephedra, a variety of Selinum tenuifolium, a fine Heracleum and Artemisia. In a few days he hopes to be able to visit some ground similar to where he found the Saxifrages he sent specimens of by last mail. He shall also try and get seeds of some of these things. Folio 93 is a list of some of the rarer plants collected during the latter parts of June and beginning of July by Duthie. Approximately 75 species are listed with localities such as the Damdar valley, Gangotri, Ganges valley, Jangla, Phulaldaru, and Jhala. Some altitudes are stated ranging from 4000 to 14,000 feet. Plants listed include: Clematis acuminata, Draba lasiophylla, Silene griffithii, Stellaria crispa and Dictamnus albus. He will send a description with drawings of a Lychnis species not uncommon on stony ground on Phulaldaru, in the Damdar Valley and at Gangotri. Annotated. Pages 1 and 4 of 7.

Description

Duthie hopes the enclosed specimens will interest Hooker, and that he has correctly named the little plant as Galium paradoxum. He found Saxifraga cernua not far from where the former was growing. He had not expected to find anything of that kind on that day; he was exploring, out of duty, some hills on the northern side of this valley and just above Jangla. The hills are very stony and looked sterile, but after reaching the top of the first ridge, at about 12,000 feet, he found the comparatively moist wooded slopes where he came across the Galium. It was a long, weary climb there and he regrets being unable to go higher to explore heights corresponding to those he visited on the other side of the Ganges valley. It was impossible, however, to manage this feat in one day. Other plants collected on the shady side included: Senecio arnicoides, Picrorhiza kurroa, Valeriana species, Pyrus foliolosa and Rosa macrophylla. Plants collected on the southern side include: Juniperus, Morina coulteriana, Arenaria festucoides, Aralia cachemirica and Saxifraga stracheyi. Lower down he found: Ephedra, a variety of Selinum tenuifolium, a fine Heracleum and Artemisia. In a few days he hopes to be able to visit some ground similar to where he found the Saxifrages he sent specimens of by last mail. He shall also try and get seeds of some of these things. Folio 93 is a list of some of the rarer plants collected during the latter parts of June and beginning of July by Duthie. Approximately 75 species are listed with localities such as the Damdar valley, Gangotri, Ganges valley, Jangla, Phulaldaru, and Jhala. Some altitudes are stated ranging from 4000 to 14,000 feet. Plants listed include: Clematis acuminata, Draba lasiophylla, Silene griffithii, Stellaria crispa and Dictamnus albus. He will send a description with drawings of a Lychnis species not uncommon on stony ground on Phulaldaru, in the Damdar Valley and at Gangotri. Annotated. Pages 1 and 4 of 7.

Description

Duthie hopes the enclosed specimens will interest Hooker, and that he has correctly named the little plant as Galium paradoxum. He found Saxifraga cernua not far from where the former was growing. He had not expected to find anything of that kind on that day; he was exploring, out of duty, some hills on the northern side of this valley and just above Jangla. The hills are very stony and looked sterile, but after reaching the top of the first ridge, at about 12,000 feet, he found the comparatively moist wooded slopes where he came across the Galium. It was a long, weary climb there and he regrets being unable to go higher to explore heights corresponding to those he visited on the other side of the Ganges valley. It was impossible, however, to manage this feat in one day. Other plants collected on the shady side included: Senecio arnicoides, Picrorhiza kurroa, Valeriana species, Pyrus foliolosa and Rosa macrophylla. Plants collected on the southern side include: Juniperus, Morina coulteriana, Arenaria festucoides, Aralia cachemirica and Saxifraga stracheyi. Lower down he found: Ephedra, a variety of Selinum tenuifolium, a fine Heracleum and Artemisia. In a few days he hopes to be able to visit some ground similar to where he found the Saxifrages he sent specimens of by last mail. He shall also try and get seeds of some of these things. Folio 93 is a list of some of the rarer plants collected during the latter parts of June and beginning of July by Duthie. Approximately 75 species are listed with localities such as the Damdar valley, Gangotri, Ganges valley, Jangla, Phulaldaru, and Jhala. Some altitudes are stated ranging from 4000 to 14,000 feet. Plants listed include: Clematis acuminata, Draba lasiophylla, Silene griffithii, Stellaria crispa and Dictamnus albus. He will send a description with drawings of a Lychnis species not uncommon on stony ground on Phulaldaru, in the Damdar Valley and at Gangotri. Annotated. Pages 1 and 4 of 7.