The male _Sinkauri_, or _Silkauli_ of the mountain Hindus, is a species of Laurus, which is either the _Laurus japonica_ of Rumph, {84b} or approaches very near to that plant. Both its bark and leaves have a fine aromatic smell and taste, and this quality in the leaves is strengthened by drying. They are carried to the low country, and sold under the name of _Tejpat_; but the tree is of a different species from the Tejpat of Ranggapur. The female Sinkauri, or Silkauli, like the male, is another tree nearly related to the cinnamon; but its aromatic quality resides in the bark of the root, which has a very permanent fragrance, and would probably give a very fine oil. The specimens brought from the mountains of Morang, appeared to differ in species from the plant of similar qualities that has been introduced into Ranggapur from Bhotan. Both male and female Sinkauli are considered by Colonel Kirkpatrick as one species, which he calls _Singrowla_, {85a} probably by a typographical error. The _Lalchandan_, or Red Sandal, is a timber tree, the foliage and appearance of which have some resemblance to the Laurels. It seems to be a fine timber for the cabinetmaker, but has little smell, and is not the Red Sanders or Sandal of the shops. The _Siedburrooa_, mentioned by Colonel Kirkpatrick, {85b} as the plant from which the Nepalese make paper, is a species of Daphne, very nearly allied to that which botanists call _odora_. The _Karphul_, mentioned also by Colonel Kirkpatrick, {85c} as a small stone fruit, resembling a cherry, is a species of _Myrica_. The _Jumne mundroo_ of Colonel Kirkpatrick {85d} I consider as a species of _Leontice_, although it is a small tree, and has strong affinities with the _Berberis_. Its leaves are pinnated; but each division, as the Colonel notices, has a strong resemblance to the leaves of the holly. The _Chootraphul_ of Colonel Kirkpatrick {85e} is, in fact, a species of barberry, to which the Colonel compares it. There are two species of the _Chirata_, a bitter herb, much and deservedly used by the Hindu physicians in slow febrile diseases, as strengthening the stomach. The smaller is the one most in request. I have not seen its flowers, but the appearance of the herb agrees with some short notices in manuscript, with which I was favoured by Dr Roxburgh, of the plant sent to him as the Chirata, and which he considers as a species of gentian. The larger Chirata is a species of _Swertia_, but approaches nearer in appearance to the common Gentian of the shops than to any other plant that I know. Its root, especially, has a great resemblance, and might probably be a good substitute, were not the herb of the smaller Chirata a better medicine. Both species, however, approach so near to each other, that they are often sold indiscriminately.