Botanical Article Bibliographic Records

HI Number 153869

Author: Webb, W.S
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Title: Hauteur de l'Himalaya.
MLP no: 1101A
BPH Series Abbreviation: Nouv. Ann. Voyages
Citation: 1[(3)]: 468-471. 1819
Year(s): 1819
Note: Translated extract from a letter from Webb, communicated to the Asiatic Society of Calcutta by N. Wallich, 8 July, 1818, on the height of the Himalayas which also gives some account of the vegetation at different heights.
Around Meloum - conysa squarrosa, from Meloum travelling to Tibet, at 11,630 ft., oak, pine, rhododendrons. At 12,642 ft., strawberries, taraxacum, ranunculas and other small flowers, not named.