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instead of being a hybrid, as some, or of American origin, 
as other writers have supposed, it was brought to Europe 
from some Eastern country, in former times, when the com- 
munication by the East, and interchange of commodities was 
greater than in recent times. 
Conifere. Of these the following Pines are enumerated ; 
1. P. longifolia, called cheer, sullah, and thansa, occupies the 
lowest elevations of the Himalaya; this accounts for its being 
too tender for England. 2. Surul, either a distinct variety 
of the last, or a new species. 3. Cheer, a fir found by Mr. 
Shore near Almorah, which is also possibly different from 
P. longifolia. 4. P. nepalensis, a supposed variety of Pinaster, 
lately found by the collector of His Grace the Duke of Devon- 
shire. 5. P. excelsa, kuel of the natives of Sirmore and 
Gurwhal, now common and hardy in England. 6. A va- 
riety or species related to this, found at Bunipa and Toka in 
Nepal. 7. P. Smithiana, a doubtful species, the authority 
for which is a figure in Dr. Wallich's plante Asiatice rariores. 
8. P. Khutrow or Morinda, now common in our collections. 
9. P. Brunoniana, a species related to the Hemlock Spruce ; 
a rare plant, found in Nepal, on the northern descent of 
Sheopore, on Gossainthan, and on the southern borders of the 
Bhotea pergunnah of Kemaon, where it is called tan-shing. 
10. P. Gerardiana, the neoza of the natives, entirely con- 
fined to the northern and drier face of the Himalaya, to 
the south of 32° of latitude; but more to the north, found also 
on the southern face of the mountains. For this species seed of 
P. longifolia has been hitherto received in England, where it 
is extremely rare, existing only, as far as I know, at Rolles- 
ton in Staffordshire, the seat of Sir Oswald Moseley. 11. The 
chilgoza, of Kunawur, beyond Rampore, along the banks of 
the Sutlej, from 5000 to 10,000 feet of elevation ; supposed 
by some to be the same as the neoza, because both have edible 
seeds, but upon insufficient testimony. 12. The deodar, the 
most valuable of all the Indian species, and the largest 
known, being the deiudar of Avicenna; it is found at 
elevations of from 7000 to 12,000. feet, in Nepal, 
Kemaon, and as far as Cashmere. 13. Abies Webbiana, 
now so well known in this country, called chilrow, gobrea, 
sallur, and oonum, a species which grows to a great size, and 
forms one of the principal ornaments of the forests at con- 
siderable elevations. 14. Abies Pindrow, a magnificent 
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