TAB. 700i; 
PARROTIA Jacqurmontrana. 
Native of the Western Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. HamMaMELIDEm, 
Genus Parrotta, C. A. Mey.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 666.) 
Parrotia Jacquemontiana; foliis breviter petiolatis orbicularibus v. sub- 
quadratis crenato-denticulatis stellato-tomentellis, stipulis oblongis, 
bracteis involucrantibus 4-6 amplis orbicularibus obovatisve albis dorso 
marginibusque squamulis furfuraceis purpureis conspersis, calycis dentibus 
parvis, tubo ovarioque villosis, staminibus numerosis, filamentis linearibus, 
antheris brevibus oblongis obtusis connectivo vix producto. 
P. Jacquemontiana, Decne. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. p. 73, t. 82. Hook. f. & 
Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. ii. (1858) p. 85. Brandis For, Fl. N.W. 
& Centr. Ind. p. 216, t. 28. Olarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 426. 
Aitchis. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xviii. (1880) 59. Gamble Manual of 
Indian Timbers, p.174. Stewart, Punjab Plants, p- 110. 
Fothergilla involnerata, Falconer in Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. i. (1839) p. 18; et 
in Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Introd. p. xxv. 
Though placed in the same genus as Parrotia persica, 
C. A. Mey. (see t. 5744) P. Jacquemontiana differs in very 
marked characters from that plant, in which there is a 
total absence of stellate hairs, the leaves in late autumn 
turn to brilliant orange-yellow golden and scarlet colours, 
the calyx-lobes are oblong, the involucrant bracts small 
and dark brown externally, the stamens very few, with 
almost capillary filaments, and the anthers narrow, scarlet, 
and mucronate. P. Jacquemontiana is indeed much nearer 
the N. American Fothergilla alnifolia (Tabs. 1341, 1342) 
in foliage, stellate hairs, and the numerous stamens with 
short anthers. There is in fact nothing to distinguish P. 
__ dacquemontiana generically from Fothergilla, but the capitate 
- Iinvolucrate inflorescence, in contrast with the spicate ex- 
involucrate inflorescence of the latter. aed 
The geographical range of Parrotia Jacquemontiana 18 
almost limited to the outer Himalayan ranges between the 
sources of the Ravi in Chamba, and the Indus, where 
it. extends often gregariously from Murree to Gilgit and 
Hazara. It was discovered in about 1836 in Kashmir by Dr. 
Falconer, that being the central area of its distribution. 
Its range in elevation is from 2800-8500 ft. It occurs 
OctoBER Ist, 1896, 
