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350 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [ Coniferce. 
Narainhetty, in Nepal, and at Simla, Theog, &c.; and in the Bhotea pergunnahs of 
Kemaon. Dr.Wallich mentions a variety, if not a species, still nearer P. Strobus, at 
Bunipa and Toka, in Nepal. P. Smithiana is figured by Dr.Wallich, PI. As. Rar. t. 246. 
from Kemaon and Sirmore ; but respecting this there seems to be some doubt, as the 
cones very closely resemble those of the species I have figured at Tab. 84, under the 
name P. Khutrow, and which Messrs. Lambert and Don conceive to be identical with 
P. Smithiana ; but as the leaves of this are so much broader than those of the Khutrow, 
there appears to me some ambiguity on the subject, which, I have no doubt Dr. 
Wallich will be able to resolve, and it is therefore referred for his decision. P. Bru- 
noniana, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 247 (dumosa, Don), approximating to P. Canadensis, is a 
rarer species, at least I have not met with it in the more northern parts of the Hills. 
It is found in Nepal, on the northern descent from Sheopore, on Gossainthan, and on 
the southern borders of the Bhotea pergunnah of Kemaon, where it is called Tan-shing. 
P. Gerardiana, Lamb. 8vo. Tab. 79. nob. t. 85. fig. 2. neoza of the natives, is a fifth 
species of Pinus, but it is entirely confined to the northern and drier face of the 
Himalaya, at least to the south of 32° of latitude ; further north, where the influence 
of the rainy season is less felt, it is also found on the southern face of the mountains, 
at least, if it be the Chilghoza of Mr. Elphinstone; but of this, there is no proof: the 
two have been supposed to be identical from both affording edible seed. It is found in 
Kunawur, beyond Rampore, along the banks of the Sutlej from 5,000. to 10,000 feet 
of elevation. The Deodar, or Kelon of the Hills, Pinus or Cedrus Deodara, figured 
by Mr. Lambert at Tab. 52. of the 8vo. edition of his work on the Conifere, is, how- 
ever, the most celebrated, and the longest-known Himalayan species; having been 
noticed even by Avicenna in the article ,!o,0 (decwdar of the Latin translation) : ‘‘ est ex 
genere abhel (juniperus) que dicitur pinus Inda; et syr diudar est ejus lac.” The 
Deodar is found in Nepal, Kemaon, and as far as Cashmere, and at elevations of 
from 7,000 to 12,000 feet in Sirmore and Gurhwal, as on Manma, Deobun, Choor, 
Kedarkanta, and Nagkanda. 
The other Himalayan species belong to the genus Abies. Of these, that which is best 
known, and which comes near Abies Picea, or Silver fir, is A. Webbiana. Lamb. Fol. 
Tab. 2. 8vo. Tab. 44, called chilrow in the Northern Himalayas; also, gobrea, sallur, 
and oonum, or purple-coned fir: it grows to a great size, and is one of the principal 
ornaments of the forests, at considerable elevations. It was originally discovered by 
Capt. Webb, in the Bhotea pergunnahs of Kemaon, and is found, as well as the following 
species, in the same situations as the Deodar, also in Kemaon; Abies Pindrow, nob., Ulustr. 
Tab. 86. extending as a magnificent species even to the limits of forest, is that which 
comes near A. Webbiana; it is called Pindrow, and sometimes Morinda, a name also 
occasionally applied to the Khutrow. 
Along with these magnificent Pines, are also found species of Yew, Juniper, and 
Cypress. Of the first, one is not to be distinguished from Taxus baccata, and another is 
as closely allied to 7. nucifera, Tent. F]. Nep. t. 44, originally discovered by Kempfer in 
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