78 JOURNAL, BOMB A Y NA T€RAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Trees with Alternate Exstipdlati: Simple Leave?, 

 Cone bearing. 



Tazus Isaccata, 



Yew, Barma^ ihunu. 

 CONiFEU^. 

 F.B. I. V. 648. 

 Himalay* 6-11,000 ft. 

 Miihasu, Na r k a n d a 

 (Collett). 



rinvLS czcolsa, 

 Tlie Slue I me, 



Kail^ biar, darc/nr. 

 CONIFKRiE. 

 F, B. I. V. 651. 

 Himalaya, 6-12,000 

 iSimla (Collett). 



ft. 



Leaves narrow Linear. 



medium size ; bark reddish grey, thin, smooth 

 flaking in longitudinal shreds ; leaves in 2 rows, dark 

 green, light or rusty beneath, leathery, 1-1 i- by 

 J^ in., narrowed into a short stalk ; cones sessile 

 axillary, male and female on different trees, male 

 \ in., bracts empty, stamens in a cluster at the top, 

 female minute, bud like, two upper bracts enclose the 

 seed with the disk ; fruit, an ovoid berry h in. long, 

 consisting of a red fleshy cup nearly concealing the 

 flattened olive-green wingless seed. 



Leaves needle-lihe. 



large ; bark smooth slatey and leathery on young 

 trees, grey and corky with shallow furrows on older 

 trees ; leaves in clusters of 5, 6-8 in. long, three 

 cornered, bluish-green, in sheaths pinkish brown, 

 soon falling oif ; male cones or catkins ^ in. long 

 in crowded clusters, with many scales, each scale 

 carries two anthers, female cones, two or three 

 together, 6-12 in. long, first eiect, then pendulous on 

 stalks 2-3 in, long : seeds hh in., black with a 

 thm wing. 



"■& 1 



long. 



Pinus longifolia, 



Chir^ chil. 

 Conifer^. 

 F. B. I. V. 651. 

 Himalaya, 

 1,500-6,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



Fiuus Cerardiana, 



Miri,galgoja. 



Conifers. 



V. B. I. V. 652. 



Dry inner Valleys of 



the Himalaya. 6-12,000 



ft. Kurrain Valley 



7-11,000 ft. 



large ; bark, outer corky and in thin crisp pieces, 

 reddish brown, inner bark brick red ; leaves in clusters 

 of 3, 9-12 in. long, light green, sheaths grey, persistent 

 fringed 3, male catkins i in. long, female cones ovoid 

 with scales thickened at the apex, 4-8 by 3-5 in. at 

 the lower end, seeds with a short wing. Gandabaroza, 

 turpentine and tar are obtained from this tree. 



medium size ; bark smooth, often silvery, flaking 

 in long pieces ; leaves in clusters of 3, 3-5 in, long, 

 stout, stiff, dark green, persistent for 3-4 years' 

 sheaths soon falling off ; male catkins j-i in. long, 

 female cones ovoid, 6-9 by 4-5 in., bluish green, 

 young erect scales with a recurved spine from the 

 upper margin ; seeds 1 in. long, cylindric, wing sli.>rt 

 soon fallmg off, eaten when roasted, called Chilgoza 

 or Neoza. 



