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instead of being a hybrid, as some, or of American origin, 

 as other writers liave supposed, it was brought to l^^urope 

 from some Eastern country, in former times, when the com- 

 munication by the East, and interchange of commodities was 

 greater than in recent times. 



ConifercB. Of these the following Pines are enumerated ; 

 1. P. longifoUa, 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 Sir more 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 Ur. Wallich^ s plantcB AsiaticcB rarioj'es, 



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 Himalava, 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. 1 1. 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 Wehbiana, 

 now so well known in this country, called chilroiu, gobrca, 

 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 



D. April, 1839. e 



