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large conical-shaped, pendulous cone, which contains edible seeds, 

 of nearly an inch in length. By Europeans it is styled the Edible 

 Pine ; and its. seeds are imported in large quantities into Simla 

 from Kunaour for sale, under the name of Neosa Pine seeds. 



In the bazaars of the Punjab, particularly those of the Upper 

 Doabs, it is met with in quantity, under the name of Chilgoza, 

 being imported from Cabul. In the bazaar of Wuzeerabad we 

 found it associated with Apples, Pears, Pomegranates, Walnuts, 

 Melons, Khubarries, Raisins, Currants, &c, forming, combined, a 

 scene not commonly met with in the north-west. 



In the British provinces the only locality known to us where 

 this tree is met with, is between Mulari and Bumpa; where it 

 occurs associated with Deodar and Kuel, Juniper and Cypress. 

 For its fruit this tree is highly prized, but as a timber-tree is not 

 met with of dimensions sufficiently large to be of much use. 



Having now noticed all the Pines properly so called met with 

 in the Himalayahs, we proceed to the Spruce Firs. 



Genus Abies. 



5. A. Smithiana. — Belonging to this genus we have but one 

 species, the Abies Smithiana, one of the most graceful (if not 

 the most so) species of Abietineaa met with in the Himalayahs, 

 and Kohistan of the Punjab. Who is there, who has travelled 

 even as far as Kotaghur, when passing through the forests of 

 Mahassoo, Hattoo, and Narkunda, who has not admired this elegant 

 tree, towering into the heavens, eighty and a hundred feet, with 

 its graceful weeping branches, affording grateful shade from the 

 effects of a noonday's sun. This species throughout the Himalayahs 

 is known by various names. In the Simla jurisdiction it is styled 

 Row, Rai, Pindrow, Morinda and Khatrow. In the Kohistan of 

 the Punjab and Kooloo, the two former names are most common. 

 In Kumain and Gurwahl, Pindrow and Morinda. 



It is at once distinguished from any other Himalayan species 

 by its single needle-shaped leaves, varying in length from one to 

 two and a half inches, arranged irregularly around the stem, of a 

 bright green colour ; its pendulous branches, the smaller hanging 

 down so gracefully from the thicker ones, which are horizontal to 

 the main stem ; its pendulous, thin, small, pointed and persistent 

 cones. The Morinda attains great dimensions. 



In Kooloo, a little below the Jelsuri pass, we measured one 

 which girted, four feet from the ground, 19 feet ; and towered 

 some 100 feet into the heavens. In the Kohistan of the Punjab 

 this species is common, and is floated down both the Jhelum and 



