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A small dt-cicluous shrub. Bark grey, with long wrinkles. Wood 

 yellow,, very hard, close-grained. Annual Brings distinctly marked by 

 white lines and by an interrupted belt of pores. Pores small, round, 

 numerous, between the white, line, short, very numerous medullary 

 rays ; the distance between the rays equal to the transverse diameter of 

 the pores. 



Suliman Range and Salt Range, and North-West Himalaya between the Indus and 

 the .Jht'lum. 



The i'ruit is sweet and much eaten by Afghans and in the frontier districts. 



P 914. Salt Range, Punjab. 



ORDER XXXIII. AMPELIDE^E. 



The Vines. A large Family containing two genera : Vitis, climbing shrubs, often of 

 large si/c ; and Leea, large perennial herbs or shrubs, with large pith. The Vines are 

 found in most parts of India, but especially in the moist zones, some of them climbing 

 extensively over lofty trees; they have a soft porous wood, with very large vessels 

 often filled with water, which runs out on their being cut. V. lanata, Roxb. ; V. 

 repanda, W. and A., and V. latifolia, Roxb., are the chief species of the forests 

 of the plains of Northern India, while V. himalayana, Brandis. Vern. Phlan- 

 kur, Simla ; Zcmardachan, zemaro, Sutlej ; Chappar tang, Kumaun, is a well- 

 known large climber of the forests of the Himalaya (H 2913, Simla, 7,000 feet, 

 33 Ibs.). Many have curiously twisted or flattened stems. The Grape Vine, V. 

 mnifcra\ Linn., Vern. Dakh, dakJci, drdksha, angur, Hind. ; Lanang, Kanawar, has 

 been introduced and successfully cultivated in Kashmir and other parts of India. 



The species of Leea are found in the undergrowth of the forests of the Himalaya, 

 Eastern Bengal, Burma and the West coast. Some species have fluted stems and very 

 large pith, such are, L. macropkylla, Roxb. ; L. aspera, Wall. ; L. robvsta, Roxb. ; 

 L. crispa, Willd. ; L. sumatrana, Kurz ; and L. sambucina, Willd. L. robusta, 

 Roxb. Vern. Galeni, Nep. ; Pantom, Lepcha (Nos. E 879 and E 2860, Darjeeliug), 

 has a moderately hard wood, with broad medullary rays, and is used for fencing and 

 temporary huts: L. hirta, Roxb., is a small tree of valleys in the Eastern Himalaya; 

 and L. gigantea, Griff. ; Kurz ; i. 280 (No. E 3278 Muraghat, W. Duars), is a small 

 tree with moderately hard wood, pores small, radially distributed, and medullary rays 

 of two kinds, very broad and fine. 



ORDER XXXIV. SAPINDACEJE. 



Contains about 20 genera of Indian trees or shrubs. Most of these come from 

 Burma or Southern India, but the largest genus Acer, the Maple, is almost exclu- 

 sively found in the Himalaya. 



The Order is divided into 4 Tribes, viz. 



Tribe I. Sapindeae . . ILemigyrosa, Dlttelasma, Erioglossum, Allo- 



phytlvs, JEsculuf!, Scyphopetalum, Cupania, 

 Lepisanthcs, ScJiIcicha'ct, Su}>in<lns, Xcro- 

 sj>crin.nm, Nephclium, Pumclia, JIarpulliu, 

 ZolUn (/a- iu. 



IT. Acerineue . . Acer and Dolimcu. 



III. DodoQieen . . Dodoncea. 



IV. Stiiphyk'jc . . Staphylea and Turpini<i. 



Hemigyrosa contains two species: //. canescens, Tliwaites Ennm. 5^. .J.08 ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 671 ; Bed dome 1. 161 ; Kurz i. 200 (M'^imra cu,i<>-tim, l\oxl>. Fl. I ml. 

 ii. 243). Vern. Nefcota, karadipongan^am. ; Noriri, Td.; Kaluyefte, Kan.; Lohmcli, 

 knrjHt, Mar., is a live of Southern India, esprrially tin' C 1 tnmainli'l ('cast and Tenas- 

 scrim j and II, dcjicicns, Beddome t. 231 ; Hook. Fl, Ind. i. 071, is a tree of tho 



