Pninus.} ROSA- 16:3 



A moderate-sized tree. Wood reddish brown, hard, very close- 

 grained, warps and splits. Annual rings marked by a belt of small, 

 closely packed pores. Pores in the main portion of the annual ring 

 extremely small, in groups. Medullary rays of two classes, moderately 

 broad, numerous, with very fine rays between them. 



Cultivated (or indigenous, Hook. Fl. Ind.) from Garhwal to Kashmir in the 

 Western Himalaya, from 5,000 to 7,000 feet. 



Growth fast, 2 to 3 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 52 Ibs. per cubic foot. The 

 wood is smooth to work, and is used in Kashmir for the skeleton of the so-called 

 papier-mache' boxes. 



Ibs. 



H 151. Giri Valley, Simla, 4,000 feet 52 



3. P. Puddum, Roxb.; Hook, Fl. Ind. ii. 314; Brandis 194; Kurz 

 i. 4.<34<. ; Gamble 34. Vern. C/iamidri } amalguch, pdja, pajia, Pb. ; Paddam, 

 pay a, Hind. ; Kongki, Lepcba. 



A moderate-sized (in Sikkim, a large) deciduous tree. Bark peeling* 

 off in thin, horizontal, shining layers. Sapwood large, greenish white. 

 Henrtwood reddish, beautifully mottled on a radial section by narrow, 

 wavy, shining, medullary rays, moderately hard. Annual rings dis- 

 tinctly marked by an irregular and not continuous belt of numerous 

 pores. Pores small; those of the spring wood very small, fre- 

 quently arranged in oblique lines intersecting the medullary rays at an 

 angle. Medullary rays of two classes ; numerous, very fine rays alter- 

 nating with fewer, short, moderately broad rays, which are broader than 

 those of P. Padus. Scent pleasant, resembling that of P. Mahaleb. 



Wild in the Himalaya, from the Indus to Assam, between 2,500 and 7,000 feet ; 

 Khasia Hills. 



Growth variable, from 4 to 22 rings per inch of radius, the average being 12. 



Weight, the average of our specimens give 44 Ibs. per cubic foot. Gamble says 40 

 to 45 Ibs. 



The wood is used in the Punjab Himalaya for walking-sticks j in Darjeeling 

 occasionally for furniture. It deserves to be better known, and to be more extensively 

 used, as, at any rate in Sikkim, it is common and reaches a large size. It gives an 

 abundant gum, not used. 



Ibs. 



H 46. Nagkanda, Simla, 7,000 feet .... .52 



H 234. Garhwal Hills (1868) 



E 683. Sepoydura Forest, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet 



E 2363. Kurseong, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet 



E 2364. Tukdah Forest, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet 



E 1447. Mishmi Hills (Griffith, 1836) . 



40 

 42 

 41 



48 

 37 



4. P. Padus, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 315; Brandis 194; Gamble 

 35. The Bird Cherry. Vern. Paras, kalakat, gidar-ddk, bart,zitm } z<(,,/, 

 tambUyjamu, chule, dudla, fcrun, Pb. ; Jamana, Hind.; Likh-aru, arupatti, 

 Nep. ; Illo sa hlot-kung, Lepcha. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree, with dark, rough bark. Sapwood 

 large, whitish. Heartwood reddish brown, with an unpleasant smell, 

 beautifully mottled on a radial section by the shining medullary rays, 

 moderately hard. Annual rings distinctly marked by a narrow belt of 

 continuous, closely arranged pores. Pores small, in irregularly shaped 

 groups, which are uniformly distributed. Medullary rays short, moder- 

 ately broad. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Sikkim, between 4,000 and 10,000 feet. 

 Growth, varying from 4 to 30 rings per inch of radius ; the average of our 



