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small rectangular scales. Heartwood light reddish brown, hard, close and 

 even-grained, cracks and warps. Annual rings mark'. 1 '! by a dark line. 

 Pores very small. Medullary rays very line and very numerous, uniform 

 and equidistant. 



Outer Hini:ilay;i, from the Indus to Bhutan, between 2.500 and 8,000 feet. 

 (innvlli niml'nitr, S rings p.-r inch of radius. Wright, 17 ll)s. p;-i' :ubic loot. The 

 wood is used for walking-sticks, combs, tub:i<:<-i> pipes .ind various other purposes. The 

 fruit is only eaten when half rotten, like the Medlar, but uven then is u 



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H 3185. Dungagalli, Ila/ava, 7,000 feet 



H 23. Madluin, Sinihi, O.UDO feet 47 



H 236. Garhwal Hills (1868) 



3. P. lanata, Don ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 375. P. Aria, Ehrh. ; Brandis 

 206. Vern. Gun palos, Afg. ; Loda, chola, chilana, maila, paltu, ban 



pala, Icanylii, thcuiki, morphal, mirpol, Pb. ; (jallun. mduli, paltu, ban 

 palti, Hind. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree with dark-brown bark. Wood 

 white, moderately hard, close and even-grained, seasons well. Annual 

 rings marked by a narrow belt without pores, on the outside of each ring-. 

 Pores very small, most numerous in the spring- wood. Medullary rays 

 fine. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Bhutan, between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. 



Growth slow, 22 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 40 to 47 Ibs. per cubic foot; Mathieu 

 gives 46 to 58 Ibs. It might be useful for boxes and other purposes for which a close 

 and even-grained wood is required. Fruit large, eateii when half rotten, like that of the 

 Medlar (P. gcrmanica, Ldl.). 



Ibs. 

 H 64. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet . . . . . . .47 



H 2887. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet 40 



H 3186. Duiigagalli, Hazara, 7,000 feet 



4. P. vestita, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 375. P lanata, Don ; 

 Gamble 37. Vern. May hell, guhor, Nep. ; SingJca, Bhutia. 



A deciduous tree. Wood reddish with brown streaks, moderately 

 hard. Annual rings distinct. Pores very small. Medullary rays fine, 

 numerous, not distinct. 



Eastern Himalaya, between 8,000 and 10,000 feet. 



^ Growth slow, 20 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 44 Ibs. per cubic foot. Fruit 

 edible. 



Ibs. 

 E 380. Tonglo, Darjeeling, 10,000 feet . . . . .44 



5. P. foliolosa, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 376; Brandis 207; 

 Gamble 37. Vern. K/iarsani, Nep. 



A shrub or small tree. Wood white, with small, darker coloured heart- 

 wood. Annual rings distinct, Pores very small, more numerous in the 

 spring wood. Medullary rays fine, very numerous. 



Eastern Himalaya, between 7,000 and 10,000 feet. 



Growth slow, 23 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



E 378. Tonglo, Darjeeliug, 10,000 feet 



6. P. ursina, Wall.; Brandis 206. P.foliolosa, Wall.; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 376 (in part). Vern. 8&lia,hMia, Pb. ; Wmi>u fityi, Lahoul. 



