170 BOSACEJE. [Pyrw*. 



A small tree with smooth, reddish grey bark, peeling off in horizontal 

 papery strips. "Wood white, with a small, brown heartwood. Structure 

 similar to that of P.foliolosa. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Sikkim, between 6,000 and 12,000 feet. 

 Growth slow, 32 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 541bs. per cubic foot. 



DM. 



H 134. Lahoul, 10,000 feet 



H 3020. Hattu, Simla, 10,000 feet 64. 



9. STRANV.ESIA, Lindl. 



1. S. glaucescens, Lindl.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 382; Brandis 210. 

 Vern. Garmehal, sund, Kumaun. 



A small evergreen tree. Bark J inch thick, rough, dark coloured. 

 Wood light coloured when fresh cut, turning reddish brown on exposure, 

 fine and even grained ; annual rings marked by a thin line. Pores very 

 small, numerous. Medullary rays numerous, uniform, very fine, equi- 

 distant. 



Central Himalaya, Kumaun and Garhwal from 3,000 to 8,000 feet, Nepal, Khasia 

 Hills. 



Growth moderate, 7 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 48 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



iba. 

 H 2970. Naini Tal, 6,000 feet 48 



10. CRAT.EGUS, Linn. 



Contains 3 species. C. Oxyacantha, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 383 ; Brandis 207 ; 

 Gamble 37. The Hawthorn. Vern. Ring, ramnia, pingyat, phinddk, patakhan, 

 Pb. ; Ban-sanjli, sur sinjli, Jhelam, is a small tree of Afghanistan and the Western 

 Himalaya, from the Indus to the Ravi ; elsewhere cultivated, C. Clarkei, Hook. f. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 383, is a small tree of Kashmir. 



1. C. crenulata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 509; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 384. 

 C. Pyracantha, Persoon; Braodis 208. Vern. Gingaru, gianru, Hind. 



A large spinescent shrub. Wood white, hard, very close and even 

 grained. Annual rings marked by a belt of harder and darker-coloured 

 wood on the outer edge of each ring. Pores very small, numerous. 

 Medullary rays very fine, numerous. 



Himalaya, from the Sutlej to Bhutan, from 5,000 to 7,000 feet, descending iu 

 Kumaun to 2,500 feet. 



H 2967. Naini Tal 48 



11. COTONEASTER, Linn. 



Contains 10 or 11 species, many of which are merely small prostrate shrubs. 

 They are all Himalayan, one only extending to the Nilgiris and one (doubtfully) to the 

 Khasia Hills. C. frigida, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 385 ; Brandis 209, is a small 

 tree of the Central and Eastern Himalaya. C. buxijolia, "Wall.; Hook. H. Ind. 

 ii. 387 ; Beddome xcvii. ; Brandis 210. Vern. Hurunay, Nilgit is, is a rigid shrub 

 or small tree of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hills, with a douse elastic woo;! used by the 

 Todas to make clubs. The remaining species not here described are all small. 



Wood harder and more compact than that of Pyrus ; also marked by 

 extremely small pores. 



