174 8AXIFRAGE2E. [Rifal. 



A small shrub with shining bark, peeling off in papery flakes. Wood 

 white, compact, moderately hard. Pores extremely small, in narrow inter- 

 rupted wavy, concentric lines. Medullary rays scanty, short, broad and 

 very broad. 



Himalaya, from Kashmir to Bhutan, between 7,000 and 11,000 feet. 

 Weight, 58 to 631bs. 



Ibs. 



H 3021. H 3022. Hattu, Simla, 10,000 feet 63 



H2908. H2912. Nagkanda, Simla, 9,000 feet 



H 3C25. Matiyana, Simla, 9,000 feet 



E 973. Chumbi Valley, Tibet, about 10,000 feet 68 



ORDER XLIII. HAMAMELIDEJE. 



Contains 7 genera of Indian trees or shrubs. Distylium indicum, Bth., Synopsis 

 Griffithiana, Oliv., and Loropetalum chinense, Oliv., are all shrubs of the Khasia 

 Hills ; while Corylopsis himalayana, Griff. ; Hook. PL Ind. ii. 427, is found in the 

 Eastern Himalaya and Khasia Hills, between 5,000 and 6,000 feet. JJiquidambar 

 orientals, Miller, a tree of Asia Minor, yields the fragrant resin " Sfcorax " used in 

 medicine. 



Wood close-grained. Pores small and very small, numerous and 

 uniformly distributed. Medullary rays numerous, fine and very fine. 



1. PARROTIA, C. A. Meyer. 



Besides the species described, P. persica, C. A. Meyer, is a shrub of the low 

 forests on the south coast of the Caspian Sea. 



1. P. Jacquemontiana, Decaisne; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 426; Brandis 

 216. Vern. Pdser, pes/iora, po, kildr, kirru, Punjab. 



A large deciduous shrub or small tree, with thin, grey bark. Wood 

 light pinkish red, hard, heavy, very close-grained. Pores extremely small. 

 Medullary rays fine, numerous. 



North- West Himalaya from the Indus to the Ravi, between S,800 and 8,500 feet. 



Growth slow 12 to 16 rings per inch (Brandis). Weight, 56 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Wood highly esteemed for walking-sticks, tent pegs, charpoys and rice pestles, also 

 for native bows for throwing pellets. But its chief use is in basket-work and in 

 the making of bridges over the Himalayan rivers. The twigs are very tough 

 and flexible, and are twisted together into thick ropes, often 300 feet long. The 

 bridges consist of one large rope to walk on and two smaller side ropes, one for each 

 hand, with smaller ropes connecting the hand ropes with the foot rope, (P 1000 was a 

 fine specimen sent to the Paris Exhibition of 1878 from the Kavi.) 



Ibs. 



H 3178. Dungagalli, Hazara, 6,000 feet 



H 933. Hazara, Punjab, 6,000 feet 56 



H 905. Upper Chenab, Punjab 



2. BUCKLANDIA, R. Brown. 



1. B. populnea, R. Br. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 429; Kurz i. 445; 

 Gamble 38. Vero. Pipli, Nep. ; Sinyliany, Lepcha ; Lingdah, Khasia. 



