408 CONIFERJE. [Abies. 



shade, and it generally makes very quick growth the first year, yearly shoots 18 to 

 24 inches being not uncommon. 



H 3165. Dunoagalli, Hazara, 7,000 feet 



H 775. Kalatop Forest, Dalhousie, 7,000 feet . . ' . . . 31 



H 3. Alahasu Forest, Simla, 8,000 feet 28 



H 12. 32 



H 43. 32 



H 2898. Nagkanda, Simla, 9,000 feet 



H 3032. Hattu Forest, Simla, 9,000 feet (young tree) . . . .39 



H 420. Mohna Block, Deoban Forest, 8,000 feet . . . .26 



E 965 sent by Dr. Schlich from the Chumbi Valley, Tibet, between Sikkim and 

 Bhutan, from about 9,000 to 10,000 feet, is a species of Abies closely allied to A. Smithi- 

 ana, but with shorter needles and smaller cones. It is probably undescribed. The 

 structure of the wood is identical with that of A. Smithiana. 



2. A. dumosa, Loudon; Brandis527; Gamble 83. Pinus Brunoni- 

 ana, Wall. The Indian Hemlock Spruce. Vern. Changathasi dhup, thin- 

 gia, thingdnisula, Nep. ; Tangshing, Bhutia; Semadung, chemdaj?g,~Lepc\)a,. 



A large tree, with thick, rough bark. Wood white, soft, with a slight 

 pinkish tinge. Resinous ducts scanty. 



North-East Kumaun, Nepal, Sikkim between 8,000 and 10,500 feet. 

 Growth, our specimens shew the following: E 377, 17'5 rings; E 968, 11*5 rings, 

 average 14'5 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 27 to 29 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood 

 is used in Sikkim for shingles. The bark is also used for roofing. 



Ibs. 



E 377. Phallaloong ridge, Darjeeling, 10,000 feet .... 27 

 E 968. Chumbi Valley, Tibet, about 10,000 feet 29 



3. A. Webbiana, Lindl. ; Brandis 528 ; Gamble 82. A. Pindrow, 

 Royle. The Himalayan Silver Fir, Vern. Paludar, rewari, Jhelam; 

 Bddar, budar, tung, Kashmir; Dhunu, rdg, rail, pe, re, salle, sara, 

 Chamba; Tos, Kulu ; Spun, pun, krok, kalrei, Kunawar; Bharda-, 

 thanera, Shall ; Burla, pindrau, pindrai, Hattu; Kudrom, Matiyana; 

 Burul, burra, buldu, Bhajji ; Kalrai, satrai, cMr, Kotkai ; Raho, row, 

 chilrow, kilaunta, Chor ; Morinda, Jaunsar; Ragha, rao ragha, ransla, 

 raisalla, Kumaun; Wuman, Byans; Gobria sulah, Nep.; Dumshing, 

 Bhutia. 



A lofty evergreen tree. Bark smooth, silvery on young stems, on 

 old stems brown, cut into long, narrow scales by anastomosing spiral 

 clefts, rough, \ inch thick. Wood white, soft. The inner zone of each 

 annual ring is soft and spongy. Medullary rays very fine and exceeding- 

 ly fine, very numerous, not prominent on a vertical section. Vertical 

 resinous ducts very rare. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Bhutan ; in the North- West Himalaya between 7,000 

 and 13,000 feet ; in the inner ranges of Sikkim and Bhutan, between 9,000 and 13,000 

 feet ; in the outer ranges it does not descend below 10,000 feet. 



Not much more information is available ri'^:inliiig the rate of growth of Silver Fir 

 than there is that of Spruce. The Kalutop Working Plan .and Deoban Report again 

 nH'ord most of the in format ion. The measurements of 10 trees in Kalatop aiv givi-n 

 ihns : 



No. Locality. Girth at base. lleijflit. Ago. X-. >! rins 



l>rr inch. 

 1. Ilindral.M.i . . 7* inrhrs 110 f.-.-i 170 H7 



2. . . r>r> KM; 170 m-i 



:i. Kalatop ... (57 '.7 sr, 7-i> 



1. .07 IU . 72 07 



