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own, and those mentioned below are more or less confined to 

 the regions shown : 



Kegion. Conifers. Oaks. 



Western Himalaya. (1) Deodar. (1) Quercus dilatata. 



(2) Cupressus torulosa. (2) Q. incana. 



(3) Pinus Gerardiana (3) Q. Ilex. 



(inner dry hills of the 

 Himalayas and in Af- 

 ghanistan). 



(4) Abies Pindrow. 



(5) Juniperus com- 

 munis. 



(6) J. macropoda. 



Eastern Himalaya. (1) Tsuga Brunoniana (1) Q. lanuginosa. 



(Indian Hemlock 

 Spruce). 



(2) Larix Griffithii. 

 Assam. Cephalotaxus Mannii. (1) Q. Olla. 



(2) Q. xylocarpa. 

 Burma. Pinus MerJcusii (I) Q. calathiformis. 



(2) Q. Brandisiana. 



(3) Q. Lindleyana. 



(4) Q. eumorpha. 



The following conifers are found both in the West and 

 East Himalaya : 



Pinus excelsa., Picea Morinda, Juniperus Wallichiana, 

 Pinus longifolia, Juniperus renurva. 



Pinus Khasya is found in Assam and Burma, often form- 

 ing pure forests with an undergrowth of grass. 



Quercus semecarpifolia and Q. glauca are found throughout 

 the Himalaya and also in Assam. Several oaks occur both in 

 the Eastern Himalaya and in Assam, e. g. Q. lamellosa, Q. pachy- 

 phylla, Q. spicata and Q. dealbata. 



Several also occur both in Assam and Burma, e.g. Q. semiser- 

 rata, Q. mespilifolia, Q. polystacliya, Q. truncata and Q. Hel- 

 feriana. 



Common to the Eastern Himalava, Assam, and Burma are 



Q. serrata, Q. Griffithii, Q. fenestrata, Q. lineata, species of 

 Castanopsis, Bucklandia, Machilus, PTicebe and Nyssa. Notice- 

 able features of some of the hill forests of the Eastern Himalaya 

 are the occurrence of a large number of Rhododendrons, many 

 of which are gregarious shrubs forming dense thickets, and 



