66 SUPPLEMENT TO THE PINETUM. 



throughout " Kangara" and the eastern hills it is named 

 " Cheel," " Gulla/' " Sulla," and " Thansa/' or " Thanshing." 

 There are two varieties : one, which has its woody fibre twisted, 

 but open in the grain, and of a white colour, and called 

 " Kutcha" by the natives ; the other, in which the fibres are 

 straight, has reddish and compact wood, and is called "Pucka;" 

 but this character is not permanent, as sometimes the wood, 

 though white, is compact and straight-fibred. The reddish 

 wood, however, is preferred by the natives, and sold under the 

 name of " Dadar." The twisted kind, being subject to warp 

 and split, is rejected, and never used for architectural purposes ; 

 but the Cheel timber, found growing in all places at an eleva- 

 tion of 5,000 feet and upwards, with a northern aspect and on 

 poor soil, is invariably the straight-fibred kind, and the timber 

 is good. Again, in southern localities and lower down, it is 

 twisted in the fibre, and but of little use for house-building and 

 similar purposes. The better variety, however, is extensively 

 used for boat-building in India ; but boats built of its wood do 

 not last more than six or seven years, the timber being liable 

 to rot, if exposed to the weather ; while, on the other hand, if 

 protected, it is well adapted for house-building purposes, al- 

 though for ship-building and spars it is almost useless, as it 

 resists so badly the efiects of the weather, and is so soft ; but 

 the quality of its timber diifers more, perhaps, than that of any 

 other Pine, consequent on its growing in high or low situations. 

 The forests near Almorah, at an elevation of 4,500 feet, produce 

 excellent timber for domestic purposes, under the name of 

 " Surul" (straight), either from the tall, straight, branchless 

 stems of old trees, or from the woody fibre rending freely and 

 quite straight in the grain. In the Sanscrit dialect it is called 

 " Tanshing," or " Tansa" (Needle Tree), on account of its long, 

 needle-like leaves. 



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 PiNUS MACKOCAiiPA, Lindlcy, the Large-coned Pine. 

 Syn. Pinus Sabiniana major, Manetti. 

 This Pine has the largest cones of any Pine yet known, fre- 

 quently weighing 4 lbs. 



