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and 10,000 feet. The fruit is edible and is sometimes used as food. 

 (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 

 6, pt. 1, p. 377.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39133. 



46105. Soebus foliolosa (Wall.) Spach. Malacese. Mountain ash. 

 (Pyrus foliolosa Wall.) 



A small tree with densely woolly young shoots, found on the temperate 

 slopes of the Himalayas. The pinnately compound leaves, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, are made up of five to nine pairs of linear-lanceolate, obscurely 

 serrate, coriaceous leaflets. The compound, tomentose corymbs of white 

 flowers are followed by very small ovoid fruits. (Adapted from Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 376.) 



46106. Sorbus insignis (Hook, f.) Hedl. Malacese. Mountain ash. 

 (Pyrus insignis Hook, f.) 



"A small very robust tree, native of the Sikkim Himalayas at alti- 

 tudes ranging from 8,000 to 11,000 feet. The branchlets are nearly as 

 thick as the little finger, and the bud scales are rigid, chestnut brown 

 in color, and shining. The younger parts are clothed with long, rather 

 silky, rusty-brown wool, while the older parts are glabrous." (Hooker, 

 Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 377.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 39134. 



46107. Styeax hookeri C. B. Carke. Styracacese. 



" This is a small tree frequently met with in Sikkim and Bhutan at 

 altitudes between 6,000 and 7,000 feet. The wood is white, close grained, 

 and moderately hard." (Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of 

 India, vol. 6, pt. 3, p. 385.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41815. 



46108. Symplocos theaefolia D. Don. Symplocaeeae. 



An erect tree of the eastern Himalayas, from Nepal to Bhutan, oc- 

 curring at altitudes between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. It is common also 

 in the Khasi Hills and in Martaban. The leaves of this species are 

 used as an auxiliary with Morinda tinctoria and lac in dyeing. The 

 wood is white and soft and is used for fuel and for rough house posts. 

 (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. ' 

 6, pt. 3, p. 400.) 



46109. Viburnum erubescens Wall. CaprifoMacese. 



A tall shrub or small tree common on the Himalayas up to an alti- 

 tude of 10,000 feet. It has small ovate leaves, 3 inches long and 1 inch 

 wide, and small pendulous corymbs of white flowers. The red, ellipsoid 

 fruits are one-fourth of an inch long. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of 

 British India, vol. 3, p. 7.) 



46110. Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum Edgeworth. Butacese. 



An alternate-leaved shrub, with hooked prickles, native to the tem- 

 perate and subtropical slopes of the Himalayas at altitudes of 4,000 

 to 9.000 feet. The pinnately compound leaves, about a foot long, have 

 3 to 10 pairs of ovate to elliptic leaflets with crenate-serrate margins, 

 The flowers occur in many-branched umbellate cymes; and the tubereled 

 fruits, the size of a pea, open transversely, showing the black seeds. 

 • (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. /, p. 29).) 



