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OBSERVATIONS ON HIMALAYAN CONIFERS. 



Cupressus torulosa, is raised under this name from 

 E. Indian seeds. 



p. 201. Juniperus procumbens, Siebold (No. 14), is J. squa- 

 mata, and not J. chinensis. 



p. 201. Juniperus fcetidissima, Willd. (No. 20), is a native of 

 Armenia, between Tiflis and Erivan, and of dry 

 slopes on the west side of Karabagh. 



p. 202. Juniperus gracilis, Endlicher (No. 30), is the same 

 as J. flaccida. 

 Juniperus japonica of Gardens appears to be a dis- 

 tinct species, near J. oxycedrus, and not enumerated 

 in the preceding list. 



p. 206. Cupressus pendula of Gardens is Cupr. torulosa. 



Cupressus Corneyana, Knight, is the female of Juni- 

 perus sinensis. 

 Cupressus Knightiana is not determinable at present. 



p. 225. Podocarpus Dieffenbachii of Gardens is said to be 

 some New Zealand Veronica ! 



XXVI. — On Himalayan Conifers. By Major E. Madden. 

 Bengal Artillery. 



(Reprinted from the Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society 

 of India, Vol. VII. Part I. p. 75.) 



[The following excellent paper upon a subject of much interest 

 is so little likely to be seen by European readers that it ap- 

 pears advisable to reprint it in the words of the learned author, 

 without curtailment.] 



I. Pinus longi folia. — The common hill name, Cheer, ap- 

 peared to be simply the Sanscrit word denoting " bark," " rind,' 7 

 so conspicuous in this species : but further examination of Wil- 

 son's Dictionary proves its true origin to be " Ksheerahvu :" 

 i. e. " named from its milk," or turpentine ; an involved method 

 of nomenclature, which is further exemplified in Cupressus toru- 

 losa, " Soorahvu," " named divine," abbreviated, in like manner, 

 in the vernacular of Kumaoon and Gurhwal, to Sooriii. Cheer 

 is still used in Sindh to signify gum. Sulla, another well known 

 mountain appellation of P. longifolia, from Nepal to Busehur, 

 is apparently a corruption of the Sanscrit " Surul," "straight," 

 " erect ;" but not without reference to the root, sri, " to spread 

 fragrance," which this tree does to a remarkable* extent. 



* Both ideas are involved in the stanza of Calidasa, "Birth of Umaf* 

 translated by Dr. Mill, J. A. S., July 1833, p. 338 :— 



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