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at 138-140° separate from the solution of the resin in glacial acetic acid after remaining for 24 hours. (Frank Rahak, Chem. Oentr. 1905)— J. Ch. S. LXXXVII1., Pt. II., p. 911.
1220. P. Khasya, Royle, h.f.b.i., v. 652.
Vern. : — Dingsa (Khasia).
Habitat : — Khasia and Chittagong.
A large, ever-green tree, 100-150ft. in Khasya, in Burma even 200ft., with a trunk 10ft. in girth. Bark thick, with deep cracks. Wood very resimous, moderately hard, pale-brown to red. Resin-ducts numerous in the outer and middle belt of each annual ring. Leaves 6-10in. long, slender, green, serrulate ; back convex ; sheath persistent, grey, lacerated at apex, ½-¾in. Cones solitary or in pair, sometimes in threes, ovoid, 2-3in. long, greatest diam. 2in. Peduncle bracteate. Young cones recurved ; beak of scales depressed, pyramidal, with a blunt knob at the end, wings round, topped, 4-tunes the length of the seed. Seeds ⅔in., together with the wing.
Use : — This species also yields Oil of Turpentine, which according to the report of Professor Armstrong, F. R. S., corresponds in properties with French Oil of Turpentine.
1221. P. Gerardiana, Wall,, h.f.b.i., v. 652.
Vern.: — Gonober, rhi, newr, seeds = chilgoza, neoza (H.) ; Ronecha, rolecha (Kumaon) ; Rhi, shangti (Kunawar) ; Chiri, prita, mirri, galgoja, galboja, kashti, rhi, neoza, shangti, newr, ruminche, roniunchi (Pb.).
Habitat :— Dry interior valleys of the N.-W. Himalaya, from Kunawar westwards and in Garwhal.
A moderate-sized, ever-green tree. Bark very thin, grey, smooth, exfoliating in large, thin scales, leaving rounded shallow depressions, cracked only in very old trees. Wood hard, very resinous ; heartwood yellowish-brown. Resin copious. Branches not whorled. Girth 12ft. sometimes. Height 50ft., sometimes 60ft., in congenial soil with proper space to develop its peculiar beauty, it becomes a regular dense, conical tree. Foliage beautifully dark-green, says Brandis. Leaves in trees stout, stiff, 3-5in. long ; back rounded, persistent for 3-4 years, serrulate ; sheath deciduous, ½in., entire. Bracts deciduous. Male-catkins ⅓-½in.