TAXUS BACCATA. Linn. Himala.yan Yew.
Rakhal, . . . . BEAS. Kautu, KASH.
Nharey, . . . Bum Tuno, Km.u.
Thuneer, Zunnub, . HIND. Dhnui kunt'h, . RAvi.
Thunu, . . . JHELIDT. Chogu, . . . „ Birmi, . JHELUM? RAVI. Rakhai, Nyamdal, SETLEJ.
Sungal, Postil, . Kadenru,. . . . „ Tung, „ Sarap, Badar, TRANS-IND.
This tree occurs in many parts of the Panjab Himalaya, up to the Indus, at from 5000 to 10,000 feet, but sparingly in almost all except in parts of Hazara, where it is pretty common. It is found in the Sutlej valley, between Rampur and Sung nam, at an elevation of 9000 to 10,500 feet. It has a hard, heavy, strong red wood, tolerably elastic, used for making native bedsteads, in some parts for jampan poles, buggy shafts, and on the Sutlej for bows. The wood of an old tree is of a fine red colour ; it polishes well, and seems adapted for upholstery purposes ; it is well fitted for turning, and Vigne states that in Kashmir it is used for making clogs. The leaves are sold in
the bazars of the N.W. Provinces of India, under the name of burmee or zurnub, and are used by the natives as an expectorant in catarrh ; administered in powder in (loses of gr. xlv., or in decoction. Its appearance and form of growth vary much when it grows in the higher latitudes and when growing in deep forests. It is v. large tree with naked trunk. It is often of great thickness, but seldom attains any great height; the thick trunk generally dwindles away or divides into branches at a few feet above the ground. On the skirts of the forests it is almost a prostrate bush, while on open slopes it becomes a stout, dense, and tabular branched tree. T. cuspidata, S. and Z., and T. adpussa, Knight, are trees of Japan.—llooker, p. 45 ; Lt.-Col. Lake ; Cleghorn.