6 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
know, forms extensive forests of itself, but occurs in small 
clumps, or even as single trees, scattered over the grassy downs. 
The wood is remarkably resinous, and is much used as fuel and for 
torches. 
The beautiful Schima Wallichii, with white camellia-like 
flowers, and a member of the same natural order as the camellia, 
is also a common tree, especially on the western border of the 
plateau. Only two species of Rosa were seen, and both are new, 
The beautiful R. gigantea is particularly conspicuous, climbing 
over tall forest trees, from the top of which the long pendent 
branches, covered with very large white flowers, hang down in 
rich profusion. This rose, which has larger flowers probably 
than any other wild species, is seen from considerable distances 
in the jungle, reminding one more of a large-flowered clematis than 
of arose. Though apparently spread over the whole Shan hills, 
and extending to Muneypore in the north, where it was pre- 
viously found by Dr. George Watt, it is only locally abundant, 
chiefly in dark shady valleys. It is most nearly allied to R. in- 
dica, which has recently been found wild in China, and is perhaps 
only a fine variety of that species. Vigorous young plants, 
raised from seed collected by myself, are now flourishing in Kew 
Gardens. 
The other new rose, Rosa Collettii, Crépin, is less common; 
but where it occurs it grows vigorously and is a profuse flowerer. 
It is never found far from water, and seems to prefer the 
banks of streams, where I have found it growing almost to the 
exclusion of other suffruticose vegetation. A big honeysuckle, 
Lonicera Hildebrandiana, is, so far as I am aware, a rare plant, 
though I have been told that the flowers of this species are much 
used in decorating the temples at Pindiah, near Pwehla. Ifound 
it only in one locality, at a season when unfortunately it was 
almost past flowering, and when the fruit was not sufficiently 
mature to contain perfect seeds. It is a conspicuous shrub with 
large, dark, glossy leaves and fine crimson flowers seven inches 
long, and by far the largest of any known species of honeysuckle. 
It is much to be desired that seeds of this beautiful shrub may 
yet be secured and the plant raised for the adornment of our 
gardens. A very common and conspicuous bush, on certain parts 
of the plateau, is the curious Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, a shrub 
nearly allied to Pyrus, and in general appearance strongly 
resembling our English blackthorn. Thick bushes of this shrub 
