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Tlia-leh ( f'VwK? lancifoUa), on the hills Than tat {Albizzia lucida), Btj-bya {Cratoxt/Jon 

 nen (folium), Ta-nat ( Tcdona llamiUunii), locally Khu-pan {llymcnodiclyon thyritjluruin), 

 Ta-])ouk-ben [Dalbcrgia jxinicidiifn), Tliyt-sa-nwuni; {Dalhergia niyiracens), Lct-khok- 

 gyi {Ilo/iirr/ieiia laitidi/soiferica), Kha-houn^ [S/ri/chnos potn/onim and S. fiux-vomica), 

 Hpa-lan {Iluuhiiiia raccmomi), BwC-cheng [Ihinhinia variegatd), Xi'-u-W(.'h (l-'lacoiotia 

 sapida), Ehretia lavis, Rhus panicuhitu, Jforinda (omi-nto-sn, ^'ab-lie {Odina u-odier), 

 Ta-slia [Emblica officinal^), Tha-byG-lipyu [Eiiyniia jamholana), Kvft-yd {Viiex ahita 

 and V. limonifoUa), Vitex canescens, Kouns-klnva {Capparis auricoma), Premna 

 viburnoides, Tha-khwotma {Spalliodea Rheedei), etc. With those associate nnmerons 

 other trees from tlie Eng forests, as Enj; [ Dipterocarpiis (uberculaiiis), here 

 and there Thi-ya [Sliorea vbfusa), Lam-bo {liiichandnia lalifulla), Te {Dioxpi/ros 

 BiniKDiica), and such like: also from the mixed forests, ,Tio {Sckkichera trijuya), 

 Byn-ga {Nauclea rot iindi folia), I'yen-ka-iio or I'yn-ka-do [Xijlia dolitbriformia), Ko-ko 

 (Albizzia Lebbek), Th)-t-pok [Dtlbergia purpurea), Ky\von-na-l3-n [Premna fomeiituna), 

 Teak of inferior growth, Yong {Anogeissus acuminatus), Di-du or Let-pan I^Bumbax), 

 Chin-yok {O'aruga pinna/a), etc. 



The shrubs are scanty and similar to those of the Enp; forests, but of a more 

 thorny or prickly nature Several species of arboreal Euphorbice {E. nivulia and 

 E. antiquorum), called Sha-zoun<;, attract the eye on account of their curious 

 slui])o and growth. Palms aud bamboos are the same as those observed in the 

 Eng forests. Tlio Sha {Aracia catechu) often gets the supremacy, and there are not 

 a few almost pure Sha-forests in the I'romo district. Higher on the lidges, above 

 2000 feet elevation, a small e looked tree [ILptagc albicans) appears in force, 

 associating with similarly crooked low trees of Ycn-daik [Balbergia cultrata), 

 Bwe-clieng {Bauhinia variegata), Di-du [Bomhax insignc), Ta-sha {Embliea officinalis), 

 Zyn-bwon {Dillenia pentagi/na) and others, and these forni the Upper Dry Eor(!st. 

 Here also some temperate forms ajipear for tlui first tinui, such as a beautiful 

 e])iphytic Vaccinium ( F. rcrlicillalum), a large llcracleam, an epiphytic llgmenopogun, 

 and a few others. 



A'll. iriXKD FoIlKSTS. 



These forests are, no doubt, the most important ones to the forester in Burma, 

 and occupy at least two-thirds of the whole area of Pegu ])roper, Chittagong, 

 and Arakan, while they arc less developed in Martaban, Tenasserim, aud the 

 Andamans. I have adopted (with sliglit alterations) the divisions of these forests, as 

 distinguislied by Dr. Brandis, in his report on the Attaran Forests in 1860. They 

 are, as a whole, well demarcated in all the tracts from Chittagong and Prome 

 southwards as far as the Tsittoung; but east of that river, on the metamoriihie strata, 

 they become much nuisked by tlie surrounding forests. This is no doubt partial!}-^ 

 owing to the influence of the substratum, which is here so favourable to most kinds 

 of trees, while alluvium and the soft sandstone excludes many kinds tliat are common 

 enough on a substratum of metaraoqiliie rocks. On the Andamans they are also less 

 demarcated, altliougli here growing on the same sandstone as that of Pegu ; but here 

 the more soutluiHy latitude, and more especially tlic insular climate, has a share in 

 this modification. 



1. Upper Mixed Forests. 



These arc restricted to rocky and hilly situations, but differ somewhat in aspect 

 accordinglv as they grow on soft siliceous sandstone, or on nietamoridiie rocks. On 

 the latter substratum, the trees are not .so straight, neither do they grow so tall, 

 and are accompanied by such trees as Pa-douk {Pterocarpus), several Ternstrw- 

 miace(t, and certain Jfeluurc. The chief trees are here Pyn-ka-do {Xglia dolabri- 

 formis), Teak or KywOn-bcn {Tcctona grandis), Tha-byC-hpyu {Eugenia jambolana), 

 Di-du or Let-pan ' {Bombax insigne), with while and scarlet flowers, Slia-hpyu 

 {StereuUa versicolor), Slerculia fo'tida, Sha-ni {Sferculia villosa), Xa-ji {Ptcro- 

 sj/ermum semisagittaium), Chyn-yok {Garuya pinnaia), Ta-di {Bursera serrata), Che 



