PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. 
IN Part™ [ the order’ followed is that of the Flora of 
British India, except that the species are arranged 
alphabetically under eachy genus, Only those grasses 
have been entered in the list for which vernacular names 
-are known to have been recorded. The names in the 
third column of this Part are Burmese where not shown 
as Kachin (Kc.), Karen (Kn.) or Shan (Sh.), 
2. The vernacular names of other than well-known 
species should be accepted with caution ; many of them 
require further verification and probably correction of 
spelling in some cases, For instance the recognised | 
system of transliteration does not appear to have been. 
adhered to in the case of many names recorded in the 
Tenasserim Circle Office as obtained in the South 
Tenasserim Division. It will be noticed that many of 
the Burmese names are of a generic character, and it is 
probable that they apply to many more species of a 
genus than those for which they have been hitherto 
recorded, The present lists of vernacular names are 
necessarily far from complete, but it is hoped that they 
will encourage Forest Officers to collect more names, so 
that a more complete and reliable edition of the present 
work may be published hereafter. When any doubt 
exists about the correct botanical name of a species for 
