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Of bamboo are ebiefly to be found tinwa, wapyoogelay and telwa, and towards the 

 Prome district myinwa, The shrubbery is formed of Thespesia Lampas, Orewia Mrmta, 

 Premna macrophylla. and amplectens, Clerodendron serratum ? , Sauropiis aJbicans, and Cera- 

 togynum, Phyllanthus simplex ? , Baliospennum monfanum, 2 species of Calami (kane nee and 

 kane ga), Desmodium cephalofes, triquetrum, polycarpum and pulchelliitn, Flemmingia conr/eiita, 

 strobi/ifera, etc., Grumilea elongata in moister localities, Helicteres plebeja, Ardisia tcailichii, 

 etc., etc. 



Amongst climbers the most conspicuous are Butea uiperba, Spatholobus Roxburghii, 

 Gnetum scandens, Eiitada ptmhaeta, Naravelia Zeylanica, Ucaria macrophylla, Slephania 

 hernandifoUa, Buettneria pilosa, Cardiopteris lobata, Celadrm paniculatus, Zizyphm oenoplia, 

 Colubrina Asiatica, Oouania leptostachya, Vitis Linnaei, adnata and other species, Olosemma 

 macrophylla, Paederia tomentosa, Smilax proUfera, Caemlpinia Bonducella, sappan and mimtt- 

 soides, Mezoneuron etmeaphyllum. Acacia pinnata, Dalbergia dipulacea, Pueraria tuberosa, 

 Phaseolus grandis, Mucuna prurita and another species, Dolichos, Sciiidapsus officinalis, Abrus 

 precatorius, Briedelia stipularis, Pottlera repanda, Congea tomentosa, Aristolochi'a Indica, Sym- 

 phorema involucrata, Sphenodema unguiculata, Combretum ovale,, squamosum and extensum, 

 Calycopteris Ronburghii, Lvffa cylindrica, Zchneria umbellata, a climbing species of Heptap- 

 Icurum, Thunbergia laurifolin, Streptocaulon extensum and tomentosum, Fagraea crassifolia, 

 Argyreia tapitata, barbigera anidpopulifolia, fyomoea vitifolia, Lygodium, scandens and similar 

 ones. 



The herbs and perennial plants that grow here, are not usually very crowded, but grow 

 at some distance from each other, so that the grey or yellowish soil is exposed everywhere. 

 These are chiefly Scitamineae, such as Costus speciosus, 1 or 2 species cf Amomuin, Zingiber 

 squarrosum, etc., Ritchenia molliuscula. Curcuma lencorrhiza ? , Phrynium 2 or 3 species 

 Kaempferia, Hemiordm Birtnanica, etc., as also Musa rubra, which latter is especially frequent. 

 Then come- to front : Sida carpinifoUa and rhombifolia, Urena lobata, Triumfetta angulata, 

 Corchorus angnlafus, Leea latifolia, Staphylea, hirta etc. Nelsonia origanoides, Phaylojysis 

 parviflora, Slrobilanthes glaucescens, Lepidagathis incurca, Insticia procuinbens and dccussata, 

 Peristrophe, Anisomeles ovafa, Achyrospermum denaijlorum, Gomphodemma strolilinum andpar- 

 vijlorum, Psilotrichuni trichotomum, Cyathula prostrafa, Amorphophallm chlorospathus, and bul- 

 bi/er, Crotalaria sp. (near C. Assamica),Urariacrinita and hamosa, Geodorum sp., Hypoxis orchi- 

 oides, Asparagus racemosus, Comtnelyna obliqua, Aneilema, scapiflorum and herbaceum, Scleria 

 lithosperma, Cyperus moestus, Panicum plicatum, Dimeria, Pollinia, Ischaemum rugosum, Cen- 

 totheca lappacea, Leersia sp., Elephantopus scaber, Eragrodis plumosa and several other species, 

 Crotalaria acicularis, Ageratum conyzoides, Vernonia cinerea, Blumea runcinata, Saccharum 

 spontaneum in single stocks, Barleria pohjtricha, Panicum brizoides, etc. 



Mosses and scale mosses are not uncommon on trees, but are poorly represented in 

 species, the most conspicuous of them being a Meteoritim and a Neckera. On the ground 

 Fissidens prevails. Lichens are frequent, but are not so fairly developed as in the open forests. 

 Certain trees are regularly infested* by lichens, while others are free or nearly free from them. 

 To the former class belong for instance Thitpagan {Millettia Brandisiana,) Diedoo {Bombax 

 malabaricum, Thayet {Mangifera sp.), Khaboung {Strychnos nux vomica), Shaw, Sterculiae 

 generally, Kway (Spondias pinnata) etc. To the latter belong Blacktcellia tomentosa, Car- 

 allia, Garcinia cowa, Butea frondosa, Xylia dolabri/ornm, Anogeissus acuminatus, most of the 

 Randiae and Gardmiae, Odina wodier, Dilleniae, the wood oil trees, Pterospermum seniisagit- 

 tatum, Tectona grandis, Ficus glomerata, ctinia,et(i., Terminaliae, Lagerstrocmia flos reginae etc. 

 etc. 



Orchids are frequent, but usually widely distributed forms, such as Cymbidium, Pholi' 

 dota, Eria. Saccolabium, Bendrobium ete. Of other epiphytals a few ferns are seen, as Pla- 

 tycerium biforme, Br ymoghssum pilosclloides. Acrostic/mm scandens, Davallia elegans. Poly- 

 podium quercifolium, aduascens, and irioides, besides the never failing Hoyae and Dischidiae. 

 On the ground are often met Pteris Cretica, longifolia and 4 aurita, Asplen. esculentum, Nephro- 

 dium molle, Acrostichum appendiculattim and a few others. 



Parasites are here very plentiful and these become especially conspicuous during the 

 period of leaf-shedding, when they appear as evergreen, and more or less compact spherical 

 bushes, infesting often every branch of a tree and looking, as Zollinger observed, like as many 

 aeral spokes. Loranthus obtectus,ferrugineus, rhopalocarpus, b nddleoides, pentandrus, longiflorus, 

 as also Viscum articulatiim are the most troublesome parasites here. 



h.b. Savannah forests. The Savannah forests occupy chiefly deep alluvium where they 

 attain their greatest development near the larger rivers. Tliey appear also in shallower 

 alluvium between hill ranges, along larger streams, specially when these run through open 

 valleys. 



The trees here are as low as those in the Eng-forests, but difi'er a great deal from the 

 Eng-forest trees in their habits and growth. They have very short stems (a peculiarity 



I refer here only to the trunk of the tree, matters (with the exception of Blackwellia) change at the upper 

 branchings. 



