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In the following list of Burmese trees, I have recorded the Bnrmese names, hut I cannot 

 hold viysclf responsible Jor the correctness of any of them. It will be observed that several, 

 often very contradictory, Burmese names occur under the same scientific name, and no doubt 

 some errors have slipped in, but I am unable to remedy the defects. Tliis ouglit to be done 

 by persons resident in Ihe country and well acquainted with the language. I have only 

 played the part of a collector of names, I had them written down by the Burmans themselves, 

 and submitted these afterwards to Capt. W. J. Seaton, Conservator of Forests, B. B., for 

 correction. In several cases, however, the corrected names differed so much from those 

 wliich I had received by the men themselves, that I thought it useful to add (between 

 brackets) the latter as I heard them pronounced. It is very possible that such names were 

 wrongly written by the man employed, and thus some misunderstanding may have arisen. 

 Tlie English spelling of the Burmese names of this list, was, in accordance with the orders 

 of Government of February 1871, settled in consultation with Dr. Hunter. The result how- 

 ever is not satisfactory and in the Forest Flora it is intended to revert to the usual mode of 

 spelling. Burniaiis have also often different names for the same plant in different provinces ; for 

 instance, in the Pegu Yomah Bambusa albo-ciliata is universally called wapyu geley, while in 

 Martaban it is called wanoe. Wanoe of the Pegu Yoniah, however, is a perfectly distinct 

 climbing bamboo, whicli has nothing to do with the wanoe of Martaban. 



Explnnations of abbreviations, etc. The following paragraphs will explain the arrangement 

 of the subjoined list, as well as the abbreviations used in describing tiie conditions of 

 growth, &c. 



(1.) In the first column are noted the current numbers. 



(2.) The second column contains the scientific and the vernacular names. In cases 

 where I have found it absolutely necessary to change the Latin name of a tree for reasons 

 which the new and generally acknowledged laws of nomenclature prescribe, the old name 

 is appended between brackets. 



(3.) The third column contains remarks on the distribution of such trees, their 

 natural requirements, etc. I have introduced only the more conspicuous uses and properties 

 of these trees, and I have given preference to such as are usually termed jungle-products, as 

 for example resins. To ensure brevity without curtailing useful information, I have adopted 

 numerous abbreviations, and collected these into formulas. In doing so, a good deal of ver- 

 biage has been avoided. I'hese formulas might, at first sight, look somewhat indescribably 

 algebraic, but their solution is very simple. 



(.) The first letter, L. or E., means only whether the tree in question is a leaf-shedding or 

 evergreen tree ; when I have not been able to determine this, I have inserted a query or some 

 other remark. The exponents c, d., h., or r., designate the season in which the leaf-shedding 

 takes place, viz. cold, dry, hot, or rainy season. It would perhaps have been better to in- 

 dicate the months by Koman numerals, but the shedding of leaves of one and the same tree 

 takes place at so various periods in different districts as not to admit of any correctness in tliis 

 respect. Another difficulty rests in the impossibility of always separating correctly ever- 

 greens from leafshedders. Leaving alone the degree of moisture and its influence upon the 

 shedding of "leaves, trees drop their leaves at various states of development ; some are leaf- 

 less while without flower or fruit, others are so during flowering-time, others again shed their 

 leaves after the fruits have ripened. There is also considerable uncertainty experienced in the 

 case of those trees which produce flowers at the same time that they are flushed with new leaves. 

 (b.) The fraction which follows, has reference to dimension and size of the tree. The 

 numerator indicates the general height of a tree, while the denominator gives us the length 

 of clear stem and (+) the girth, usually taken at 4 to 5 feet above the ground. 



(c.) Then follows (between brackets) the distribution of the tree in Burma (in an 

 extended sense) including all countries, from Ava and Chittagong down to Teuasserim and 

 the Andamaus. The following abbreviations are used here ; 



A. = Ava. 



Pr. = Prome. 



C. = Chittagong. 



Ar. = Arracan. 

 P. = Pegu generally. 



Ps. = Sittang zone of Pegu. 



Pi. = Irrawaddi zone of Pegu. 



M. = Martaban. 



T. = Tenasserim. 



An. = Andamans. 

 The Prome district is, as already stated, actually only a part of Ava,* but as Ava is not 

 British territory, the Prome district is marked by a separate letter. 



* Of course tlie lower part of Ava is meant, for the ranges to the E. and W. are continuations of the 

 Arracan and Martaban hills. 



