4 NOTE ON GUM BAR. 



It is an associate of Sandal but has not been found to form root 

 attachments with it (M. Rama Rao). 



6. Artificial Reproduction. 



The tree is often planted in avenues and can be readily raised from 

 seed, the seedlings growing fast on suitable soil. In Vizagapatam about 

 70 per cent, of the seed put down in beds germinated. In Thana, 

 Bombay, good results have been obtained by sowing in pits and the 

 young plants were successfully transplanted. 



7. Notes on Distribution and Extraction in different Provinces. 



(i) Burma. 



Vernacular names. Yeman (Burm.), Mai' Saw (Kachin and Shan), 

 Kama (Karen). 



Local distribution. In Upper Burma this tree is reported to be plenti- 

 ful in a few divisions, but in most, as in almost all the forests of Lower 

 Burma, it is scattered in small numbers through the moister deciduous 

 forests up to 2,000 feet, hi Bassein, Arakan, Yaw and the Northern 

 Shan States it is said to be especially scarce. It grows with teak, Termi- 

 nalia tomentosa and various bamboos and is often found in valleys, 

 attaining occasionally a girth of 15 feet with a clear bole of 50 feet and 

 a total height of 100 feet. A 30 feet bole and a 7 feet girth are, how- 

 ever, the largest dimensions commonly met with. 



Extraction will be carried out by traders or contractors, who will 

 obtain licenses for the number of logs required, and can then fell the 

 trees in the unclassed forests above the minimum girth prescribed, or 

 have them marked for felling in the Reserved forests by the Forest 

 Department. The logs will float when green and can be dragged or cart- 

 ed to the nearest rafting stream. No accurate estimates can be given of 

 the amount of timber available as no enumerations of this tree have been 

 made, but, except in the tracts close to the large rivers, where the trees 

 have been felled to make boats, a large supply is available and arrange- 

 ments can be made for purchase and extraction with the assistance of the 



