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the pines on the ridges and afford support to the common scarlet 

 and white orchid, (Dendrobium draconis), at 4,000 ft, and higher. 

 Some of the plants obtained round Dran came from swampy spots ; 

 some others were collected along the road-side, and of these part 

 have probably been brought up through the construction of the 

 ioad which is now being made from Daban. (Specimens collected 

 in March and May). 



4. Arbre Broye, 5,400 ft., and Le Bosquet, 5,200 ft,, 

 Langbian Province, are on the way from Dran to Dalat ; the route 

 is mainly through pine-forest and grass-land though there are some 

 stretches of leafy jungle also. A few plants were obtained during 

 the journey out and back in March and May. At the latter time a 

 good many things not noticed on the way up were in flower between 

 these two places, no doubt the result of recent rain ; at Arbre Broye 

 I saw on a tree a charming white clematis with a brown and yellow 

 centre. No collecting could be done as my supply of paper had 

 come to an end. 



5. Li an Khanh, Gou Gah, Tambgr, and Tambou are all 

 between Dalat and Djiring, 8,000 ft., about thirty five miles to the 

 south-west of the former. A flying visit was paid to Djiring in 

 April : the route runs over slightly undulating country, between 

 2,700 and 3,200 ft. in height, through various kinds of forest, scrub 

 and grass-land. 



6. Dalat, 5,000 ft., in Langbian Province, is about twenty-one 

 miles N. W. of Dran. It is situated near the south-western edge of 

 the Langbian Plateau, the centre of which is an undulating area of 

 treeless grass-land surrounded by pine and oak forest with under- 

 growth of grass and bracken : there are also some patches of mixed 

 forest, The open country is about eight miles by five in extent and 

 at the New Year the grass, then three or four feet high, is regularly 

 burnt by the Moi (as the Indonesian inhabitants of the hills are called 

 by the Chinese Annamites). This burning, which spreads to the 

 forests also, destroys all seedling trees and is probably the cause of 

 the open area, though now the indigenous population in the immediate 

 neighbourhood is very small. (Specimens collected in April and May). 



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