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—_ trees, such as phthya, engyeen, etc., disappear, while certain 
like yindyke (Dalbergia cultrata), toukkyan (Terminalia 
maroc) khaboung (Strychnos nux vomeea), ete., often become 
very — 
Dry Forzsts .—Travelling northwards and leaving the 
alluvial and silicious sandstone formations, we enter, in Prome, 
peculiar forests growing chiefly on calcareous sandstone, but often 
intermixed with, or passing into, .— where gravelly or 
to 
where except on calcareous substrata, and not a few of which turn 
up again in Hindustan. They are chiefly formed of a sha (Acacia 
catechu), ta-noung (Acacia leucophlea), engyeen (Pentacme Sia- 
mensis), Sha-pyoo (Sterculia versicolor), Hiptage albicans, ta-poo- 
ben po ameag Bennettii), ta-ma-kha (Mela Azedarach), , on the 
yeng-ma or yimma (Chickrassia velutina), zi-ben (Zizyphus 
jujuba), chope-ben (Diospyros agree nebbhoo (Combretum ape- 
talum), tha-lai (Ulmus lancifolia) on the hills, than-tat (Addizzva 
lucid i 
(Dalbergia paniculata ), paises (Dalbergia nigrescens), let- 
kope-gyee (Holarrhena antidysenterica), khaboung (Strychnos pota- 
torum, and St. nux-vomica) , hpalan_ (Bauhinia racempaa), bwe-cheng 
(Bauhinia variegata), na-yu-wai (Flacourtia sapida), Ehretia 
lavis, Rhus paniculata, Morinda tomentosa, nabbhay (Odina 
wodier) » ta-sha-ben (Emblica officinalis), thabyay-hpyu (Hugenia 
: — saga (Vitex alata, and V. limonifolia), Vitex 
oung-khwa (Capparis auricoma) » Premna viburnoides, 
 teleegy jeep Rheedei) , With these associate 
numerous other trees as well from the ae forests, like eng (Dipte- 
— tuberculatus), here and there, p hthya. (Shorea Zpeen 
bo (Buehanania latifolia), tay (Diospyros Birmanica), and such 
ile, ee _— from the mixed forests, like gyo-ben (Schleichera tri- 
juga), P , bingah (Nauelea rotundifolia), pyen-kadoo or pynkado (Xylia 
dolabri, ormis), kokko (Adbizzia Lebbek) , thit-po (Dalbergia purpu- 
= oon-naleng (Premna tomentosa), teak of inferior growth, 
oong (Anogeissus acwminatus) , didoo or letpan (Bombaz), chin-youk 
lois pinnata), ete. The shrubbery is scanty and similar to 
that of the eng forests, but of a more thorny or prickly na 
Several es of arboreous Euphorbia (EB. nivulia and R.. anti- 
quorum), called sha-zoung, attract the eye on account of their curi- 
aces Sank gales _ Calon snd em re EE as those — 
so “The gato ts Pra catechw) often gets the supremacy, and : 
: onl aapectat pure or SERA pane cir WyRAOTS in the Prome | 
