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and others. ee here is chiefly tinwa (Ceptalostachyum 
pergracile) , yoo-gelay (Gigantochloa’ albo-ciliata), and teiwa 
{ Bamkned Tulda), but pt are scattered in batches and do not form 
such an uninterrupted undergrowth as the bamboo on the hills. 
Climbers are numerous and of various description, and I will men- 
tion only the more powerful or more common ones, These are 
(Butea superba and B. parviflora), i ae eecie 4 
(Eutada_ scandens), tha-bwot-nway (Uvaria macrophylla), tau-zee- 
nway (Zizyphus enoplia), kway-nway (Colubrina pubescens), several 
vines, but chiefly yin-noung-nway ihe itis Linnei), chindouk-nway- 
zouk (Vitis latifolia), woon-oo-nway or my2-z00-nway (Vitis ery- 
throclada), yin-noung-peing-nway (Vitis auriculata), kyee-nee or 
ee-chee-nway (Vitis Jlanceolaria), further, da-ma-gnai-nway 
(Millettia extensa), nway-bouk (Pederia lanuginosa) kyoung-chet 
(Mezoneuron cucullatum) , kyoung-gyet-nway (Pzerolobium macropte- 
rum), soo-yit (Acacia pennata), soo-pwot-ka-lay-nway (Acacia 
glaucescens) , a (Dalbergia stipulacea), Pueraria Candollei, 
kway-lay-nway (Mucuna prurita), kway-la-bwot-nway (Canavalia 
lucens) , be loe-keord (Heptapleurum venulosum), sin-ma-no-pyin 
(Briedelia stipularis), naleing-bo (Mallotus. repandus), tha-ma-kha- 
nway (Congea tomentosa), nway-sat-nway (Symphorema involucratum) , 
sageed (Symphorema unguieulatum), several species of Combretum, 
like kyet-tet-nway (Comb. squamosum) , sate ees task (C. eaten- 
sum), and tha-ma-ka-nway (C. decandrum), kywot-nay-nway (Caly- 
copteris Roxburghii), several cucurbits, nway-cho (Thunbergia laurifo- 
lia), na-sha-gyee iCorpiolagte be aceiwenie Fagrea obovata, some very 
showy flow volnulacee, like comen (Ipomea x antantha), kya- 
hin- Ka-le-nway (Ipomoea vitifolia), tones kazun (Argyreia epee. 
ope-mhon-away (Argyreia barbigera) , o-na-kope-nway ( p 
lifolia), and othe 
Herbage arid oebest: although not dense, is more conspi- 
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sitic Loranthacee, all ca ee-poung, mistletoes—thit-long 
of the Burmese—are here more plentiful than in any other forest, 
sat in the savannah forests and in the cultivated plat As 
might be mae UT teak is of inferior growth, and more dispersed 
through the forest. : 
Towards the banks of the larger rivers, coarse qrsanch fomeany 
here es sea tter ed. The subsoil seems to be here condi: wrakee 
logged, and hence the trees become very short-stemmed and stunted, 
for a subterrannean sheet of water acts upon the roots of trees like an 
impermeable stratum. The oo that can withstand such condition 
are not —— a hiefly op-nai (Streblus asper), pouk 
ee dosa) , sithey : (Nauclea pagvifolia) , rong 
Baier iauh inte, e imesh (Nauclea rotundifolia), tha-hpan Hieus 
