FOREWORD 



This Key, based on an " artificial Key " published by 

 Mr. H. H. Haines, Conservator of Forests, has been 

 compiled for use by those persons who, though 

 unversed in botanical lore, desire to recognise easily 

 the trees they may encounter in the forests of 

 Burma, and treats more especially of those species 

 which are in sufficient quantity to attract commer- 

 cial attention. 



A purely arbitrary limit of one hundred having 

 been adopted, it is possible that a tree not in the 

 list might satisfy the requirements of the Key, based 

 as it is mainly on the leaves alone ; so to make ■ 

 identification more certain, a short description of 

 each species is included, supplementing the facts 

 given in the Key itself. 



The use of botanical terms has been avoided as 

 far as possible, though the possession of a small 

 hand lens is assumed. Some terms have been used, 

 however, the avoidance of which would entail a long 

 and perhaps^too indefinite periphrasis, and these are 

 explained in the Glossary. ' 



