1849.] The Pine tree of the Tenasserim Provinces. 75 



Gyne and its tributaries. In a note to the writer Capt. Latter adds : 

 " In the valley of the Thoungyeen it is found growing on the raised 

 central plateau of sandstone, mixed up with Engben trees, and in pro- 

 portion as the elevatien increases the Engben disappears. In the lower 

 Thoungyeen, towards the remotest parts of the valley, it is found on 

 ranges of hills west of Theglar river. These are its sites on the British 

 side of the Thoungyeen. On the Shan side of the river, it is said to 

 be more abundant, and appears to occupy the lower portion of the 

 Toungnyoo range, where the sandstone formation is more prominently 

 developed. From the accounts of Burmese foresters -who have seen the 

 Pine forests on both sides of the river, the tree appears to be of a finer 

 growth on the Shan side, than on the British, where trees are to be 

 found of nine feet in girth and proportionably tall. I should say that on 

 the British side of the valley the tree ranges at an altitude of 1000 to 

 15,000 feet above the level of the sea ; and that its latitude is about 

 17° north." 



Possibly it may prove to be a known species ; but it is not among the 

 twenty-two species described by Louden as the denizens of Great Bri- 

 tain, nor among the twelve species described by Michaux in his " North 

 American Sylva," nor is it either of the Indian species described by 

 Roxburgh. Should it, however, be a species described in some other 

 work to which the writer in these " outskirts of civilization" has no 

 means of access, some of the members of the Society will probably be 

 able, with this description and colored drawing, to point out the iden- 

 tity, and though then this note will be no contribution to science, it will 

 still be a contribution to our knowledge of the resources of the Tenas- 

 serim Provinces. 



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