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Of annuals, at this dry season, none were visible. In the swamps 

 and dark hollows, the vegetation is peculiarly tropical in appearance. 

 In such places grow various species of Calamus, Corypha Taliera (?), 

 Licuala peltata ?, Zalacca edulis, Caryota urens ?, Wallichia cari/o- 

 toides, Areca 1 Panel anus, Arum odorum, Colocasia antiquorum, 

 JPothos scandeus, JP. Lasia, P. gigantea, Scindapsus officinalis, and 

 S pinnatifida. Ferns too rejoice in such localities : for here flourish 

 Goniopteris lineala, Angiopteris crassipes, Bictyopteris macrodonta, 

 Sagenia liippocrepis, Bteris longipinnula, and other species. These 

 grow on the ground, while Lomaria scandens and Leptocliilus axil- 

 laris (the former especially) climb to the tops of the trees, and add 

 much to the denseness of the foliage and to the gloominess of 

 such spots. 



In waste places, near the sites of deserted villages, the "rude- 

 rales" are Sida acuta, Urena lobata, (both these used for cordage in 

 Moulmein), Leucas Zeylanica, Gendarussa adhatoda, Blumea gran- 

 dis, Cyanotis (Sp. ?), Momordica mixta, and other species, Ipomcea 

 vitifolia, and others. 



Among the orchids collected on this journey, I may just mention 

 Vanda gigantea, of which plant, though only once met with on this 

 occasion, there was more in one mass, than could be conveniently 

 packed away on an elephant. It was indeed a most wonderful 

 aerial growth. The Bendrobes were B. Balhousianum, B. Bie- 

 rardii, B. Aggregatum, B. formosum, B. clavatum, B. teres, B. 

 nioniliforme (?), and two more handsome species with large orange- 

 coloured flowers, whose names are not known to me. I observed 

 also Saccolabium guttatum, Aerides cornutum, a fine species allied to 

 A' affine, Cymhidium aloifolium, two or three species of Oberonia, 

 a very handsome species of Limatodes, one species of Cirrhopela- 

 lum, and two species of Gypripedium, one with very large flowers. 

 These were nearly all in flower. Besides these, many kinds of 

 small orchids were collected. I must not forget to add one other. 

 (Cyrtosice species ?) a singular leafless plant, which I met with only 

 once. Its roots (few and fleshy) were in the ground, and its stem, 

 which was of the thickness of a small cane, was thirty feet in length ! 

 The place of leaves was supplied by fleshy stipulate bodies, which 

 were alternate, having an aerial root opposite each one, by which 



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