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MISHMEE MOUNTAINS. 



Nov. 30th. — Halted. Put all the grain into the Tapan Gam's hands, 

 amounting to 60 maunds. In the evening received as a present a 

 long sword from Premsong. Found a fine Impatiens and a shrub 

 coming into flower, Calyce sestiv. valvato ? Stamen 4, connectivo ultra 

 antheras longe producto, ovarium adnatum, foliis oppositis, exstipu- 

 latis. Meyenia coccinea, finely in flower. An arborescent Urticea 

 (Bsehmeria ?) foliis subtus candidis is common. 



Dec. 1st. — Reached the Tapan Gam's after a sharp march of four 

 hours. We are not yet quite at the foot of the hills. Gathered en 

 route 4 new Acanthacese, not previously met with on this trip, among 

 which is a beautiful Eranthemum. At Laee Panee one of my people 

 brought me a fine Aristolochia, very nearly allied to that from Gha- 

 loom's, but at once distinct by its ferruginous pubescence, Antrophy- 

 um, and a Polypodium not before met with were among the acquisi- 

 tions. The Tapan Gam has behaved very handsomely for a Mish- 

 mee, having killed a hog, and given five kuchoos of beautiful rice, 

 and feasted my people. Found two snakes, which inhabit the inside of 

 bamboos. Color superne brunneo-cinereus, margines squamarum 

 nigri, gula nigra, fascicula subtus antea alba, postice lutescens. 



Noticed Jenkinsia near Laee Panee, and some gigantic specimens 

 of Pentaptera, the Hool-look of the Assamese, the timber of which 

 is used for large canoes ; and Lagerstrsemia grandiflora occurs on 

 the banks of the Kussin Panee. 



