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usual Composite, and largish Dipterocarpese. The river is a good 

 deal narrowed, but never less than 130 yards across, and as there 

 are no rocks in any direction to impede the stream, the water flows 

 but slowly and very placidly. Almost all the rocks forming the 

 hills are grey carbonate of lime. These hills are covered to high- 

 water mark, with scanty somewhat stunted trees, the most of which 

 have no foliage. The scenery is by no means so bold as in the 

 upper K. dweng, although just above Tsenbo, there is a noble 

 cliff, 300 feet high, and almost perpendicular ; under its ledges we 

 observed great numbers of bees' nests. The rock when exposed is 

 rather greyish black, and in many places reddish. Serpentine occurs, 

 but is not common. A good deal of lime is prepared in this Kiouk- 

 dweng, and some portions of it in the rugged serrated appear- 

 ance, remind one of the limestone cliffs on the coast. Above 

 Tsenbo and nearly opposite the cliff, is a small village of eight 

 houses. Tsenbo numbers fifteen ; it is on the left bank, and is a 

 miserable place. Here we were left by our escort which accompa- 

 nied us from Tsenkan, and the Thogee refused positively to give us 

 two or three men to row. Although master of a miserable hole, he 

 had made preparations for defence, and had set on foot a custom 

 house. We saw a good many boats passing up, all evidently con- 

 taining families moving away from their villages. 



In this Kioukdweng a fine Palm exists, which I have never seen 

 before. Caudex 10-15 pedalis, crassa, petiolorum basibus processubus 

 vestitis, frondibus pinnatis, 10 pedalibus, pinnis ensifornibus 2-2£ 

 pedalibus, subtus glaucis, diametro l£ uncialibus, basivalde obliquis, 

 bilobis ! lobo inferiore maximo, decurrenti, uninervi : floribus in 

 spadicibus nutanti-curvatis, amplis, basi spathaceis spicato-panicula- 

 tis. Florib. masculis polyandris. 



Petiol. bases cretosse, intus processubus atris, subulatis, longis- 

 simis robustis quasi panicillatis. 



Habitus quodammodo Wallichiae. Hab. in Umbrosissimis. 



An arbuscula Anonacea, floribus dioicis, Mas. corollse petalis apice 

 valvatim cohserentibus, basi apertis, potius distantibus, Ovariis (fsem) 

 pedicellatis, also occurred. 



Fructus elliptico-oblongus, subuncialis, hinc a basi ad styli punc- 

 tum linea tenui exsculptus, unilocularis, unisporus. Endocarp, ac 

 testa viscoso-gelatinosa. Testa ac tegumen intera membr. chartacea. 

 Albumen copiosum hinc et suturae fructus opposite, profundius 

 exarat. sectione transversa-reniformi. Carnoso albumeni germen secus 



