244 the botany of the KACHIN hills north-east of MYITKYINA. 
Namlao to Bansparao, 500 to 2,000 ft. (E), DiSTRiB, Khasia Hills 
plentiful. Founded on Griffith, 2,375, which is said to have come from 
Malacca but may be from the Hukung Valley, Griffith’s Burmese and 
Malayan specimens having become somewhat confused. 
166. Eugenia obvata Wall. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRlB. Himalaya ; Assam ; Indo-China. Mr. 
Duthie considers this only a distinct variety of. E. operddata Roxb. 
XXXVL»-»MELASTOMACE^- 
167. Osbeckia chinensis Linn. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRiB. India ; Indo-China ; Malaya; China and 
Japan ; Australia. 
168. Melastoma malabathricum Linn, 
Nawgo Kha, 1,300 to 2,000 ft. (E); Myitkyina (C). DiSTRlB. India ; 
Himalaya; Assam. The true plant ; not before found in Burma. 
169. Melastoma nor male Don. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRlB. Himalaya ; Assam Ranges ; Indo-China. 
170. Oxyspora paniculata Z>C. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRiB. Himalaya ; Assam Ranges. 
1 7 1 . Sonerila maculata - Roxb. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRlB. Himalaya; Indo-China. 
XXXVn.— LYTHRARIE^di:. 
172. Woodfordia doribunda Salish„ 
Myitkyina; seeds used to make bird-lime (E). DiSTRiB. India; 
Indo-China; China ; Africa. 
173. Lagerstroemia parvifloia Roxb.^ VAR bengalensis Clarke, 
Myitkyina (C), Dsstrib. (of the variety). Eastern Himalaya; 
Assam ; also previously obtained by Dr. Griffith in the Hukung Valley, 
but not elsewhere in Burma. 
174. Punica Granatum Linn. 
Myitkyina ; cultivated (E). Listrib. Cultivated in most warm 
countries. Wild from North-Western India to Persia. 
XXXVIII.— SAMYDACE^. 
175. Casearia graveolens Dalz. 
Myitkyina (C). Distrib. India ; Himalaya ; Assam ; Burma. 
XXXIX,— CUCURBITACE/E. 
176. Hodgsonia heteroclita H. f T, 
