262 THE BOTANY OF THE KACHXN HILLS NORTH-EAST OF MYITKYINA. 
Myitkyina, wild (C). DiSTRlB. Himalaya; Assam Ranges ; 
China; already also collected in Taping Valley. Perhaps this is no 
more than the next species in a wild state, the produce of seeds 
washed down from the higher Hills. 
\Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. — Buckwheat is very generally 
cultivated throughout the Kachin Hills, especially in the higher 
villages.] 
LXXIV.-^PIPERACEJi. 
384. Piper boehmeriaefolium DC. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRiB. E, Himalaya | Assam Ranges; Burma* 
385. Piper Kingianum Prain. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRIB. Taping Valley, where it was originally 
collected by Dr. J. Anderson. 
A very distinct species. 
LXXV.— CHLORANTHACE.E. 
386. Chloranthus brachystachyus Meissn, 
Neuchawng, 7,000 ft (E). Myitkyina (C). DiSTRIB. Throughout 
South-Eastern Asia, but apparently absent from the Himalayan 
Ranges west of the Daphla Hills. 
LXXVL— LAURINE.^. 
387. Phoebe attenuata Nees. 
Namlao to Bansparao, 500 to 2,000 ft. (E) ; Namli, 2,000 to 2,500 
ft. (E); near Myitkyina, 5,000ft. (E). DiSTRiB, Eastern Himalaya, 
Assam Ranges; not befbre collected in Burma, 
388. Phoebe paniculata Nees. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRIB, India ; Indo-China ; not in Himalaya or 
in Assam. 
389. Actinodaphne sikkimensis Meissn. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRiB, E. Himalaya, Manipur; not before 
sent from Burma. 
jgo. Litsaea polyantha Juss. 
Kepio, 2,900 ft. (E). Distrib. India ; Himalaya ; Indo-China ; 
China ; Malaya. 
391, Litssea salicifolia Roxh. VAR, ellipsoidea.Afmj^. 
Namli, 2,000 ft. (E). Distrib. Eastern Himalaya ; Assam Ranges; 
not before sent from Burma. 
392. Litsaea sebifera Pets^ 
Myitkyina (C), Distrib. Throughout South-Eastern Asia and 
in Australia, 
