THE BOTANY OF THE KACHIN HILLS NORTH-EAST OF MYlTKYINA. 267 
planted near villages on the Chinese frontier, did not seem to differ 
in any way from the familiar European tree,] 
LXXXIIL— SALICINE/F. 
440, Salix telrasperma Roxb» 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRiB, India j Indo-China; Malaya, 
LXXXIV.— GNETACEiE. 
441, Gnetiim Gnemon Linn. 
Namlao to Bansparao, 500 to 2j000 ft. (E) j Patzam, 1,100 ft. (E) ; 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRfB, Assam Ranges; Malaya ; not before collected 
in Burma. 
CONIFERiE. 
[Two conifers were met with, as described in the Introduction, 
on the high ranges near the head-waters of the Lakhing Kha and 
Nawachang Kha. One of these was a Pine, most probably Pinui 
Khasya ; the other a fir, the genus to which it belongs being un- 
certain. As Lieutenant Pottinger has already explained, the party 
were unable to collect or bring away specimens during the part 
of the journey that lay ov^r these ranges.] 
Monocotyledones. 
LXXXV.— ORCHIDACE^. 
442, Microstylis biaurita LindL 
Myitkyina (C). Distrib. Previously only known from the Khasia 
Hills. 
443, Oberonia iridifolia Lindl. 
*Nsentaru, 600 ft. (E). Distrib, India; Indo-China, 
444, Oberonia sp, 
Neochawng, 7,000 ft. (E). 
in fruit only, and not identifiable ; perhaps nearest O, Fakoneru 
445, Liparis longipes LindL 
Lammuk, 2,500ft. (Ej; Chesyan, 3,000 ft (E) ; Myitkyina (C), 
Distrib. India; !ndo«China; China; Malaya. 
446, Dendrobium cariniferum Roxb. 
Myitkyina (E), Distrib. Naga Hills; Manipur; Shan Hills ; from 
Bhamo southwards. 
447, Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. 
Myitkyina (C). DlSTRIB. Eastern Himalaya; Assam Ranges; 
Shan Plateau, 
