THE botany of the KACHIN HILLS NORTH-EAST OF MYITKYINA. 275 
545. Smilax macrophylla Roxb, 
Myaungjong (£)► DiSTRlB. India ; Indo-China. 
546. Tupistra aurantiaca WalL 
Pala, I4500 ff. (E). Distrib. Eastern Himalaya ; Assam Ranges; 
not before sent from Burma. 
547. Dracaena ensifolia Wall, 
Namlao to Bansparao,50o ft. to 2,000 ft. (E) ; Namli, 2,000 ft. 
(K). Distrib, Himalaya ; Assam Ranges ; Indo-China. 
This species is sometimes united with D7 a^usll/blta Roxb; the 
two are however remarkably distinct. The present plant is an under- 
shrub common at from 2,000 to 4i5op feet throughout the Eastern Hima. 
laya and in the mountains of Indo-China. Roxburgh’s /?. angustifolia 
is a purely littoral Malayan tree. 
548. Dracaena spicata Roxb, 
Myitkyina (E); Namlao to Bansparao, 500 to 2,000 It (E) ; Lam- 
muk, 2,400 ft. (E), Distrib. Assam Ranges, Chittagong and 
Andamans ; not before sent from Burma. 
549. Polygonatum cirrhifolium Royle, 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRiB, Throughout Northern Asia. 
550. Polygonatum nervulosum Bak, 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRlB. Sikkim ; Bootan and Daphla ; not 
before sent from Burma. 
551. Disporum pullum Sallsb.f VAR. oblanceolatum Prain, 
Lammuk, 2,400 ft. (E), 
A very distinct variety ; the flowers not yet reported. 
552. Paris polyphylla Don. 
Nawgo Kha, 1,300 to 2,000 ft. (E) ; Myitkyina (C). DiSTRIB. 
Himalaya; Assam Ranges ; W. China; Burma. 
[ A Garlic which the Chinese interpreter, and following his 
example, the other members of Lieutenant Pottiuger’s party were 
glad to use as a vegetable during the marches subsequent to the 
attack that was made on them ; occurs in considerable quantity on 
the high mountain ranges at the head waters of the Lakhing Kha, ] 
' XCII.— PONTEDERIACEyE. 
553. Monochoria vaginalis Presl. 
Myitkyina (C). Distrib. Throughout the Tropics of the Eastern 
Hemisphere. 
XCIII.— COMMELINACE.^. 
554. Pollia Aclisia Hassk. 
Myitkyina (C). DiSTRlB. Eastern Himalaya ; Assam Ranges; 
Indo-China; Malaya. 
