THE BOTANY OF THE KACHIN HILLS NORTH-EAST OF MYITKYINA. 279 
Namlao to Bansparao, 500 to 2*000 ft. (E). Distrib. India ; Assam 
Ranges; China; Java. 
593. Carey spiculata Nees* 
Lammuk, 2,500 ft. (E). DiSTRiB. E. Himalaya; Assam Ranges; 
not before sent from Burma, 
594. Cafex stramentitia Boott. 
Namlao to Bansparao, 500 to 2*000 ft. (E). DiSTRlB. Bihair; 
Himalaya ; Assam Ranges ; not before sent from Burma, 
595. Carex Thomsoni Boott. 
Myitkyina (E). DistriB. Himalaya ; Assam Ranges; Indo-China, 
XCIX.-GRAMINEiE. 
596. Setaria italica Beauv* 
Generally cultivated in the Kachin villages at elevations of over 
3,500 ft. ; specimens from Paid (E)^ and elsewhere (C). Distrib. Culti- 
vated in most warm countries. I 
[Oryea sativa Linn.— Generallj^ cultivated ; wet-rice cultivation 
ceases north of Kwitu, except in the Nachawng Kha Valley, be- 
tween the villages of Galing and Pelap; dry-rice is grown very 
generally below 3,500 ft. throughout the hills.] 
507. Coix Lachryma Linn. 
Namlao (C). Distrib. Wild in S. E. Asia, cultivated in Tropics ge- 
nerally. 
The cultivation of this species as a cereal crop, which is so 
striking a feature in the agricultural economy of the tribes that 
inhabit the mountains between the Brahmaputra and the Chindwin 
rivers, is conspicuous by its absence from the Kachin Hills, 
\^Zta Mays Linn. — Generally grown at elevatinos above 3,500 ft. ; 
the use of this grain appears to have been derived from the 
Chinese,] 
598. Anthistiria scandens Roxb. 
Namlao (E). Distrib, India ; Indo-China ; Malaya ; Mascaretie 
Islands. 
[Eleusine Coracana Gaertn. — Very generally cultivated above 
3,500 ] 
599. Dendrocalamus Brandisii Kurs. 
Namlao, 2,000 to 2,500 feet (E). Distrib. Burma, 
600. Pseudostachyum polymorphum Munro, 
Myitkyina (C) Distrib. Eastern Himalaya; Assam ; Burma. 
601. Cephalostachyum Fuchsianum Gamble. 
Myitkyina (C). DistriB. Sikkim ; Bhutan ; Daphla. 
An interesting eastward extension of this rather rare species. 
