MiNBO IN UPPER BURMA. 
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racemosa , Cissampelos Pareira , Abrus precatorius , several species 
of Argyreia and Ipomcea are the chief. Azima sarmentosa is not 
uncommon straggling over ruined pagodas. 
Herbaceous species are comparatively speaking in great force in 
the alluvial belt. During the hot season the level of the Irawaddy is 
twenty feet or more below the top of its bank, leaving exposed a 
steep broken surface of soil. To this there clings an assemblage 
of humble plebeians like Ranunculus sceleralus , Nasturtium in di - 
cum , Melilotus alba , Indigofera enneaphylla , /. trifoliata , Trian - 
thema decandra ) Mollugo Spergula , Grangea maderaspatana, 
Sphdsranthus peguensis , S. africanus, S . indicus , Gnaphalium 
indicum, G. pulvinatum, Xanthium Strumarium , Enhydra Jluc - 
tuans, Eclipta alba, Spilanthes Acemella , Coldenia procumbens , 
Lippia nodiflora, Digera arvensis ) several species of Amara?itus 
Chenopodium album ) Polygonum plebejum> P. glabrum, P . stagninum t 
Rumex maritimus , /?. dentatus y several species of Euphorbia , 
Chrozophora plicata , Fimbristylis dipsacea , Scirpus Michelianus , 
Cyperus digitatus , etc. etc. 
Away from the immediate margin of the river, the more noticeable 
herbaceous species are Argemone mexicana , which is apparently 
very much at home, Cleome viscosa , Polygala eriopteray Portulaca 
oleracea, Sida veronicsefoliay S. acuta , Abutilon indicum , very 
common, Urena lob at a common, Tribulus terrestris , C ardiosper- 
mum H alicacabum , very common, Crotalaria medicaginea , C. quin - 
quefolia 9 several species of Indigofera, Lourea obcordata , Alys- 
icarpus monilifery A. rugosus, Desmodium triflorum, all quite 
common, Mimosa pudica,Dentella repens, Vernonia cinerea, V.anthel - 
mintica , Ageratum conyzoides, Heliotropium strigosum, H. indicum, 
Solanum nigrum, Lindenbergia philippinensis , Vandellia Crus- 
tacea, V. erecta t Bonnaya brachiata, Striga lute a , S. euphrasioides , 
►S\ Masuria , Ruellia prostrata , Leucas mollissima, L. pilosa, 
Bcerhaavia repens, AErua javanica, very common, Achyranthes 
aspera , Alternanthera sessilis, Polygonum plebeium> P. lapathi - 
folium, Euphorbia pilulifera , E. t hymifolia. 
In the moist hollows already alluded to, Coldenia procumbens and 
Gnaphalium pulvinatum are always to be remarked, the latter 
especially noticeable from the never absent globules of water bedeck- 
ing its woolly surface. 
The vegetation of the irrigated areas is intermediate in character 
between that of the alluvial belt and that of the desert zone. The 
Savannah grass is practically absent, and the ground when it is 
not under crops is covered with such weeds as Bergia amman - 
moidesy Desmodium triflorum, Alysicarpus monilifery Tribulus 
