THE VEGETATION OF THE DISTRICT OF 
H. adenophyllum , Stereospermum chelonoides , Tectona grandis, T. 
Hamiltoniana the latter very common, several species of Viiex and 
Holoptelea integrij olia. 
Climbers and twining plants are represented by such species as 
Millettia cana , M. cinereci, M. auriculata , Canavalia ensijonnis , 
Mucuna prurienSi Spatholobus Roxburghii , Butea superb a y Pueraria 
Wallichii , Atylosia scarabeeoides , Cylista scariosa , Derris scandens , 
Bauhinia diphylla , Comhretum chinense , extension , Hodgsonia 
heteroclita ) Alsomitra sarcophylla, Cryptolepis Buchanani , Lettso - 
mi a setosa, Pharbitis Nil , Ipomcea Turpethum , Thunbergia laum - 
folia , Symphorema involucratum , Congea tomentosa ) and several 
species of yams as Dioscorea ddemona ) D . pentaphylla, D t decipiens , 
Z). alata , etc. 
The shrubby undergrowth at the time of our visit was very 
scanty, and was constituted chiefly by species of Leguminosse , 
Compositse and Acanthacese , such as Crotalaria albida , C. 
neriifolia , C. tetragoni } Indigofera W ightii ) several species of 
Desmodium , Rhynchosia, Flemingia fluminalis , Vernonia teres x 
Inula Cappa } We deli a Wallichii , Dsedalacanthus macrophyllus y 
D. tetragonus , ZT purpurascens , Hemigr aphis glaucescens y Barleria 
strigosa , Neuracanthus tetragonostachys y Cystacanthus insignis , as 
well as a few species belonging to other orders such as Blinkworthia 
lycioides y Baliospermum axillare y Sarcochlamys pulcherrima . The 
common bamboo is Dendrocalamus strictus. The water courses 
were almost entirely dry save for infrequent small, green and evil 
smelling pools, and strewn with fossiliferous boulders, amongst which 
Homonoia riparia appeared to flourish despite depressing circum- 
stances. 
The herbaceous vegetation when we were trudging through the 
forest was practically non-existent, the soil baked and glaring with 
heat. Nevertheless even on this unsympathetic stratum we picked 
up a few struggling herbs, such as mysorensis, S. rhombifolia y 
Vrena lobata y U, sinuata y Hibiscus pungens y Melochia corchorifolia y 
Triumfetta annua y Elephantopus scabs r f Cyatliocline lyrata y Blumea 
glomerata y B.laciniata y B . membramcea y Laggera flava y L. ptero^ 
donia y Vicoa auriculata y Emilia sonchifolia y Canscora dijfusa y 
N el sonia campestris y Ocimum Basilicum y etc. 
The above are the chief positive features of the Nwamadaung 
hills vegetation. A marked negative feature is the absence of palms 
and orchids. 
The lower slopes of the Arracan Yomahs up to between 2,000 
and 3,000 feet are covered with practically the same forest as clothes 
