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(B) Areas in which Thitsi occurs hut is not plentiful. 
(a) Lawksawk State— Square miles. 
(1) Reserves ........ 300 
(2) Unclassed forests .600 
( b) Myelat States— 
(1) Reserves ........ 50 
(2) Unclassed forests ....... 100 
2. Habitat and Habit. 
Thitsi is found in dry forests at elevations between about 300 and 
3,800 feet. At the lower elevations it usually occurs in Indaing and 
semi-Indaing forests, and at the higher elevations is generally found in 
association with Oaks and Chestnuts. In the latter type of forests 
it is, as a rule, stunted and of poor development. In Indaing forests— 
forests in which In (Dipterocarpus tuberculatus) is the predominating 
species—it sometimes attains a girth of about 10 feet, but as a rule 
trees above 8 feet girth are uncommon. It attains its best growth and 
development in semi-Indaing forests—forests in which Ingyin (Pentacme 
suavis) and Thitya (Shorea obtusa) predominate and in which In (Diptero¬ 
carpus tuberculatus) is practically or entirely absent. In favourable 
localities, in these forests, it grows to a large size and trees above 12 feet 
in girth at breast-height are not uncommon. The largest sound tree 
measured by the writer, in his six seasons’ touring over extensive areas 
of forest, had a girth of 12 feet 9 inches at 4 feet 6 inches from the ground, 
and a total height of 72 feet with a clear bole of 35 feet. Hollow and 
unsound trees of 13 feet 4 inches and 13 feet 7 inches girth have been 
measured. 
In rich forests there may be as many as 15 to 20 Thitsi trees per 
acre, but as a rule the tree occurs in small numbers over large areas 
of forest in which it does not form more than about 3 per cent, of the 
growing stock. 
The tree sheds its leaves in March and April, during which months 
it also flowers. It fruits from about the end of April to the end of 
June. 
Owing to the two distinct kinds of the Oleo-resin obtained—the 
black and the red —the writer was of opinion that two varieties of the 
tree existed. A fairly large number of specimens were examined in 
various localities and no essential botanical differences could be dis¬ 
covered. 
Enquiries have been made from Shans and Danus at a majority 
of the Thitsi- tapping villages in the Lawksawk and Myelat States and, 
in no instance, did the people recognize more than the one variety of 
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