Cassia sennoidea, Sidae, Andropogon, a lax Linaria common on old pagodas; Calanchoe, Sedum, Pommereulla, Vinca rosea, Tectona Hamiltoniana, but not of such size as at Male.  Bambusa stunted and rare, Blepharacanthus, Polygala, Labiatae 2, AEruae, sp.  Fici one or two, an Alstonia, Celosia mollugo, Solani sp.  Stemodia, Combretum, Heliotropium indicum, and the Euphorbiacea of Mengwong.  It will at once be seen that the vegetation has some similarity with that of the Carnatic, for in addition I found Asplenium radiatum, and Limonea Monophylla, a Carissa, Ximenia, Flacourtia, etc. etc.

Ava is a fine town, surrounded with an excellent brick wall:  the streets are wide, and kept clean; the houses are regular, and as trees are interspersed, a pleasing effect is produced.  The appearance is much improved by a lattice before each house.  The houses also are of a superior description, a few only are of brick.  The fort is surrounded by an additional wall, and a broad but shallow ditch.  The palace is a handsome, irregular, gilt edifice; but its precincts are not kept so clean as they might be.  The Shwottoo is a handsome hall.  The town altogether conveys an idea of importance.  The river is about 800 yards broad opposite the Residency; but above, it is encroached on by a sandbank.  Boats are numerous, and opposite Tsegain there is a busy ferry, especially now the king is at Tsegain.  This is a much preferable place, and rendered much more pleasing by its superb Tamarind trees, with their most elegant foliage and sculptured trunks.  The plants cultivated about Ava are Palmyra, Cocoa (rare).  Tamarinds abound; Carica Papaya, Punica Granatum; Mangoes, which are of good description; Cordia, Plantains, AEgle Marmelos.

The country is flat, and destitute of trees to the south and southwest.  The whole of this is cultivated during the rains, chiefly for Gram, Tobacco, Capsicum, and a Melilotus.  At present the plains are barren, the low places being almost exclusively occupied by a Combretum; the rest give a new Polygonum, Lippia, 2 or 3 Compositae, and a curious dwarf grass.  On the walls Linaria is common.  Noticed near one of the gates, Cryptostegia grandiflora; the waste places and banks are occupied by Argemone, Mollugineae three, Xanthium, Dentella, and low annual Compositae.

May 26th.—­Visited Tsegain in the evening, and returned to Ava on the following morning.

May 27th.—­Noticed Phoenix sylvestris.  The Euphorbia is common; it is not a Cactus, but a species of this genus, ramis complanatis, is found though not common; as well as an Agave or Aloe, but this is a doubtful native.  Poinciana pulcherrima, both red and yellow, Rhus? sp. arbuscula, Vallaris solanacea.  A small Lycopodium, Gmelina asiatica?  The additional Madras plants are, Cissus quadrangularis.  There is likewise another fleshy species fol. 3 phyllis, Sarcostemma viminale, Indigofera, Kalanchoe laciniata