The woods consist of pines and a Quercus foliis castaneae cupulis echinatis, Arbor mediocris; the slopes as well as the valley are cultivated chiefly for rice, this last often assuming the terrace fashion.  The river is of considerable width, 50 to 60 yards, but of no depth:  two here flow together, and at the end of the valley a still larger stream not fordable in the rains, at least where I crossed, meets it.  On the streams at the base of the Suneassa acclivity, Salix, Ligustrum, Ficus frutex humelis, and a fine Indigofera occur.  Moving thence along the valley the vegetation becomes tropical, although pines descend nearly to its level.  Pontederia the small one of Bengal, ditto Sagittaria Vandelliae, Poae 3, Apluda, Cyperaceae, Saccharum megala, and spontaneum, Elytrophorus, Ammannia, Erianthus, Cnicus!  Artemisia as before, Arundo exalum, Cirsium, Carduus!  Scitamineae 2, Panicum curvatum, Setaria glauca, Swertia angustifolia!  Volkameriae sp., Ranunculus hirsutoideus!  Zizania ciliaris.

Those marked with (!) have probably straggled down.  The cultivation is chiefly of rice, Eleusine, Coix, and the edible seeded Labiata.  Grasses abound; in addition to those above several new ones occur, Rottboellia exallata, Anthisteria of Nunklow, Arundinaceae, Andropogones several, Saccharum fusco-rubum, 25 species might certainly be collected.

Fine pines occur on the other ascent from its base to apex.  Here also occurs Phoenix pumile, which as well as the Rottboellia, which I think I have seen in the Mogoung valley (during the journey to Ava), and Buddleia neemda.

The ascent gained, the country appears level, covered with the usual grasses.  The ravines are well wooded, but few pines occur, although they may be seen here and there.  The woods appear the same as those of Churra.  Pandanus sp. altera? occurs.  In one ravine gathered a new Thebaudiaceae allied to T. variegata, differing in its short greenish flowers and its smoothness.

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Amwee is situated on an undulated plain or table land; the undulations are gentle, separated by marshy tracts:  no steep ravines occur, the face of the undulations is covered with grasses, among which are seen most of the Churra plants, the sides are covered with fine woods with defined edges, consisting chiefly of oaks, chesnuts and Bucklandia.  The aspect of the country is pretty, resembling some woodland scenery in the south of England; close to Amwee is a fine stream 40 yards wide, this winds through the valley, and on its upper part fine cascades occur.  No fish are to be found besides those of Churra.  The river is crossed by a stone bridge consisting of pillars of single slabs of large size, one measuring 20 feet in length by from 4 to 5 in breadth.  The temperature varies from 50 to 68 during the day in an open verandah.  Fogs are not so common, nor is the rain so heavy as at Churra.  The space being much greater, and the country more level, it would be better as a sanatarium than Churra, besides which, its access is as easy, it being reached in one day from Jynteapore.  There is, however, a Toorai about Jynteapore, which is unhealthy.  Its altitude is 3,500 feet, or nearly 500 below Churra.