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PDF“With the inhabitants of the plains they carry on an annual trade, which is now renewed after an interruption of two years, exchanging cloths, Lama swords, spears, mishmee-teeta, bee, which is in very great request, and gertheana, much esteemed by the natives for its peculiar and rather pleasant smell, for money, (to which they begin to attach great value), cloths, salt and beads: when a sufficient sum of money is procured, they lay it out in buffaloes and the country cattle.”
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The following is a list of collections of Plants from the Mishmee Hills to the extreme East, Upper Assam.
Dicotyledones. Dicotyledones.
(Ligulatae, 9) Ericineae, 7 Composi- (Cynaraceae, 4) 89 Verbenaceae, 8 tae, (Corymbiferae,76) Boragineae, 2
Labiatae, 50 Valerianeae, 1 Gesneriaceae, 22 Dipsaceae, 1 Acanthaceae, 38 Caprifoliaceae, 6 Scrophularineae, 19 Rubiaceae, 42 Solaneae, 6
Apocyneae, ) 5 Convolvulaceae,
8
Asclepiadeae, ) Primulaceae,
1
Gentianeae, 7 Myrsineae,
19
Oleinae, 2 Escalloniaceae?
3
Jasmineae, 6 Malvaceae,
6
Campanulaceae, 7 Cruciferae,
3
Lobeliaceae, 7 Polygaleae,
1
Vacciniaceae, 2 Violaceae,
5
Passifloreae, 1 Begoniaceae,
6
Modeccoideae, 1 Umbelliferae,
4
Samydeae, 1 Araliaceae,
12
Ampelideae, Leea, 6 Rhamneae,
1
Balsamineae, 15 Celastrineae,
9
Sileneae, 6 Amaranthaceae,
8
Aurantiaceae, 5 Polygoneae,
12
Meliaceae, 5 Chenopodeae,
1
Sapindaceae, 3 Plantagineae,
1
Acerineae, 4 Urticeae,
14
Malpighiaceae, 3 Ulmaceae,
1
Hypericineae, 2 Euphorbiaceae,
21
Ternstroemiaceae, 11 Scepaceae,
1
Symplocineae, 3 Stilagineae,
5
Ebenaceae, 1 Myriceae,
1
(Rhus, 5) Juglandeae, 1 Terebin- (Buchanania, 1) Cupuliferae, 4 thaceae, (Phlebochiton, 1) 9 Betulaceae, 5 (Sabia, 2) Salicineae, 1
Zanthoxyleae, 5 Laurineae,
8
Conareae, 1 Hamamelideae,
2
Trygophylleae, 1 Thymeleae,
1
Rutaceae, 2 Santalaceae,
1
Ranunculaceae, 4 Loranthaceae,
2
Fumariaceae, 2 Proteaceae,
1
