Vegetation of Southeast Asia Studies of Forest Types 1963-1965

An annotated bibliography of the Southwtat Pacific and adjacent
areas. Volume III. Malaya, Thailand, Indochina, the China
coast, and the Japanese empire. Published by the Allied Geographical
Section, Southwest Pacific Area. 19^4.
Entries on Siara, on pages 39-5U.
Siamese pla^t names. Part 1. Botanical, names-local name«.
Tl-26), 1-8, 1-50'+. The Royal Forestry Department, Bangkok. 19^8.
Arranged alphabetically according to generic names.
_ . Pins d'Indochine, 1. Fiche Boianique et Forestiere. Bois
tit Forets des Tropiques 35: 20-2^. 2 diagrams. May- June 19'jU.
This paper gives a description of 2 species of Pine growing in
Indochina, namely the 2-needled Pinus merkusii Jungh. & De Vriese
(£• tonkinensis A. Chev.) and the 3-needled Plnus khosya, Royle
A. Chev.}.
The vernacular names of these trees in Tonkin, Annera, Cambodia
and Laos is given. Descriptions are given of the habitat of the
respective trees; and their wood structure.
17)6 second part of the article deals with the industrial and
commercial phases of these woods: their esthetic features; physical,
mechanical and technological characters; and their use in
the European market.
One plate contains line diagrams, dravn to scale, of a twig with
needles of P. merkusii; the r.eedles of the two species; cones; end
seed. The- Second plate showvthe microscopic structure of the wood
on the transverse, tangential and radial surfaces.
_ . Use of Rice- fields for fish culture in Thailand. International
Rice Commission Newc Letter 13: 18-19. March 1955.
Bice and fish are two inseparable items in the diet of the Thai
people.
_ . Presenting Viatnvn. 20 pp. Spec. ed. Published by the Raview
Horizons, Salmon-Vietnam. 1960.
Situated between latitudes 8°33 and 23°22 North, Vietnam covers
a total area of 330,000 sq. kilometers sad is 1,200 kilometers (750
milee) from north to south. The elongation of its territory over
15 degrees of latitude gives Vietnam an extremely varied