Vlcikke Hoeh Plants 



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Crinum asiaficwn, a handsome amaryllidaceous plant with long leaves 

 and a wealth of white flowers, grow in the clearings. Tall Pandanus 

 trees with dense crowns and sharp-pointed leaves present a fantastic 

 appearance on the beach. The lower conically pointed ends of their 

 stems are supported by prop-roots which spring from them at a height 

 of 1 2 metres above the surface of the ground and spread obliquely 

 outwards to the soil, while some of the younger adventitious roots, 

 1 5 cm. in diameter, have not yet reached the ground. The tissue 

 of these younger roots is exceedingly soft and full of water (peripheral 

 layers of cork prevent excessive loss of water) and their bluntly conical 

 apices are protected against injury and drought by a massive root-cap 

 composed of several thin layers of tissue. Two hours only were avail- 

 able for an exploration of the neighbourhood of the lighthouse. At 

 nine o'clock we returned with our spoil to the boat. I append a list 

 of the vascular plants collected (38 phanerogams, 4 ferns) : 



Fam. Compositae : 

 Fam. Goodeniaceae 

 Fam. Rubiaceae : 



Fam. A can thaceae : 

 Fam. Verbenaceae : 



Fam. Borraginaceae . 

 Fam. Convolvulaceae 

 Fam. Myrtaceae : 



Fam. Combretaceae : 



Fam. Guttlfcrae : 



Fam. Stereuliaceae : 



Fam. Malvaceae : 



Fam. Vitaceae: 



Fam. Bhamnaceae: 



Fam. Sapindaceae : 



Fam. Leguminosae 



Fain. Lauraceae 



*Wedelia glabrata B. et H. 

 fScaevola Koenigii Vahl. 

 fGuettarda speciosa L. 

 *Ixora paludosa Boerlage 



* Eranthemum diversifolium Miq. 

 Lantana Camara L. 



f Premna foetida Reinw. 



Stachytarpheta indica Vahl. 

 f Tournefortia argentea L. 

 flpomaea Pes-caprae Sw. 

 fBarringtonia speciosa Forst. 



* Eugenia formosa Wall. 

 fTerminalia Catappa L. 

 fCalophyllum Inophyllum L. 



* Pterospermum acerifolium Willd. 

 f Hibiscus tiliaceus L. 



*Vitis lanceolaris Wall. 

 fColubrina asiatica Brongn. 

 *AUophyllus Cobbe Bl. 

 Aphania montana Bl. 

 fDodonaea viscosa L. 

 *Crotalaria Saltiana Andr. 

 f Desmodium umbellatum D.C. 

 fPongamia glabra Vent. 

 fSophora tomentosa L. 

 fCassytha filiformia L. 

 fHernandia peltata Meisn. 



