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ou the western coasts. This species has been referred to {Jour. As. Soc^ 

 Beng., lix, pt, 2, p. 251) as perhaps introduced into the Andamans, be- 

 cause Mr. Kurz did not meet with it in 1866 when he explored a part 

 of the group. But from what the winter has been able to note since, he 

 is convinced that the species is indigenous in the Andaman group. 



East Africa ; Tropical Asia ; Malaya, Philippines ; China, Japan ; 

 Polynesia. 



71. Desmodium triflorum do. 



Table Island, in the lighthouse clearing on grassy slopes. There 

 is a white- and a red-flowered variety and both are .equally common. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



72. Altsicaepus vaginalis DO. 



Great Coco, in the small clearing at the north-east corner of the 

 island, probably introduced. 



Tropical weed indigenous in eastern hemisphere; introduced in 

 America. 



73. Phaseolus sp. 



Great Coco. Appearing as seedlings in the droppings of the half- 

 wild cattle on a bare grassy hill-side in the south-west of the island, much 

 frequented by these, were seen during the second visit to the island 

 numerous examples of what appears to be a species of this genus. Each 

 leaflet has in the centre a reuiform white mark which ought to be dis- 

 tinctive, yet the writer cannot recall a vainety which exhibits this. The 

 orio-in of the seeds could not be traced, no Phaseolus was observed in the 

 abandoned clearing in 1889, and unfortunately it was impossible to re- 

 examine that locality in 1890. 



74. Abrus precatorius Linn. 



Great Coco, common ; Little Coco, very common. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



75. Abrus pulchellus Wall. 



In all the islands, very common. 



Africa, India, Burma, Malaya, Andamans. 



76. Bbythrina indica Lamk. 



In all the islands, in coast zone ; not nearly so common as it is on 

 Diamond Island at the mouth of the Bassein river. 

 India, Burma, Malaya; Andamans, Nicobars. 



77. MUCUNA GIGANTEA DO. 



Great and Little Coco ; one of the commonest climbers on flat land 

 in the interior behind the mangrove swamps. 



India, Andamans ; Malaya ; Philippines ; Polynesia. 



78. MUCITNA PRUBIENS DO. 



Table Island, very common, interior jungle on ridges. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



