1891.] D. Prain — The Vegetation of the Coco Group. 317 



131. PSTCHOTRIA ADENOPHYLLA Wight. 



Veiy common in all the islands, 

 Assam, Pegu, Tenasserim ; Andamans. 



132. P^DEBIA F(BTIDA Linn. 



Very common in all the islands. 

 India, Burma, Malaya. 



COMPOSITE. 



133. Vernonia cinerea Less, 



Table Island, common in the clearing near the lighthouse ; Great 

 Coco, frequent in the small cleainng at the north-east corner .but also 

 plentiful on bare rocks on the western sea-face of the island. Though 

 probably an introduced plant in the two first situations, its appearance 

 on the west coast, where it is extremely plentiful, indicates that it 

 has also reached the island independently of human agency. 



Tropical Asia, Africa and America. 



134. Vernonia diyergbns Benth. 



Great Coco ; plentiful on rocky promontory at north end of island. 

 India, Burma, Tenasserim. 



135. Adenostbmma viscosum Forst. 



Great Coco, on the western coast and at the north end of the island. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



136. Ageratum contzoides Linn. 



Table Island, common in the clearing near the lighthouse. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics ; originally American. 



137. Blumea virens DO. 



Great Coco, profuse on rocks on western sea-face j in one sheltered 

 cove the stems were over 8 feet high. 



India, Burma, Tenasserim (Mergui, Griffith^. 



138. Plucsea iNDiOA Less, 



Great Coco, common on the coast, 



India, Burma, Malaya, China ; sea-shores. 



139. Wedblia scandens C. B. Clarke. 



In- all the islands, common in the sea-fence jungle, a rather brittle 

 woody climber with stems 30 — 50 feet long. 



Tropical sea-shores of India, Burma, Malaya, Andamans and 

 Nicobars. 



GOODENOVIE^. 



140. SC^VOLA KCENIGII Vahl. 



In all the islands, very common in the coast zone. 



India, Burma, Malaya, Australia, Polynesia ; on sea-coasts. 



