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Seychelles ; Ceylon ; Malaya, Aiidamans and Nicobars ; Australia, 

 Polynesia. 



169. Ipom^a Tuepethum R. Bi\ 

 Both islands, not uncomnion. 



India, Burma; Malaya; Australia, Polynesia; Mauritius, Seychelles, 



170. Ipom^a BiLOBA Forsk. 



In all the islands, very common ; affects principally the sandy 

 beaches ; in Jerry Island, however, grows on the shingle and occurs under 

 rather dense jungle, from side to side of that island, at its north end. 



Cosmopolitan on tropical sea-shores. 



171. Convolvulus parvifloeus Vahl, 



In all the islands; very common in the jungle along the western 

 sea-face. 



Africa ; India, Burma, Malaya, Andamans ; Australia. 



172. POEANA SPECTABILIS Kurz. 



Great Coco. 

 Tenasserim, Andamans. 



SOLANACE^. 



173. SoLANUM Melongbna Linn. 



Table Island, cultivated in the light-house garden ; Great Coco, 

 plentiful and quite natui-alised all over the clearing at the north-aast 

 corner of the island ; remains of the garden. 



Cult, in all warm countries. 



174. Phtsalis minima Linn. 



Great Coco ; abundant on rocky parts of the coast just above limits 

 reached by spray during storms, on east, north and west coasts; Little 

 Coco, on rocks in similar situations at north end of island. 



Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



175. Capsicum minimum Roxb. 



Table Island, in clearing, occasional, escape from the light-keeper's 

 garden ; Great Coco, throughout the clearing very abundant ; unlike 

 Solanuiii Melongena this is not confined to the clearing but is extending 

 into the jungle much as Garica Papaya is. 



India and Malaya ; cultivated and frequent as an escape. 



SCROPHULARINE^. 



176. SCOPAEIA DULCIS Linn. 



Table Island and Great Coco ; abundant in the clearings on both 

 islands; introduced. 



An American weed, now cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



