1891.] D. Prain— r.^e Vegetation of the Ooco Group. 327 



225. Macaranqa Tanakius Muell.-Arg. 



Great Coco and Little Ooco ; common in the beach-forests. 

 Arracan (Diamond Island) ; Andamans ; Malaya. 



226. Cnesmone javanica Blume. 



Great Coco ; plentiful on rocky promontories at north end of island, 

 Bengal, Assam, Burma, Malaya. 



URTICACE^. 



227. Phtllochlamts spinosa Bureau. 

 Little Coco, common. 



India, Ceylon ; Burma, Malaya ; Andamans. 



228. Plecospermum andamanicum King. 

 Little Coco. 



Tenasserim, Andamans. 



229. Ficus Benjamina Linn, 



Great Coco ; not in fruit, therefore the particular variety cannot be 

 determined. 



India, Assam, Burma, Andamans, Malaya. 



230. Ficus Rumphii Vahl. 



Little Coco, on the east coast ; this species is here very rare. In 

 Diamond Island, Arracan, this is one of the commonest trees on the 

 coast. 



India, Burma, Malaya, Andamans. 



231. Ficus ketusa Linn. var. nitida Thunbg. (sp). F. comosa Curtis, 

 Bot. Mag., t. 3305 [1834]. 



In all the islands, very common. The fruits of this species, as 

 Mr. Kendall, i. M., pointed out to me, is one of the favourite foods of 

 a large pigeon, Garpliopaga hicolor, which visits the group in enormous 

 numbers during the cold weather. 



India ; Burma ; Andamans, Malaya ; China ; Australia ; New 

 Caledonia. 

 282. Ficus brevicuspis Miq. 



In all the islands, common. The fruits are borne both on young 

 branches in leaf axils, and on old wood in bunches. 



Andamans, Malaya. 



233. Ficus callosa Willd. 

 Great Coco. 



India, Burma, Malaya. 



234. Ficus hispida Linn, f. 

 Great Coco, common. 



India, Ceylon ; Burma, Malaya. 

 var. DJJMONDM Koenig (sp.). 



