323 T). Prain — The Vegetation of the Ooco Oroup. [No, 4, 



Little Coco. 

 Distribution of type. 



235. Ficus Grisea Wall. Cat. 4544. 



Great Coco. Fruits of this a favourite food of the Green Parrots. 

 Burma. (Salween valley). 



236. Antiaeis toxicaria Leschen. 

 Great Coco. 



India, Ceylon ; Burma, Tenasserim, Malaya. 



237. Artocarpus Gomeziana Wall. 



Great Coco and Little Coco, very common. 

 Tenasserim, Malaya, Andamans. 



Gtmnospbrm-h. 

 CTCADAOE^. 



238. Ctcas Rumphii Miq. 



In all the islands, very common in beach-forests, sometimes attains a 

 height of 50 feet, and a girth of over 5 feet. 



Tenasserim, Andamans, Nicobars ; Malaya ; North Australia, New 

 Guinea. 



MONOCOTTLBDONES. 



ORCHIDACE^. 



239. Dendrobium secundum Wall. 



In all the islands, common. The only vei-y common orchid on forest 

 trees ; specimen brought and flowered at Calcutta. 



Martaban, Tenasserim ; Penang, Sumatra, Java, Cochin China. 



240. Calanthb vbratrifolia R. Br. 



Great Coco, not uncommon on the interior ridges. The same 

 species was also found, a few days later, on Rutland Island at the opposite 

 end of the Andaman group. 



India, Andamans, Malaya. 



241. DORITES WiGHTii Benth. var. ? 



Great Coco, frequent on trees in the low, flat swampy land near the 

 coast ; specimens were brought and flowered at Calcutta. The foliage 

 as well as the shape and markings of the flowers quite agree with those 

 of the typical plant, but in the Coco Island specimens the flowers ai-e 

 distinctly larger and the ground colour is violet instead of yellow. 



242. Aeridbs multiflorum Roxb. 

 Great Coco, occasional near the sea. 

 India, Burma, Andamans, Malaya. 



