1891.] D. Pra.in— The Vegetation of tfie Ooco Group. 329 



243. Pholidota imbbicata Lindl. 

 Great Coco, occasional. 

 India, Burma, Malaya. 



SCIT AMINES. 



244. CosTUS sPBCiosus Linn. 

 Great Coco, frequent. 



India, Himalaya, Indo-China, China, Malaya. 



245. Zingiber sp. 



Great Coco, common. I^ear Z. corollinum Hance ; probably a new 

 species {Baker in sclied.). In fruit only on the occasion of these visits; 

 the rhizomes brought to Calcutta have not yet flowered. 



246. MusA SAPiENTUM Linn. 



The Plantain is cultivated in the light-house garden ; it has al- 

 ready disappeared, pi'obably owing to the presence of cattle, from the 

 site of the garden on Great Coco. 



AMARTLLIDACE^. 



247. Crinum AsrATicuM Linn. 



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

 Andamans, Nicobars, Malaya. 



TAOCACE^. 



248. Tacca pinnatifida Forst. 



In all the islands, common in the coast zone. Some of these were 

 huge specimens and the tubers brought to Calcutta produced leaves and 

 flowers in no way inferior to those in their native habitat. The follow- 

 ing measurements are from an average specimen — the tallest grown had 

 a peduncle 116 inches high. 



Leaf-stalk 40 inches, lamina 3-fid, each lobe 36 in. long, the lateral 

 lobes 2-fid from the 8th inch ; the central lobe and each segment of the 

 lateral lobes 36 in. across ; peduncle 80 inches ; leafy bracts 3 in. long, 

 2 in. across ; filiform bracts 16 in. long, their basal sixth green, the re- 

 mainder pale purple; perianth segments f in. long, | in. across, pale green 

 with purplish edges. 



India, Burma, Malaya, Andamans, 



DIOSCOREACEJE. 



249. DioscoREA glabra Roxb. 

 In all the islands, common. 

 India, Burma, Malaya, Andamans. 



