334 U. Praia — The Vegetation of the Coco Gj-oiip. []N'o 4, 



269. SCINDAPSUS OFFICINALIS Schott. 

 In all the islands, common. 



India, Indo-China, Malaya, Andamans. 



270. POTHOS SCANDENS Linn. 

 In all the Islands, com.mon. 



India, Indo- China, Malaya, Andamans. 



NAIADACE^. 



271. Ctmodocea ciliata Ebrb, ? 



On the reefs of all the islands ; extremely common and forming vast 

 submarine meadows, This species is exceedingly common in the An- 

 damans and has been met with in equal abundance at Rangaohang near 

 Poi-t Blair (there associated with another species of apparently the same 

 genus), at Rutland Island, at Little Andaman (there in company with 

 Halophila avails), and at Car Nicobar. No flowering or fruiting speci- 

 mens have yet been reported at Calcutta. This is the plant supposed 

 by Kurz {Jour. As. Sac. Beng., xlv, Pt. 2, p. 154) to be a small form of 

 Enhalus aceroides. 



272. Zanichellia palustris Linn. 



Little Coco, in the small lake along with Chara fcetida. 

 Cosmopolitan in salt-marshes. 



CYPERACE^. 



273. Ctpeeus polystachyus Rottb. 



Great Coco ; west coast, rather common on the bare grassy slopes. 

 Cosmopolitan. 



274. Cyperus elegans Linn. 



Great Coco ; frequent in wet patches in the dense interior jangle. 

 India, Indo-China, Malaya, Andamans ; America. 



275. Cyperus dildtu.« Vahl. 

 Great Coco ; occasional. 



India, Indo-China, Malaya, Andamans. 



276. Cyperus pennatus Lamk. 



In all the islands, very common on the coast in rocky places. 

 Sea-shores of the Indian Ocean. 



277. Kylunga brevifolia Roxb. 



Great Coco, clearing at north-east corner ; Table Island, clearing 

 near light-house ; common. 



India, Indo-Jhina, Malaya, Andamans. 



278. FlMBRISTYLlS DIPHYLLA Vahl. 



Table Island and Great Coco, in. the clearings ; also on the rocky 

 coasts. 



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



