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291. Thuarea saementosa Pers. 



Great Coco, commoa as a turf under Coco-nut trees. 

 Shores of Indian Ocean. 



292. ISCHJIMDM CILIARE ReTZ. 



Great Coco, common on grassy slopes and under Coco-nut trees. 

 India, Indo-Cbina, Malaya. 



293. ISCH^MUM MUTICUM Linn. 



Great Coco, occasional only ; Little Coco, extremely abundant. 

 India, Indo-China, Malaya. 



294. Andropogon contortus Linn. 



Table Island and Great Coco ; the common grass both in the clear- 

 ings and on the naturally bare headlands of the westei'n coast. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



295. Elbusine indica Gaertn. 



Table Island, frequent ; Great Coco, rare. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



296. Eleushstb ^gyptiaca Roxb. 



Table Island ; in the light-house clearing, scarce. 

 Cosmopolitan, or nearly so, in the tropics. 



297. Dendrocalamds strictds Nees, var. — ? 



Great Coco, on one hill, abundant ; Table Island, plentiful. Flower- 

 ing examples were obtained on Table Island which have been kindly 

 examined by Mr. J. S. Gamble. There seems no doubt as to the species, 

 the specimens do not however quite agree with typical examples. There 

 is little doubt that this Bamboo is here indigenous and, from an account 

 received from Mr, God win- Austen (formerly of Port Blair), appears 

 to occur on Saddle Peak in North Andaman also. It does not occur in 

 South Andaman. 



India, Burmah. 



ORYPTOGAMiE. 



Vasculares. 

 FILICES. 



298. Davallia solida Sw. 



Great Coco, east coast, very common on Mimusops littoralis and other 

 tall trees. 



Andamans, Malaya, Polynesia, Australia. 



299. Adiantum luntjlatum Burm. 



Great Coco, on interior ridges frequent ; Table Island, common. 

 Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



