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D. Prain — The Vegetation of the Coco Group. 



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Sida carpinifolia. 

 [Urena lobata. 



* Hibiscus Sabdariffa 



5. * Hibiscus Abelmoscbus. 



* Moringa pterygosperma. 



* Crotalaria sericea. 



* Desmodium triflorum. 



* Alysicarpus vaginalis. 

 10. * Phaseolus sp. 



about Raugoon ; also tbat the settle- 

 ment was attempted by a Rangoon 

 gentleman whose servants were, at 

 least partly, Burmese. But typical 

 white Nymphsea Lotus occurs in Little 

 Coco, clearly independently of human 

 agency. 



Table Island (the older clearing) only. 



As a rule this species would, without 

 hesitation, be dealt with as a weed ; in 

 Great Coco, however, it does not occur 

 iu the clearing and it was not found 

 on Table Island at all. If introduced 

 here, we may safely say that human 

 agency is not responsible for its ap- 

 pearance ; more probably it has been 

 introduced by the agency of birds]. 



Great Coco ; in the old garden and evi- 

 dently struggling against extinction. 



Table Island only ; but common in many 

 parts of the clearing. 



Great Coco ; a few trees evidently plant- 

 ed ; these are very healthy, and seed- 

 lings are already springing up under 

 the adjacent Coco-nut trees. 



Table Island only ; but very abundant ; 

 the species may have been uninten- 

 tionally introduced, but more probably 

 has been brought by the servants at 

 the light-house, who are Burmans and 

 with whom the flower is a favourite. 



Table Island only ; common however on 

 all the grassy slopes. 



Great Coco ; not seen on Table Island, 

 though it probably occurs there. 



Seedlings in cow-dung on one grassy 

 slope at south-west corner of island. 

 These were seen in 1890 ; no species 

 was seen in 1889 likely to have given 

 origin to these and there is no indi- 

 genous species to which it seems likely 

 they could belong. Unfortunately 



