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Names of Species. 



Remarks. 









Condition in 1866 {Kurz. 



Condition in 1889-90. 



Scoparia dulcis Linn. 



' Common all over the 

 cleared lands around Port 

 Blair and penetrating 

 into the jungles ; intro- 

 duced.' 





Knngia parviflora Nees 



' Andamans.' 



On Ross Island, and evi- 



VAR. pectinata Clarke. 





dently introduced, not 

 common. 



Lippia nodiflora Rich. 



' Cleared lands all around 

 Port Blair, and becoming 

 very fleshy along the sea 

 shores ; introduced.' 





35 Lencas linifolia 



' Cultivated lands, on Cha- 



Not yet on the mainland or 



Spreng. 



tham Island ; introduced 



on Ross Island appa- 





and still rare.' 



rently. 



Celosiaargentea Linn. 



* Cleared lands around Had- 

 do ; rare ; introduced. 



Still rare. 



Amarantus spinosus 



' Cultivated lands around 



Still rare. 



Linn. 



Phoenix Bay ; introduced 

 and rare.' 





A. viridis Linn. 



* Rather common in cleared 

 lands at Aberdeen, Ross 

 Island, Haddo, etc. ; in- 

 troduced.' 



Very common. 



Alternanthera sessilis 



' Common in cleared lands 



Common. 



B. Br. 



along roads, etc., at Port 

 Blair ; introduced.' 





40 Polygonum barbatnm 



' Some shoots of species of 



Common in the ditches 



Linn. 



this genus I observed 

 in the cultivated lands 

 around Haddo ; evidently 

 introduced.' 



about Aberdeen. 



Euphorbia pilulifera 



' Cultivated lands around 





Linn. 



Port Blair ; common ; in- 

 troduced. 





E. thymifolia Burnt. 



' Along roads, in cultivated 

 lands, etc., around Port 

 Blair ; introduced.' 





Cyperus polystachyus 



* Cultivated lands between 





Botth. 



Aberdeen and Navy 

 Point ; introduced.' 





C. distans Linn. fil. 



' Ross Island and other sta- 

 tions, in pasture ground ; 

 introduced.' 





45 C. compressus Linn. 



' Cultivated lands here and 

 there around Port Blair j 

 introduced.' 





C. Iria Linn. 



* Rather rare, in wet places 

 at Ross Island, etc. j in- 

 troduced.' 



Not now very rare. 



Kyllinga monoce- 



' Cleared lands around Port 



Common ; both type and 



phala Botth. 



Blair ; introduced.' 



VAR. subtriceps. K. tri- 

 ceps of Kurz' list is only 

 this latter variety. 



