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LEGUMINOS^. 



19. Desmodium umbellatum DC. Sliore species ; frequent, especi- 

 ally on the west and north sides of the Island. 



20. Abrus precatorius Linn. Very frequent everywhere in the 

 Island. 



21. Erythrina indica Lamk. A purely coast species here, as it 

 also is in the Andamans and in Great Coco island. In the Great Coco 

 it is, however, rather uncommon : a striking contrast with the conditions 

 in Diamond Island where this tree forms an almost unbroken ring round 

 the coast. 



22. Mucuna monosperma DC. Very common in the interior 

 jungle. 



23. PuERARiA phaseoloides Bcnth. Common on the western sea- 

 face of the Island, climbing over bushes of Taherncemontana crispa and 

 creeping in the grass at the bare south-western corner of the Island, 



24. Canavalia ensiformis DC. A climber all round the coast, 

 especially common on west and north sides of the island ; not met with 

 in the interior. 



25. PoNGAMTA GLABRA Vent. Frequent in the line of trees imme- 

 diately behind the sandy beach. 



26. Cjisalpinia Bonducella Ham. A thicket behind the boat- 

 house. 



27. Cas&ta alata Linn. Two or three large thickets between the 

 telegraph-office and the tank, 



28. Tamarindus indica Linn. Several large trees behind the 

 beach, between the telegraph-office and the graveyard. 



29. Entada scandens Benth. Common all over the island. 



30. Albizzia procera Benth. A common tree, especially in the 

 western half of the island ; those trees exposed to the S. W. monsoon 

 are gnarled and dwarfed and weather-beaten. 



COMBRBTACE^. 



31. Terminalia Catappa Linn. Frequent in the beach ring of 

 trees. One tree overhanging the boat-house, and probably an intro- 

 duced one, was in flower in November ; the others were all, as they were 

 in South Andaman and in the Great Coco, in fruit. 



MELASTOMACE^. 



32. Osbeckia chinbnsis Linn. ; C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. Frequent 

 r in the bare grassy slope at the south-western corner of the Island. The 

 i ~ form present in Diamond Island differs from typical 0. cMnensis some- 

 '■ what in size and form of leaves and calyx ; in these specimens, leaves 



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