1876.] S. Kurz — A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Nicobar Islands. Ill 



T. catappa, Dillenia pilosa, Calophyllum speciabile, Elceocarpus, Albizzia 

 stipiilata plentifully, Gardenia resinifera, Nauclea excelsa, Alstonia macro- 

 pliylla, Cryptocarya ferrea, Lit saea folio sa. Amongst the smaller trees the 

 following are conspicuous : — ArtlirophyllumBlnmeanum, Ixora weberaefolia, 

 Polypliragmon flavescens, 3faesa ramentacea, Cinnamomum obtusifolium, 

 Barringtonia racemosa, Sideroxylon attenuatum, Eagraea racemosa, Myris- 

 tica corticosa, Antidesma puncticulatum and A. persimile, Apbrosa micro- 

 stachya, Briedelia tomentosa, Artocarpus integrifolia locally, Villebrunea 

 sylvatica, Macaranga gigantea, Croton argyratum, Byparia caesia, Pittos- 

 porum ferrugineum, Sterculia hyposticta, Evodia Boxburghii, Dracaena 

 Griffithii, Parastemon lorophyllus, Buchanania platyneura, Albizzia buba- 

 lina and A. fasciculata, Rhodamnia trinervis, Ifussaenda macrophylla, Euge- 

 nia claviflora, Garcinia calycina, Dracaena linearifolia, Glycosmis 

 insularis, Anacolosa puberitla, Apodytes Andamanica, Ochna Andamanica, 

 Leea sambucina, Erioglossum rubiginosum, Gnetum gnemon, Ghampereya 

 gnetocarpa, and, locally, Pandanus Leram. Areca Gatechu here grows quite 

 wild, especially in the lower and more marshy localities. Alsophila albo- 

 setacea is often met with, but always in few individuals only. The most 

 frequent climbers are Dinochloa Andamanica, Zizyphus subquing>icenervis, 

 Vitis lanceolata, V.pedata, and V. repens, Derris thyrsiflora, DZeptaplenrum 

 ellipticum, Dioscorea glabra, Smilax polyacantha, Unc aria pilosa, Jasminwn 

 acuminatissimum, Anodendron paniculatum, Erycibe paniculata, Elaeagnus 

 arborea, Gnetum macropodum, Calamus Andamanicus and several other 

 rattans, Ereycinetia insignis and another species ; besides, Tlvaria micrantha, 

 Salacia and DZippocratea, Griffithia curvata, Blumea riparia, Embelia 

 microcalyx, Parsonsia spiralis, Ipomoea vitifolia and I, Nicobarica, 

 Stenochlaena scandens and Lygodium circinatum. Pothos scandens and 

 Gymnopetalum heterophyllum often creep up the trunks of the trees. 

 Shrubbery is little developed, and as everywhere else, represented by the 

 slender treelets already enumerated, young tree-growth, and rattans, especi- 

 ally a Zalacca (?) Of herbs are chiefly seen Lasianthus laevicmdis, 

 DZedyotis rigida and DZ. costata, DZomalonema aromaticum plentifully, Agla- 

 onema simplex, Amomum Eenzlii plentifully, and some other Scitamineae 

 which were in leaf only, Maranta dichotoma, Adenostemma viscosum, Blumea 

 myriocephala, Amaracarpus pubescens (restricted to the plutonic rocks), 

 Corymbis disticha here and there, and several grasses and sedges, like Cyperus 

 moestus, ELypolytrum latifolium, Sclerialithospermaa,n& S. Siomatrensis, Oplis- 

 menus compositus, Panicum filipes, Kyllingia monocephala, Centotheca 

 lappacea, and, in more open localities, Thysanolaena acarifera. Ferns are 

 plentiful but apparently not much varied as regard species ; those observed 

 most frequently are Nephrodmm molle and other species, Neplirolepis acuta, 

 Lindsaea tenera, Davallia spehmcae, and Selaginella caudata. On stems 



