1876.] S. Kurz — A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Nicobar Islands. 133 



N. B. Besides these Momordica and Citrullus were observed as cul- 

 tivated plants. 



UMBBLLIBBBM. 



200. Hydeocotyle sp. — Nicobars, {teste D.). 



ABAZIACBM. 



201. Heptapletteum ellipticum, Seem. — Not an unfrequent clim- 

 ber in the tropical forests of Kamorta and Katchall ; Great Nicobar (Nova- 

 ra 170 ; Jelinek 263 — JcenanTcun, inc.). 



202. Aetheophyllttm Blumeanttm, Zoll. and Mor. — A palm-like 

 tree up to 30 feet high and higher, frequent in the tropical forests of 

 Kamorta. 



COBWAOBAE. 



203. Alangittm Siria)A]snJM, Miq. — A large climber of the coral- 

 reef-forests of Katchall, more frequent in the tropical forests. 



CAPBIFOLIA GBM. 



204. Scyphiphoea hydeophyllacea, Gaertn. — Bare in the man- 

 grove-swamps of Kamorta. 



N. B. This genus is generally ascribed to Bubiacece, but the struc- 

 ture of the ovary and the position of the ovules are tell-tale marks of its 

 caprif oliaceous descent. 



BTJBIACBM. 



205. Psychoteia Nicobaeica, Kurz in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1875, 

 328. — Frequent in the coral-reef -forests of the eastern coast of Katchall. 



206. Psychoteia tylophoba, Kurz, 1. c. — Not unfrequent in the 

 tropical and coral-reef -forests of Katchall. 



207. Psychoteia Ajstdamajstica, Kurz, 1. c. — Bather frequent in the 

 coral-reef- and tropical forests of Katchall and Kamorta. 



208. Psychoteia cojstnata, Wall. — Karnicobar (g. c). 



209. Amaeacaeptjs pubescens, Bl. — Frequent in the tropical for- 

 ests of Ho-Ho or Ulala Bay, on plutonic rocks. 



N. B. Diedrichsen gives Serissa as a Nicobarese plant. 



210. Ixoea Pavetta, Boxb. — Not unfrequent in the beach- and 

 coral-reef -forests of Katchall. 



211. Ixoea webebjepolia (Pavetta webercefolia, "Wall. Cat. 6182 ; 

 Don. Gen. System III. 575). — Frequent in the tropical and coral-reef- 

 forests of Katchall and Kamorta ; Great Nicobar (Novara 92 ; Jelinek 

 264 — henjuan, inc.) ; Karnicobar (Novara 93 ; Jelinek 55 — Jodjonhuo, 

 inc.). — Besembles JVebera Asiatica, Bedd., to such a degree that it is fre- 

 quently mistaken for it. My Stylocoryne Webera in And. Bep. also be- 

 longs here. 



