136 S. Kurz — A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Nicobar Islands. [No. 3, 



Korth., non WA.) — Not unfrequent in open spots and along the outskirts 

 of the tropical forests of Kamorta. 



N. B. Hedyotis coerulea, WA. (non L., nee Korth.), has to he chang- 

 ed into H. cyanantha. 



236. Hedyotis Wallichii (jET. galioides, Wall. Cat. 866, non F. 

 Muell.). 



Herba annua, erecta, 1 — 2-pedalis, parce pilosa ; stipulse longe fim- 

 briata3, hispido-pilosse ; folia magis minusve ovato-lanceolata ad ovalia, 

 basi acuta, petiolo 1 — 1\ lin. longo parce piloso suffulta, acuta v. acuminata, 

 | — li poll, longa, integra, memhranacea, utrinque plus minusve pilis longis 

 adspersa ; flores minuti, pallide ccerulei, pedicellis capillaribus 3 — 4 lin. 

 longis suffulti, cymas glahras dichotomas in paniculas axillares et termina- 

 les dispositas formantes ; calyx glaber, vix semilineam longus, dentibus 

 lanceolatis acutis ; capsula hemisphseriea, glabra, lineam fere in diametro, 

 calycis dentibus brevibus coronata. 



Common amongst grass in the grass-heaths, especially in those of the 

 northern parts of Kamorta. 



237. Hedyotis geamentcoea, Kurz in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1875, 

 326. — Common amongst grass in the grass-heaths of Kamorta. 



238. Hedyotis eacemosa, Lamk. — Great Nicobar (g. c). 



239. Hedyotis Andamajstca, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, 

 311. — Bather rare in somewhat open places in the tropical forests of Ka- 

 morta. 



210. Knoxia coeymbosa, Willd. — Trice and Track (g. c). 



COMPOSITE. 



241. Vebnonta cesteeea, Less. — A weed in cultivated lands and 

 around the huts of the natives in the beach-forests of Kamorta j Tillang- 

 chong (Novara 85 ; Jelinek 102). 



242. YEENOisriA (Cyanopsis) sp. — Nicohars (teste D.). 



243. Adenostemma yiscosum, Forst. — One variety (var. latifoHa, 

 Don) frequent in the coral-reef- and tropical forests of Kamorta and Kat- 

 chall ; the other (var. elatum, Don), with succulent thick leaves, rather 

 frequent in swampy rivulets of the grass-heaths of Kamorta. 



244. Ageeatum cojsyzoides, L. — A common weed around the huts 

 of the natives and in the beach-forests of Kamorta and Katchall. 



245. Blumea eiava, DC. — Locally along rivulets of the grass- 

 heaths of Kamorta. 



246. Blumea laceba, DC. — Frequent in the beach-forests and 

 around the penal settlement of Kamorta. 



247. Blumea myeiocephala, DC. — Here and there in shady ra- 

 vines and in tropical forests of Kamorta ; Trice and Track (g. c.) ; Great 

 Nicohar (Novara 83 : Jelinek 218 — konge, inc.). 



