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SAPOTACE^. 



264. Sideeoxtlon attentjatttm, DC. — Frequent in the tropical for- 

 ests of Kamorta ; Great Nicobar (g. c.) ; Karnicobar (Novara 146 ; Jeli- 

 nek 11 — maJcelinioho, inc.). 



265. Sideeoxylok geandieolittm, Wall. — A lofty tree, rare in the 

 tropical forests of Kamorta. 



266. Mimtjsops Elengi, L. — A lofty tree, not unfrequent in the 

 tropical forests of Katchall. 



267. Mimtjsops littoealis, Kurz in Peg. Eep. 1875. E. 34. in 

 erratis. 



Arbor vasta, sempervirens, glabra ; folia obovata ad obovato-oblonga, 

 petiolo gracili ^ — 1 poll, suffulta, basi acuta, 2^ — 4 poll, longa, obtusa 

 et vulgo retusa, coriacea, glabra, supra nitentia ; flores parvi, pedicellis 

 robustis subglabris ^ — f (sub fructu usque ad 1¥) poll, longis suffulti, solitarii, 

 axillares ; calyx circ. 2 lin. longus, adpresse fulvo-puberulus et glabrescens, 

 6-lobus (an semper ?), lobis ovatis obtusiusculis ; corollse lobi sepalis triplo 

 numerosiores : lobi exteriores 12, lineari-lanceolati ; interiores 6, erecti, 

 breviores et angustiores, basi attenuati et filamentorum basibus subadnati ; 

 stamina 12, glabra, cum squamis minutis totidem denticulatis alternantia ; 

 antherse acuminatse ; ovarium fulvo-pubescens ; baccse depresso- globose et 

 fere pomif ormes, 1 — li poll, circiter in diametro, lseves, vulgo 5-v. 6-locula- 

 res et -spermse ; semina compresso-oblonga, semipollicem circiter longa, 

 hilo conspicuo subbasali obliquo. 



Frequent in the forests of the rocky coast of Katchall, especially 

 along the northern and eastern sides. 



The bullet -wood grows here as luxuriantly as on the Andamans, where 

 at Ross-island itself seven trees, survivors of the former forests, are 

 still standing. 



EBENAGE^. 



268. Diospteos Ktjezii, Hiern. — Rare in the coral-reef -forests of 

 Katchall ; said to occur also in the tropical forests of Kamorta ; Nankowry 

 (Novara 147 ; Jelinek 146). 



269. Diospyeos undttlata, Wall. — Nankowry (Novara 149 ; Jeli- 

 nek 126 — oka ohe, inc.). 



270. Maba Akdamanpca, (Marcreightia Andamanica, Kurz in And. 

 Rep. 2nd ed. A. p. 42). 



Frutex sempervirens, 3 — 5-pedalis, novellis ochraceo-hirsutis v. pubes- 



centibus ; folia elliptico- ad ovato-oblonga, petiolo brevissimo brunneo- 



tomentello suffulta, basi subcordata, abrupte acuminata v. apiculata, 



integra, 4 — 6 poll, longa, chartacea, supra glabra, subtus secus costam 



