1876.] S. Kurz — A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Nicobar Islands. 151 



GNETAGEJE. 



434. GinETTJM gneiton, L., var. maceophylla, folia 5 — 7 poll, lon- 

 ga, 3| — 4>i poll, lata, camoso-membranacea, laxius reticulata ; spica3 andro- 

 gyna?, sirnplices, robustiores. — A tree (35 — 40 + 10 — 15 + 2| — 3i) ratber 

 frequent in tbe tropical forests of Kamorta ; Trice and Track (Novara 

 46 — 47; Jelinek 190 — hitoi, inc.). — Very distinct in appearance from tbe 

 true gnemon, but hardly specifically different. 



435. GrisrETu-ii macbopodttm, Kurz in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1875, 331. 

 Very common in tbe tropical forests of Kamorta. 



GTGADEM. 



436. Cycas Buhphu, Miq. — Common in tbe beach-forests of Ka- 

 morta and Katchall ; on Kamorta the tree is found on the very ridges in 

 open places of the tropical forests ; Karnicobar (Jelinek — turtle or tewile, 

 inc.). 



PALM^E. 



437. Nip A eettticans, Wurmb. — Nicobars (teste D.). 



438. Cocos ntjcleeba, L. — Common in the beach-forests of all the 

 islands, locally ascending calcareous ridges up to 200 feet elevation ; ujou, 

 inc. Katch. 



439. Aeeca Catechu, L. — Wild in the tropical forests of Kamorta, 

 and apparently also in the coral-reef -forests of Katchall ; otherwise every- 

 where cultivated and like wild ; (Novara 43 ; Jelinek). 



440. Aeeca attgfusta, Kurz in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1875, 170. — Com- 

 mon in the tropical forests of Kamorta, Trinkut, and Nankowry, 



441. Oeanta Nicobaeica, Kurz in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1875. 331. t. 

 171. — Common in the tropical forests of Kamorta. 



442. Zalacca sp. sterile only. — An erect rattan, apparently of this 

 genus, is frequent in the tropical forests of Katchall. 



443. Koethalsia scaphigeea, Mart. — Great Nicobar (Novara 40 ; 

 Jelinek 244 — schamoa, inc.). 



444. Calamus Andamaficus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1874, 

 211, t. 27—28. 



Drupa? matura? globoso-ovoidea?, cerasi minoris magnitudine, acu- 

 mine brmnneo-squamato terminata? ; squama? trapezoidea?, Crustacea?, 

 straminea?, nitida?, anguste brunneo-marginata?, convexiuscula?, medio 

 vix impressa?, in appendicem palhdam membranaceam ciliatam squama? 

 longitudine v. breviorem prolongates ; semen ovoideo-semiteres, dorso parce 

 at grosse lacunosum ; albumen bomogeneum. 



The drupes described and figured by me (1. c.) turn out not to 

 have been quite ripe, and hence it is that the seed is represented with tbe 



