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repens, about the only species that occurs on the rocky sea-cliffs. On 

 the small islet in Anchorage Bay and on the rocks to the north of the 

 reef that connects it with the main island, is a scrubby jungle of Hibis- 

 cus tiliaceus, Acacia concinna, Dalbergia ononosperma, Fremna integrifolia, 

 Glochidion calocarpum, Breynia rJiamnoides, Blachia andamanica, and 

 Gelonium bifarium, — the last-named especially plentiful. 



In the denser interior jungle on the hill between Anchorage Bay 

 and the gorge that debouches at Coco Bay, one is struck by the familiar 

 Andaman feature of groves of gregarious Euphorbiaceous treelets form- 

 ing an under-growth in a forest of lofty trees. Of this forest, Ficus 

 nitida and Ficus Pumphii are perhaps the chief constituents ; the two 

 commonest gregarious species are Actephila excelsa — undoubtedly the 

 species on the island represented by the greatest number of individuals, 

 and Mallotus andamanicus — also, in many places, very plentiful. The 

 herbaceous species found underneath these treelets are mainly two 

 ferns : Acrostichum appendictdatum, which is not very plentiful, and 

 Asplenium urophyllum, which is. Among other species, found chiefly 

 on a comparatively level tract on the top of the ridge, where the 

 gregarious feature noted during the ascent from the east coast gives place 

 to a mixed forest, the uudergrowth includes Ahodeia bengalensis, Cans- 

 jera Eheedei, Glycosmis pentaphylla, Capparis sepiaria, Fisonia acul- 

 leata, Vitis lanceolaria, Leea sambucina, Memecylon edule, Abrus preca- 

 torius, Mucuna gigantea, Bridelia tomentosa, Ficus hispida ; Acrostichum 

 appendiculatum is here common, while Asplenium urophyllum is rare. 

 The trees are also more mixed, and include, besides the two species of Ficus 

 already mentioned, a Bombax, Erioglossum edule, Biospyros Kurzii, Oroxy- 

 lum indicum, Artocarpus Bacoocha, Antiaris toxicaria, Ficus comosa, and 

 Amoora decandra. Besides the two ferns mentioned, a not infrequent her- 

 baceous species is a fine Amorphophallus. Along the ravine that passes 

 northward to debouch at Coco Bay occur the same species ; near its 

 mouth, where the ground is flat, the jungle becomes ' scrub ' — Morinda, 

 Fremna, and such like shrubs, loaded with tangled masses of Ipomcea 

 vitifolia. This type of jungle takes the place of the absent beach-forest ; 

 the sea-fence is however well-developed, and is of the usual Malayan 

 type, — Pandanus, Guettarda, Morinda, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Gcesalpinia 

 Bonducella, Colubrina asiatica, Allophylus Gobbe, Vigna lutea, Ganavalia 

 turgida, and such like plants. Round this bay the coco-nut zone is well 

 developed ; behind it is the plantain grove already referred to. 



East Bay, visited subsequently, may be here most conveniently 

 described. On the beach occur both Ipomoea denticulata and Ipomcea 

 biloba ; along with these occur Vigna lutea and Fhaseolus adenanthus ; the 

 sea-fence is represented by a few examples of Pandanus odoratissimus, 



