1893.] D. Prain — Flora of Narcondam and Barren Island. 65 



Plants collected in Narcondam and Barren Island. 

 i. MENISPERMACE^E. i. 



1. Anamirta Cocculus W. & A. Narcondam (1). 



India, Indo-China, Malaya. 



2. Ctclea peltata H. F. & T. Barren Island (1). 

 Andamans, Nicobars, Burma, 



3. Antitaxis calocarpa Kurz. Narcondam (2), common. 



Andamans and Nicobars. 



ir. CAPP ABIDED, ii. 



4. Capparis sepiaria Linn., var. grandipolia Kurz. Narcondam (3) ; 

 Barren Island (2) ; common. 



Andamans, Burma, Malaya ; trie variety does not occur in India, 



5. Capparis tenera Dalz., var. latifolia H. f. & T. Narcondam (4). 

 Andamans, Tenasserim ; the variety does not occur in India. 



in. VIOLARIE^E. — . 



6. Alsodeia bengalensih Wall. Narcondam (5). 



Assam, Burma, Andamans, Nicobars. 



iv. GUTTIFER^. — . 



7. Calophtllum inophtllum Linn. Narcondam (6) ; beach-forest. 

 Mascarene Isds. ; S. E. Asia ; Australia ; Polynesia. 



v. MALVACEAE, in. 



8. Hibiscus tiliaceus Linn. Narcondam (7) ; Barren Island (3). 

 Cosmopolitan on tropical sea-sbores. 



9. Thespesia populnea Corr. Narcondam (8). 



On tropical coasts tbrougbout tbe Eastern Hemisphere. 



10. Bombax insigne Wall., var. poltstemon Prain ; var. nov. caudice 

 armata, foliolis 7-9, sessilibus anguste lanceolatis, subtus glaucescenti- 

 bus, staminibus plurimis (circa 700) ; capsula 3"5 — 4 poll, longa : flori- 

 bus rubris. Narcondam (9) ; common. 



India, Indo-China, Andamans, Malaya ; this variety endemic. 

 There has been some confusion as regards the Asiatic species of Bombax ; the 

 writer, therefore, takes this opportunity of giving diagnoses of all of them. His 

 excuse for doing so in this place, is that it "was the difficulty of localising this tree 

 that led to the study of the genus. 



Bombaces Asiatics. 

 Arbores (ordinis Malvacearum) grandes, saltern juniores caudice armataa foliis 

 digitatis ; calyce coriaceo ; stylo simplici ; fructu capsulari, segmentis 5 ; seminibus 

 lana endorcarpii involutis. 



Fructus segmentis crassissime coriaceis, semiuibus sarcinis 



