294 V. NARAYAN8WAM1 AND H. G. CARTER 



This plant was found on the island by Dr. Gravely when the report was in the 

 press. 



Distrib. — Throughout Tropical India, Malacca, Cochin China and Tropical 

 Africa. 



IX. DIOSCOREACEAE. 

 19. Dioscorea Linn. 



24. D. oppositifolia Linn. F.B.I, vi, 292 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 804. 

 Loc. — ^Barkuda. Nos. 1259, ^H'^ ^^^ i374- 



"Not uncommon in thickets, especially in those of Weihea ceylanica." 

 Distrib. — Tropical India, southwards to Ceylon. 



25. D. sativa Linn. F.B.I, vi, 295. 

 D. bulbifera Br. Dc. Prodr. 294; (in part). 



D. bulbifera Br. var. sativa ex. Herb. Hort. Bot. Calc. ; Prain, Beng. PI. 1066. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1273. 



"Not uncommon in the rainy season in Glycosmis thickets." 



Distrib. — Throughout the tropics. 



DICOTYLEDONEAE. 



X. MORACEAE. 



20. Plecospermum Trecul. 



26. P, spinosum Trecul. F.B.I, v, 491. 

 Batis spinosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 763. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1373, and 1452. 



"A creeper in mixed thickets, climbing on Azadirachta indica." 



Distrib. — Throughout India. 



21. Ficus Linn. 



27. F. gibbosa Blume. var ? F.B.I, vi, 496 ; King, Ann. R.B.G. i, pt. i, 6 and 

 pi. 2. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1202. 



"No. 1202 grows as an epiphyte on the banyan and other fig trees. Figs bright 

 yellow when ripe." It does not conform with any of the varieties of this protean 

 species mentioned in F.B.I. 



Distrib. — Throughout India near the bases of hill ranges, Burma, Ceylon and 

 the Malay Peninsula. Also in Hongkong. 



28. F. gibbosa Blume. var. parasitica Koenig. F.B.I, v, .]97 ; King, Ann. 

 R.B.G. I, pt. i, 6, and pi. 26; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 979. 



F. parasitica Koenig, Willd. Act. Berol. 25. tab 3. 



F. sclerophylla Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 546. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1307, 1372, 1455, 1456 and 1465. 



"No. 1307 is a shrub growing on the side of a well. A single seedling was found 

 as an epiphyte on Premna latifolia in April, and another on the banyan." Elsewhere 

 found as a large tree with branches, at least on the upper parts, growing upright. 



