298 V. NARAYANSWAMI AND H. C4. CARTER 



" Creeper on a large fig-tree : only one plant seen." 



Z)^s/;'/6. -Throughout tropical India and Ceylon. Cosmopolitan in warm regions. 



XVIII. ANONACEAE. 

 31. Anona Linn. 



45. A. squamosa Linn. F.B.I, i, 78; Prain, Beng. PI. i, 206; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii, 657. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1228. 



The custard- apple and ata of India and the sweet- sop of the W. Indies. 

 "Has run wild and become very abundant on Barkuda, where it produces 

 excellent fruit in September." 



Distrih. — An inhabitant of tropical America naturalised throughout India. 



32. Alphonsea H5. and T. 



46. Alphonsea sp. ? nov. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1232, 1249, 1310 and 1512. 

 A common tree in the island. 

 Distvih. — South India and Ceylon. 



XIX. LAURINEAE. 



33. Cassytha Linn. 



47. C. filiformis Linn. F.B.I, v, 188; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 904; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii, 314. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1242 and 1508. 



" Parasite on various trees including the Nim." 



Distrih. — Throughout India. In tropical parts of Asia, Africa and America. 



XX. CAPPARIDACEAE. 



34. Capparis Linn. 



48. C. brevispina DC. Prodr. 24; Gamble, Fl. Mad. i, 45. 



C. zeylanica Wall, (not of Linn.) ; F.B.I, i, 174; Prain, Beng. PI. i, 226; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii, 568. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1262. 



" A common shrub, the leaves of which are almost always destroyed by insects 

 and deer. Flowers in April, fruit ripe in June." 



Distrih. — Common, usually near the coast, in the Carnatic and Malabar also 

 Ceylon. 



49. C. Roxburghii DC. F.B.I, i, 175. 

 C. corymbosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 569. 

 Loc- -Barkuda. No. 1332. 



" A large creeper with red fruits growing over trees at the edge of the island 

 and occasionally inland. Flowers in October and April." 



