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75. E. neriifolia I^inn. F.B.I, y, 255; Prain, Beng. PI. n,4-yo ; Rcxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii, 470. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1367. 



" A small tree. Begins to flower in December. Fruits in April, in which 

 month a few trees are still in flower." 



Disfrib. — Deccan Peninsula, in Bengal, Burma and Ceylon but probably culti- 

 vated. Also in Malay Islands and Baluchistan. 



76. E. antiquorum Linn. F.B.I, v, 255; Prain. Beng. PI. ii, 923 ; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii, 468. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1369. 



"A tree- Euphorbia on rocks. Begins to flower in December. Fruits in April." 



Distrih. — Throughout the hotter parts of India and Ceylon, often planted. 



56. Excoecaria Linn. 



yy. E. agallocha Linn. F.B.I, v, 472; Prain, Beng. PI. ii, 955; Roxb. F. 

 Ind. iii, 756. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1344. 



" Solitary tree growing in gravel by edge of lake amongst Nim and Crataeva." . 



Distrih. — The tidal forests on the coasts of India and Ceylon, extending through- 

 out the Pacific region. 



XXV. ANACARDIACEAE. 

 57. Odina Roxb. 

 (Lannea A. Rich.') 



78. O. Wodier Roxb. F.B.I, i, 29; Prain, Beng. PI. i, 354; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii, 293. 



Calesium grande O. Ktze. Eng. and Prantl. Pflanz. iii, 5, 153. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1375. 



" A large tree not uncommon in the sandy area on the north side of the Island. 

 Flowers in April without leaves." 



Distrih. — Throughout India. Yields a gum. 



XXVI. HIPPOCRATEACEAE. 

 58. Hippocratea Linn. 



79. H. indica Willd. F.B.I, i, 624; Prain, Beng. PI. i, 332; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i, 165. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1264, 1266, 1284, 1312 and 1383. 



"An overwhelming creeper. Very common on the island. Flowers at least 

 from September to June." 



Distrih. — Throughout the hotter parts of India, Malay Archipelago and Africa. 



1 Lannea of A. Richmond is a " nomen conservandum," both Odina of Roxburgh and Calesium of Adans. are 

 " notnina rejicienda" in the Vienna list. 



