316 V. NARAYANSWAMI AND H. G. CARTER LIST OF THE PLANTS OF BARKUDA. 



The deer also eat it. Very common on the island : flowers in September but also, 

 more profusely, from the end of April to June." 



Distrib. — W. Peninsula from Concan southward to Ceylon. 



103. Morinda Linn. 



135. M. tinctoria Roxb. F.B.I, iii, 156 ; Prain, Beng. PI. i, 573 ; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i, 543 in part. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1255. 

 " Not uncommon as a large tree in thickets." 



Distrib. — Throughout India also Malay Archipelago. Yields the well known 

 dye '' darfi haridra." 



LII. COMPOSITAE. 



104. Vernonia Schreb. 



136. V. cinerea. Less. F.B.L iii, 233. 

 V. cinerera Less. Prain, Beng. PI. i, 590. 

 Serratula cinerera. Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 406. 



Loc. — Barkuda. Nos. 1207, 1237, ^S^Qj 1320, 1343. 



A very variable plant, found in flower at all seasons. No. 1207 obtained from 

 the edge of the well is the largest specimen of the collection and has much stouter 

 and longer stems than the others. No. 1237 is the smallest. No. 1319, from a heap 

 of stones under the shade of trees, has large leaves. No. 1320 is found in rock-wall of 

 the pond and resembles 1207, No. 1343 was growing on bare stony soil. 



Distrib. — Throughout India one of the commonest weeds. Also in Tropical 

 Asia, Africa and Australia. 



105. Blumea Dc. 



137. Blumea sp. 



Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1392. 

 Springing up in December. 



106. Eclipta Linn. 



138. E. erecta Linn. Mant. Duthie Fl. Gang. PI. i, 468. 

 E. alba Hassk. F.B.I, iii, 304 ; Prain, Beng. PI. i, 610. 



E. prostrata Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 438. 



Loc. — ^Barkuda. Nos. 1279, ^B^Sj ^472 and 1479. 



Nos. 1279 and 1315 grow at the edge of the pond among stones. No. 1472 is a 

 depauperated plant, and No. 1479 which was found on the sandy foreshore on the 

 south side of the Island. 



Distrib. — Cosmopolitan in all warm countries. 



107. Tridax Linn. 



139. T. procumbens Linn. F.B.L iii, 311 ; Prain, Beng. PL i, 618. 

 Loc. — Barkuda. No. 1318. 



" On steps leading to the pond. A weak, straggling herb, by no means common, 

 disappearing in dry season." 



Distrib. — A weed of South America, now well established throughout India. 



