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59. Vandellia ceustacba Benth. On wet banks of the tank at 

 west side. 



60. Scoparia dulcis Linn. In cleared space behind telegraph- 



office. 



BIGNONIACB^J. 



61. HeterOPHEAGMA adenopryllum Seem. Frequent in the in- 

 terior. 



ACANTHACE^. 



62. Thunbergia laurifolia Lindley. Common. 



VERBENACE^E. 



63. Premna integrifolia R. Br. Littoral species ; common. 



64. Vitex Negundo Linn. Leaves mostly 4-pinnate. On the sea- 

 shore of north side of Island, but only in two places. 



65. Clerodendron inerme Gaertn. Very common on the coast 

 here, and also throughout the whole of the Andaman group. 



66. Avicennia officinalis Linn. On the sandstone reefs, but 

 only in two or three places, to the south and west sides of the Island. 



LABIATES. 



67. Ocimum Basilicum Linn. Waste ground behind servants' 

 quarters of telegraph-office buildings. This is only Ocimum that has 

 here become spontaneous. In South Andaman the true Tulsi (0. sanc- 

 tum) is the one that has become naturalised ; in the Laccadiye group it 

 is the Sam-tulsi (0. gratissimum) that occurs as if wild. 



68. Anisomeles ovata R. Br. Here and there in opener parts of 

 the interior and plentiful on the bare part at the south-west corner of 

 the Island ; not in the cleared space near the telegraph-office. 



MYRISTIOACEiE. 



69. Mtristica glauca Blume. Only one (female) tree seen, near 

 the Garcinia. 



EUPHORBIACE^}. 



70. Euphorbia thtmifolia Burm. On wet banks of the tank, 

 plentiful ; seeds red. 



71. Bridelia tomentosa Blume. Plentiful ; absolutely glabrous 

 in every part and in this respect quite like specimens collected by Kurz 

 in Pegu. 



72. Elueggia microcarpa Blume. A small tree ; common in the 

 interior. 



