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some truly maritime species, such as Phaseolus adenanthuSy Sticto-- 
cardia tilisefoliay Agyneia bacctformisy Blumea amplectens var. 
maritimaj Sphasranthus africanusy Azima tetracanthay Solatium 
trilobatunty Psilotrichum ferrugineumy Cyperm scartosusy Fimbria 
stylis polytrichoides var. halophilay Paspalum distichumy which 
are plentiful in the clearings but which one cannot find either in the 
Sundri or in the Mangrove-forests. A few other species, like Sesuvium 
Portulaca%trumy Zoysia pungenSy Pycreus polystachyus occur both 
in the clearings and at the sea-face. The bulk of the species to be 
met with in the northern clearings are, however, as will be seen on 
examining the list of Sundribun plants, either species deliberately 
introduced by man, or weeds such as accompany his crops, appear in 
the ponds or ditches that he excavates, or spring up by the sides of his 
paths and on. his rubbish-heaps. The mounds and platforms of higher 
ground within the forests that mark old settlements, supply a number 
of species that indicate persistence under favourable conditions, 
on the sites of abandoned clearings, of species possibly originally 
introduced. The ruins at Mandabari, examined by Heinig and 
Gammie, and other similar places where Heinig alone has collected, 
have yielded a considerable number of species of. this class. Having 
regard to the interest of this question the writer took occasion, 
when visiting the ruins at Jatta in August 1902, to collect every 
species that was to be found there ; this collection supplies several 
additions to the list, which includes f Cratgsva Roxburghiiy Flacour- 
tia sepiariay ^ ZEgle MarmeloSy ^ Zijsyphus CEnopliay Eugenia 
fruticosay Cassia Fistulay * Abrus precatorius y t V angueria 
spinosay t Ixora coccinea var. Bandhucay Diospyros Embryop- 
teriSy * Diospyros montanay t Cordia Myxay * Ocimum sanctumy 
Antidesma Ghsesembillay ^ Bouea burmanicay ’^Zingiber Casu- 
munavy Croton oblongifoliuSy Odina Wodier. The species in this 
list marked with an * have been found so far only at Jatta on the 
mound where there are the remains of a Hindu Temple ; those 
marked with a t have been collected only at Mandabari; or at places 
of the kind other than Jatta. The remainder, without any distin- 
guishing mark, are common to Jatta and to other ruins. Only one of 
these species, Odina Wodier y has been found in the swamp-forests 
proper and even there its only locality was a small (and now unused) 
wood-cutter's camping-ground on the bank of the Ambaria Khal. 
The small patch of forest at Jatta on the temple platform and among 
the ruins yielded the following species in addition t© those indicated 
in the foregoing \\^\.\—Cleome viscosay Tinospora tomentosay Atylosia 
scarabaeoidesy Trichosanthes palmatay Luff a graveolenSy Momor^ 
dica dioicay Limnophila oratissima (from the small sweet-water 
