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GUTTIFERiE. 
Garcinia speciosa, Wall.— Common at Escape Bay in the interior ; also around 
Aberdeen. Palawah or proah, Birm. 
———Kydiana, Boxb. Andaman Islands, Col. Kyd. 
---purpurea, Boxb. —In the jungles around Macpherson’s Straits and Port 
Blair. Toung-ta-lai, Birm. 
Xanthochymus pictorius, Boxb. —Common around Port Blair, more especially, 
however, along the western coasts, as for instance at Port 
Mouat, etc. Toung-tha-lay, Birm. 
Calophyllum inophyllum, Linn. —Not very common, on the beaches along 
South and Middle Andaman and the adjacent islands. Phung- 
nyet, Birm. 
--spectabile, Willd. —Common in the forests of the interior and coasts 
of South and Middle Andaman. Pantagah, Birm. 
———-sp. (with small leaves).—Bather common throughout the forests of 
South Andaman. Wooeeleemadah or dshouwangdah, And. 
Mesua ferrea, Linn. —A common tree in the forests around Aberdeen, Mount 
Harriet, and some other places in the vicinity. Kengan or 
ganggo, Birm. 
TERNSTRGEMIACEiE. 
Ternstroemia Penangiana, Chois. —Common in the jungles of the western parts 
of South Andaman, as for instance around Port Mouat. 
DIPTEROCARPEiE. 
Dipterocarpus laevis, Buck. —A common tree, forming the prevalent type of the 
Andamanese forests and nearly nowhere absent. Kanyeen-nee, 
Birm.; arreindah, And. 
-—-— -alatus, Boxb. —With the former, but not so common, occurring 
principally around Aberdeen, Phoenix Bay, etc. Kanyeen-phu, 
Birm. 
———-sp. (with large hairy leaves, perhaps D. Baudii ?)—Between Aber¬ 
deen and Navy Point. 
Ancistrocladus extensus, Wall. —A common climber throughout the islands. 
The Andamanese make their arrows from its wood. 
Shorea sp.—-The leaves only seen. In the jungles around Aberdeen and Mount 
Harriet. 
Hopea odorata, Wall. —In the forests of the eastern parts of South Andaman, 
very rare. Thengan, Birm. 
-sp.—Bather frequent in the jungles around Port Blair. 
MALVACEAE. 
*Sida acuta, Burn.— Cleared lands, Aberdeen, Buss Island, etc., introduced. 
Urena lobata, Linn. —In the bamboo jungles of Middle Andaman, common; 
also on Boss Island. 
Hibiscus tiliaceus, Linn. —A most common shrub or little tree along the east¬ 
ern coasts of South and Middle Andaman, becomes rather rare 
along the western side. Lyee-nga-sha, Birm. 
—-rosa sinensis, Linn. —Cultivated only. 
Thespesia populnea, Qorr. —With Hibiscus tiliaceus the most characteristic 
feature of the shore vegetation throughout the islands. Boke- 
may-za, Birm. 
^Gossypium kerbaceum, Linn.— Cultivated only. Wa, Birm. 
Bombax malabaricum, DC. —Common all over the islands, especially frequent 
along the shores. Diedoo or let-pan, Birm,. ; gerengdah, And. 
Eriodendron anfractuosum, D C.— In the forests at Macpherson’s Straits. Let- 
pan, Birm. 
