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Barringtonia speciosa, Linn.— Along the beaches on the eastern coasts rather 
rare, hut frequent along the western coasts north of Port 
Mouat. Kyai-gyee, Birm. 
■ — racemosa, Bl. —Shore and coast zone, common all oyer the 
islands. Kyai-tha, Birm. 
Careya sphaerica, Roxb .—A common tree all throughout the islands, especially 
around Port Blair and on Middle Andaman. Ban-bwae or 
tliabieh-net, Birm .; heereegah, And. 
RHIZOPHORACEiE. 
Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Lam— Porms with the following the mangrove jungles 
all along the coasts of these islands. Bew-boe, Birm . 
JRhizophora mucronata, Linn .—Mangrove jungles all along the eastern coast, 
frequently. Bairadah, And.-, hew-mah, Birm. 
— - ■ - — conjugata, Linn. —Very common in all mangrove swamps. 
Ceriops Candolleana, Am— As the former, especially fine along Middle Straits. 
LYTHRACEiE. 
Lagerstroemia hypoleuca, Kurz.— A large forest tree, which occurs nearly in all 
parts of South and Middle Andaman. Pyen-mah or pemah 
Birm.-, bubdah, And. 
I am informed by the Burmese convicts that two other species 
of Lagerstroemia occur, called khah-moung-thway and thitpyu, 
but I saw only the leafless trees of these. 
*Lawsonia alba, Lam. —Only cultivated. Dan, Birm. 
*Ouphea sp. may be observed occasionally in the gardens of Europeans. 
Pemphis acidula, Forst. —Along the western coasts north of Port Mouat, only a 
few plants found on sandstone rocks. 
ONAGRARIACEiE. 
*Ludwigia parviflora, Roxb.—F rom Aberdeen to Haddo on wet places, appears 
to be introduced with rice. 
CUCURBITACE2E. 
*Muckia scabrella, Am.— Aberdeen, cultivated lands, rare, introduced. 
Bryonia sp.—Common throughout the jungles from Homfray’s Ghat to Port 
Mouat and along the western coasts. 
*Gitrullus cucurbita, Schrad . Cultivated. Pha-rai, Birm. 
*Momordica charantia, Linn .—Cultivated. Kyet-hen-kha, Birm. 
*——-—dioica, Roxb .—Cultivated. Sa-byet, Birm. 
*Luffa pentandra, Roxb. —Cultivated. Tha-bwot, Birm. 
——foetida, Cav— Jungles at Hope Town and elsewhere, common. I cannot 
make out whether introduced or indigenous. Ladadah, And. ; 
Tha-bwot-kha-wai, Birm . 
*Benincasa cerifera, Savi.— Cultivated. Khyouk-pha-yung, Birm. 
*Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser.— Cultivated. Boo-hsen-sway, Birm. 
*Trichosanthes anguina, Cultivated. Paiden-mway, Birm. 
* — — ———cucumerina, Linn— Cultivated. Tba-bwot-kha, Birm. 
——palmata, Roxb. —Very common on Bird Island north of Mangrove 
Bay, etc., wherever an open place occurs in the jungles. 
- cordata, Roxb— Rutland Island on the sunny ridges at Lighter 
Bay, common. 
*Oucumis melo, Linn. —Cultivated. Tha-khwa-hmwse, Birm . 
* ———sativus, Linn.— Cultivated. 
* --—utilissimus, Roxb.— Cultivated. Tha-khwa, Birm . 
* Cucurbita maxima, Duch . —Cultivated. Shwai-pha-yung, Birm „ 
