B.- MONOOOf YLEDONES, 
Palm^e. 
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Calamosagus laciniosus, Griff— Common all over the jungles, especially along 
the eastern coasts. Burdah, And. 
— --— sp. (as the former, hut the sheaths are densely covered with long 
thin brownish spines).—In the jungles behind Aberdeen and 
elsewhere (specimens lost). 
Calamus sp. No. 4,—Western coasts of South Andaman, and both shores of 
Middle Straits; also on Rutland and the Labyrinth Islands. 
—- sp. No. 2.—Common throughout the jungles of South Andaman. 
Kyeing-kha, Birm. ; dshouwdah, And. 
——— sp. No. 3.—On the beaches at North Bay and behind Aberdeen. 
— -sp. No. 1.—The most common species, forming nearly one-sixth of the 
climber vegetation, and very common just behind the man¬ 
grove swamps. Umdah, And. 
*Areca catechu, Linn .—Cultivated, especially at Aberdeen. Kwon-thee, Birm . 
— triandra, Boxb. —Common throughout the forests of South Andaman and 
adjacent islands. Abaradah, And. 
Areca laxa, Ham . in McClell. Journ . v. 452, is certainly 
this species. 
Ptychosperma Kuhlii ? Miq. —On Mount Harriet. 
Caryota sobolifera, Wall , (but the fruits are globose). Macpherson’s Straits; 
between Aberdeen and Navy Point, western coasts of South 
Andaman, Termoklee Island, Rutland, and elsewhere, but 
nowhere in greater quantity. 
Phoenix paludosa, Boxb.— Common along both shores of Middle Straits. Then- 
boung, Birm. - 
I am informed that. another species of Phoenix occurs on the Cinque Islands 
with edible fruits. (Ph. sylvestris ?) 
Corypha macropoda, Kurz .—On Termoklee Island only. Dundah, And. ; pae, 
Birm . 
Licuala paludosa, Griff .—Behind the mangroves at both shores of Middle 
Straits, also at Circular Bay of Port Mouat. 
— -peltata, Roxb.— The most common palm throughout the jungles from 
Rutland to Middle Straits. Gubul, And. 
Cocos nucifera, Linn.— Only on the Cocos Islands indigenous. Now everywhere 
cultivated and sown along the shores. Ung, Birm. 
Nipa fruticans, Wurmb.— The Nipa palm does not occur so abundantly, and is 
confined to a number of centres, as at Port Blair* Camping 
Bay, etc. Da-ne, Birm. 
Pandanacejs. 
Pandanus verus, Rumph.—A. most common plant all along the shores of the 
Andamans. Oodelet, And. ; hsat-ta-phu, Birm. 
■ Andamanensium, Kurz.— Common, especially abundant in the coast 
zone, but also frequently met with in the interior. Mung- 
dah, And. 
--—Leram, Jones.— With the former. 
Preycinetia radicans, ? Gaud. —Common in damp forests north of Viper Island, 
along the western coast of South Andaman, around Port 
Mouat, on Mount Harriet, South Point, etc. 
AnoiDEm. 
Amorphophallus longistylus, Kurz.— Common around Port Mouat and along 
the whole western coast; rare at Phoenix Bay. 
