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LEGUMINOS^. 
19. Desmoditjm umbbllatum DC. Shore species; frequent, especi¬ 
ally on the west and north sides of the Island. 
20. Abrtjs precatoeius Linn. Very frequent everywhere in the 
Island. 
21. Ertthrika indica Lamk. A purely coast species here, as it 
also is in the Andamans and in Great Coco island. In the Great Coco 
it is, however, rather uncommon : a striking contrast with the conditions 
in Diamond Island where tliis tree forms an almost unbroken ring round 
the coast. 
22. MucunA- monosperma DC. Very common in the interior 
jungle. 
23. PuERARiA PHASEOLOIDES Benth. Common on the western sea- 
face of the Island, climbing over bushes of Taherncemontana crispa and 
creeping in the grass at the bare south-western corner of the Island, 
24. Canavalia ensiformis DC. A climber all round the coast, 
especially common on west and north sides of the island ; not met with 
in the interior. ^ 
25. PoNGAMtA GLABRA Vent. Frequent in the line of trees imme¬ 
diately behind the sandy beach. 
26. Cjssalpinia Eonbucella Ham. A thicket behind the boat¬ 
house. 
27. Cassia alata Linn. Two or three large thickets between the 
telegraph-office and the tank. 
28. Tamarindus indica Linn. Several large trees behind the 
beach, between the telegraph-office and the graveyard. 
29. Entada scandens Benth. Common all over the island. 
30. Albizzia procera Benth. A common tree, especially in the 
western half of the island ; those trees exposed to the S. W. monsoon 
are gnarled and dwarfed and weather-beaten. 
COMBRETACE^. 
31. Terminalia Catappa Linn. Frequent in the beach ring of 
trees. One tree overhanging the boat-house, and probably an intro¬ 
duced one, was in flower, in November ; the others were all, as they were 
in South Andaman and in the Great Coco, in fruit. 
MELASTOMACE^. 
32. OsBECKiA chinensis Linn.; C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. Frequent 
in the bare grassy slope at the south-western corner of the Island. The 
form present in Diamond Island differs from typic&,l 0. chinensis some¬ 
what in size and form of leaves and calyx ; in these specimens, leaves 
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