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dendron anfractuosum, etc. Under the Cocos nucifera on the sandy soil a 
sward of Thuarea sarmentosa with patches of Ipomoea hiloha and with a 
quantity of JEranthemum succifoliuvi; further inland there is a dense 
undergrowth of Glycosmis pentaphylla ; Ardisia humilis ; Ficus brevicuspis 
and Ficus DoBmonum ; Alsodeia hengalensis; Ohjptopetalum cahcarpum ; 
Cyclostemon assamicus; etc.—covered with a mass of Fisonia aculeata ; 
CcBsalpinia Nuga ; Capparis sepiaria ; Mucuna gigantea, less common here 
than on muddy soil; Calamus sp., not very common ; Sarcostigma edule ; 
Antitaxis calocarpa; Ferris scandens; Thunhergia laurifolia; Fioscorea, 
two sp.; Vitis pedata, very common ; Acacia ruhricaulis, often. Of sub- 
herbaceous plants may be mentioned Fraccena spicata, it is, however, less 
common on level ground than on the ridges. Further on were met with 
Cynometra ramijlora, with occasionally Forites Wightii epiphytal, but less 
commonly so than where the soil is moist and muddy; considerable 
quantities of Leea sambucina ; Sterculia villosa, as a small tree ; Stephegyne 
diversifolia, though rarely ", Artoca^pus Gomeziana; Terminalia bialata ; 
some Siphonodon celastrineus; Oroxyhim indicum ; and, as the opposite side 
of the island is approached, Crotonsublyratus; Hernandiapeltata; Sterculia 
rubiginosa; Terminalia Catappa ; Erythrina indica ; and the Pandanus sea- 
fence. Just before reaching this coast-zone a single example of a 
stemless palm {Livistona sp. ?) was met with ; another example of this 
was obtained on the hill where the 1889 encampment was made at the 
north-east corner of the island. In cutting a path across the island at 
another point a le-vel sandy tract was reached on which for several hun¬ 
dred yards grew nothing except young Gyrocarpus Jacquinii. 
Crossing at a point where a ridge had to be passed it was found 
that much of the flat land behind the coco-nut zone was taken up with 
a jungle of Gyrocarpus Jacquinii, Macaranga Tanarius and Mallotus 
andamanicus to the exclusion of other species ; but even as far as the 
base of the ridge many fruits of Cocos nucifera that had been floated 
inland during the rainy season, when the whole of this level tract is 
evidently water-covered, are germinating freely and some coco-nut trees 
that have reached the light have begun to bear. On the ridge itself a 
dense jungle prevails, much matted, especially along the crest, with 
creepers ; the chief of these is Thtinbergia laurifolia, the others being 
Fioscorea sp.; Capparis sepiaria and Capparis tenera ; Ferris uliginosa; 
Anodendron paniculatum; Abrus precatorhis and A. pulchellus ; Calamus / 
Pcediria fcetida ; Modecca ; Trichosanthes palmata; Porana spectahilis ; a 
little further along this ridge the west side and the flat land at its 
base was found to be a dense thicket of Caryota sobolifera ; the herba¬ 
ceous undergrowth was remarkably sparse and consisted of a few plants 
of Zingiber sp.; some patches of Alocasia, and a few patches of Oplis- 
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