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on the westera coasts* This species has been referred to {Jour. As. Soc., 
Beng., lix, pt. 2, p. 251) as perhaps introduced into the Andamans, be¬ 
cause Mr. Kurz did not meet with it in 1866 when he explored a part 
of the group. But from what the writer has been able to note since, he 
is convinced that the species is indigenous in the Andaman group. 
East Africa j Tropical Asia; Malaja, Philippines ; China, Japan; 
Polynesia. 
71. Desmodium teifloeum do. 
Table Island, in the lighthouse clearing on grassy slopes. There 
is a white- and a red-flowered variety and both are equally common. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
72. Altsicaepus vaginalis DO. 
Great Coco, in the small clearing at the north-east corner of the 
island, probably introduced. 
Tropical weed indigenous in eastern hemisphere; introduced in 
America. 
73. Phaseolus sp. 
Great Coco. Appearing as seedlings in the droppings of the half¬ 
wild cattle on a bare grassy hill-side in the south-west of the island, much 
frequented by these, were seen during the second visit to the island 
numerous examples of what appears to be a species of this genus. Each 
leaflet has in the centre a reniform white mark which ought to be dis¬ 
tinctive, yet the writer cannot recall a variety which exhibits this. The 
origin of the seeds could not be traced, no Phaseolus was observed in the 
abandoned clearing in 1889, and unfortunately it was impossible to re¬ 
examine that locality in 1890. 
74. Abeus peecatoeius Linn. 
Great Coco, common; Little Coco, very common. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
75. Abeus polchellus Wall. 
In all the islands, very common. 
Africa, India, Burma, Malaya, Andamans. 
76. Eettheina indica Lamk. 
In all the islands, in coast zone ; not nearly so common as it is on 
Diamond Island at the mouth of the Bassein river. 
India, Burma, Malaya; Andamans, Nicobars. 
77. Mucuna gigantea DO, 
Great and Little Coco ; one of the commonest climbers on flat land 
in the interior behind the mangrove swamps. 
India, Andamans ; Malaya ; Philippines ; Polynesia. 
78. Mucuna prueiens DC. 
Table Island, vei-y common, interior jungle on ridges. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
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