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MYRSINE^. 
141. Ardisia HUMJLfS Yalil. 
In all the islands, common in the beach foi’est, 
India, China, Malaya. 
142. udilGiCERAS MAjus Caertn. 
Great Coco; fruits seen in the sea-diufts on the coast; doubt¬ 
less the sjDecies occurs frequently in the mangrove swamps, though no 
individual tree was met with. 
Cosmopolitan on tropical sea-coasts. 
SAPOTACE^. 
143. Mimusops littoralis Kurz, 
In all the islands ; next to Gyrocarpus Jarquini, this (the Andaman 
Bullet-wood) is the commonest tree in the group. 
In Jerry Island, off the south end of Great Coco, and for about two 
miles along the coast at the south end of Great Coco, nearly every tree 
that has attained a height of 80 feet presents from the sea the ap¬ 
pearance of being dead. Closer inspection, however, shews that in many 
(perhaps most) cases only the whole of the main branches are dead, 
while about their bases or along the main trunk numerous close bunches 
of small branches have appeared, the leaves of which keep the trees 
still alive. The same thing is apparent at the south-west corner of 
Little Coco but is less striking because less extensive. 
Andamans, Nicobara. 
EBENACE^. 
144. Diosptros Ktjrzii Hiern. 
Little Coco ; Great Coco, rare. 
Andamans, Nicobars. 
APOCYNEJU. 
145. Rauwolfia serpentina Benth. 
Great Coco, common. 
India, Burma, Tenasserim, Java ; not previously reported from the 
Andamans. 
146. Cerbera Odollam, Gaertn. 
Great Coco, rare ; in mangrove swamps. 
India, Malaya, Andamans ; China; Australia, Polynesia. 
147. OCHROSIA BORBONICA Gmel. 
Little Coco, common ; in beach forests. 
Andamans, Maiaya, Seychelles, Mascarene Islands 
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