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Flora of Narcondam and Barren Island. 
repens, about the only species that occurs on the rocky sea-cliHs. On 
the small islet in Anchorage Bay and on the rocks to the north of the 
reef that connects it with the main island, is a scrubby jungle of Hibis¬ 
cus tiliaceus, Acacia concinna, JDalbergia monosperma, Premna integrifolia, 
Glocliidion calocarpum, Breynia rhamnoides, Blachia andamanica, and 
Gelonium bifarium, —the last-named especially plentiful. 
In the denser interior jungle on the hill between Anchorage Bay 
and the gorge that debouches at Coco Bay, one is struck by the familiar 
Andaman feature of groves of gregarious Euphorbiaceous treelets form¬ 
ing an under-growth in a forest of lofty trees. Of this forest. Ficus 
nitida and Ficus Bumphii are perhaps the chief constituents; the two 
commonest gregarious species are Actephila excelsa —undoubtedly the 
species on the island represented by the greatest number of individuals, 
and Mallotus andamanicus —also, in many places, very plentiful. The 
herbaceous species found underneath these treelets are mainly two 
ferns: Acrostichum appendicidatum, which is not very plentiful, and 
Asplenium urophyllum, which is. Among other species, found chiefly 
on a comparatively level tract on the top of the ridge, where the 
gregarious feature noted during the ascent from the east coast gives place 
to a mixed forest, the undergrowth includes Alsodeia bengalensis, Cans- 
jera Bheedei, Glycosmis pentaphylla, Capparis sepiaria, Pisonia acul- 
leata, Vitis lanceolaria, Leea sambucina, Memecylon edule, Abrus preca- 
torius, Mucuna gigantea, Bridelia tomentosa, Ficus hispida ; Acrostichum 
appendiculatum is here common, while Asplenium urophyllum is rare. 
The trees are also more mixed, and include, besides the two species of Ficus 
already mentioned, a Bombax, Frioglossum edule, Biospyros Kurzii, Oroxy- 
lum indicum, Artocarpus Lacoocha, Antiaris toxicaria. Ficus comosa, and 
Amoora decandra. Besides the two ferns mentioned, a not infrequent her¬ 
baceous species is a fine Amorphophallus. Along the ravine that passes 
northward to debouch at Coco Bay occur the same species ; near its 
mouth, where the ground is flat, the jungle becomes ‘ scrub ’— Morinda, 
Premna, and such like shrubs, loaded with tangled masses.of Ipomcea 
vitifolia. This type of jungle takes the place of the absent beach-forest; 
the sea-fence is however well-developed, and is of the usual Malayan 
type,— Pandanus, Guettarda, Morinda, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Ccesalpinia 
Bonducella, Coluhrina asiatica, Allophylus Gobbe, Vigna lutea, Canavalia 
turgida, and such like plants. Bound this bay the coco-nut zone is well 
developed; behind it is the plantain grove already referred to. 
East Bay, visited subsequently, may be here most conveniently 
described. On the beach occur both Ipomcea denticulata and Ipomcea 
biloba ; along with these occur Vigna lutea and Phaseolus adenanthus ; the 
sea-fence is represented by a few examples of Pandanus odoratissunus, 
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