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Polyporus igniarius, Fries, 376 
,, occidentalis, Berk., 67 
„ sanguineus, Fries, 149, 376 
„ xanthopus, Fries, 149, 297 
Pometia tomentosa, Kurz, 118 
Pongamia glabra, Vent., 61, 121, 223, 284 
Popowia parvifolia, Kurz, 226 
Portulaca oleracea, Linn., 37, 329 
,, PortuJacastum, Linn., 341 
„ quadrifida, Linn., 37 
„ tuberosa, lloxb ,329 
Pathos scandens, Linn , 144', 295 
Pouzolzia alienata. Gaud., 362 
„ indica. Gaud., 362 
Premna integrifolia, Linn., 65, 133, 224, 
231, 288, 353 
„ obtusifolia, R. Br. 133 
„ serratifolia, Linn., 353 
„ spinosa, Roxb., 353 
„ sp., 133 
Prenanthes acaulis, Roxb., 345 
„ asplenifolia, Roxb., 345 
Preparis, 93 
Products of Coco Islands, 110 
Prolification of flower-buds in Acacia 
eburnea, 89 
Psidium Guajava, Linn., 29, 339 
,, pomiferus, Linn , 339 
,, pyriferus, Linn., 339 
Psilostegise, 87 
Psilotum triquetrum, Sw., 295, 376 
Pteris biaurita, Linn., 296 
,, longifnlia, Linn., 296 
Pterocarpus indicus, Willd., 35, 121 
Pueraria Candollei, Grab., 121 
„ phaseoloides, Benth., 61, 121 
Punica Granatum, Linn., 29, 340 
Fyenmah, Andamanese, 35 
Quisquulis indica, Linn., 29 
Rain-tree, origin of name, 35; rate of 
growth of, 34 
Bandia longijiora, Lamk., 126 
Raphanus sativus, Linn., 28 
Rate of cooling of spring in Barren 
Island, 84 
Rats in Narcondam and Barren Island, 
235 
Rauwoljia serpentina Benth., 128 
Ravenala madagascariensis, Adans , 35 
Reefs, coral, 97; sandstone, 100 
Regma Nagas, 3 
Religion, Naga, 18 
Remanent species in the Cocos, 213 
Remarks on the Fauna of Narcondam 
AND Barren Island, 235 
Reptiles in Narcondam and Barren 
Island, 240 
Bhamnus catharticus, Linn., 90 
„ chlorophorus. Dene, 90 
„ davuricus, Pall., 89 
„ globosus, Bunge, 90 
Rhamnus persicus, Boiss, 90 
„ utilis. Dene, 89 
„ virgatus, Roxb., 90 
„ sp., 90 
Rhizophora conjugata, Linn., 123 
„ mucronata, Lamk., 103 
Rhus Cobhe, Linn., 333 
Rhyticeros Narcondami, Hume, 238 
Rhytisma, sp., 150, 297 
Ricinus communis, Linn., 32, 36, 360 
Bondeletia speciosa, Lodd., 30 
Roots of Avicennia, aerial, 54 
Rosa, sp., 29 
Rottboellia exaltata, Linn., 42 
Budbeckia, sp., 30 
Ruellia prostrata. Poir., 351 
„ ringens, Roxb., 351 
Ruvgia linifolia, Nees., 352 
,, parvijlora, Nees, 39, 132,180, 352 
„ pectinata, Nees, 352 
Russellia juncea, Zucc., 31 
Rutland Island, 94; reefs of, 98 
Sacchurum officinarum, Linn., 33, 373 
Salacia prinoides, DC., 117 
Sapindus Danura, Voigt, 118 
Saponuria Vaccarin, Linn., 37 
Saraca indica, Linn., 34 
Sarcanthus, sp., 234 
Sarcolobus globosus, Wall., 129 
Sarcostigma edule, Kurz, 116 
„ Wallichii, Baill., 116 
Sargassum ilicifolium, Ag., 151, 226, 235 
Sceevola Koenigii, Vahl, 62, 127, 230, 
286, 316 
., Tacenda, Roxb., 346 
Schizophyllum commune. Fries, 376 
Scindapsus officinalis, Schott., 66, 144 
Scirpus articulatus, Linn , 67 
,, miliaceus, Roxb., 371 
,, subulatus, Vahl., 145 
Scoparia dulcis, Linn., 39, 65, 131, 180 
Sea of Bengal, 253 
Seeds, introduction of, by birds, 202,206, 
211; by sea, 189; by winds, 197 
Selnginella pronijiora, Bak., 43 
Serna Nagas, 3 
Semecarpus heterophylla, Bl., 118, 228, 
284 
„ subpandurseformis. Wall., 
118 
Senna occidentalis, Roxb., iJ39 
,, Tora, Roxb., 339 
Serratula cinerea, Roxb., 344 
Sesamum indicum, DC., 41 
Seshan grandijiorus, Poir., 335 
Sesbania aculeata, Pers., 335 
„ grandijlora, Pers., 28, 335 
Sesostris bank, 319 
Sesuvium Portulacastrum, Linn., 125, 341 
Setaria verticillata, Beauv., 371 
Sida acuta, Burm., 112, 226 
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