BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 477 



Linn., Mantiss. 266; Koxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 488. Verlesina 

 Lavenia-alha Linn., Sp. PI. 902. 



Kadamum; Fleming! Kiltan ; Fleming! 



A cosmopolitan tropical weed. 



82. Wedelia calendulacea Less., Syn. 222 ; Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit. lud., iii., 300. Verhesina calendulacea Liuu., Sp. PI. 902; 

 Eoxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 440. 



Anderut; in the excavated cultivation areas, Alcock ! 



A weed of wet places, widely distributed throughout S.-E. Asia. 



83. Wedelia scandens C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind., 136. IF. 

 h'Jlora Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 306 ; Prain, Laccadive List, 

 5. Verhesina scamLns Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 441. Wollasionia 

 insularis DC, Prodr., v., 548. W. Horsfieldlana Miq., Flor. Ind. 

 Bit., ii., 72. 



Kadfimum ; Hume! "the island abounds with this creeper," 

 Fleming! Anderut; Alcock! Kiltan; Fleming! Minikoi ; very 

 common, Flew'ng ! 



A purely littoral species, distributed throughout all the coasts of 

 S.-E. Asia. For the correction of the error in his former list, the 

 writer is indebted to the kindness of Mr. C. B. Clarke, f.r.s. 



84. Bidens pilosa Linn., Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind,, iii., 309. 

 VAR. bipinnata Hook, f., Flor. Bint. Ind., iii., 309. B. 



bipinnata Liiiu., Sp. Pi. 832 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 411. 

 Kadamum ; Fleming ! 

 A cosmopolitan tropical and sub -tropical weed. 



85. Crepis acaulis Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 396. Pre 

 nantJtes acaulis Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 403. 



Kiltan; Alcock! 



A tropical weed, common throughout India and Burma; not 

 reported hitherto from Ceylon. 



S6. Launea pinnatifida Cass, in Ann. Sc. Nat., xxiii., 85 ; Hook, 

 f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 416. Pr enant lies asplenifolia Roxh., Flor. 

 Ind., iii., 404 in parte, vix Willd. 



Bitrapar; Hnme ! Fleming! Kadamum; F^emmy .' Minikoi; very 

 plentiful, Fleming ! 



A littoral species, common on the shores of India, the Mascareue 

 Islands and East Africa, 

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