BOTAXY OF THE LACCADTVES. 479 



moreover, been deliberate. The milky juice of this plant is employed 

 in native medicine, and it yields a fibre largely used in making 

 fishing-lines, 



91. Tylophora asthmatica W. & A., Contrib. 51 ; Hook, f., 

 Flor. Brit. lud., iv., 44. Asclepias asthmatica Willd., Sp. PI., i., 

 1270 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 33. 



Kadamum; Hume/ Fleming! Anderut; Alcoch ! Kiltan ; plenti- 

 ful along tlie shore, Fleming ! Akati ; I^'leming ! 



A common weed throughout South-Eastern Asia. Its juice, like 

 that of the preceding species, is used in medicine; its presence in so 

 many of the islands, however, as well as its habitat indicate that 

 introduction has not here been deliberate; though found on the 

 shore, it is probably to the wind and not to the sea that its introduc- 

 tion is due. 



92. Leptadenia reticulata W. & A., Contrib. 47; Hook, f., 

 Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 03. Cijnanchum reticulatvm Willd., Sp. PI., i., 

 1258. C. alatuni Prain, Laccad. List 5, nee W. & A. Asclepias 

 snherosa Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 38. 



Kiltan; Alcoch f Kadamum; Fleming' 



A roadside Aveed and climber in dry jungles throughout India, 

 Burma, Malaya and Ceylon. The Kiltan specimens were erroneously 

 referred to Cynanchun in the former Laccadive List. 



BOEAGINEJ;. 



93. Toiirnefortia argentea Linn, f., Suppl. 133: Roxb., Flor. 

 Ind. (ed. Carey & Wall.), ii., 4; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 145. 



Eitrapar; very abundant, Hume I Fleming! Kiltan; Alcoch / 

 Akati ; only seedlings found germinating on the shore, Fleming ! 

 Kadamum ; Fleming ! ilinikoi ; Fleming ! 



A littoral species extending from Africa and the Mascarene 

 Islands to Ceylon, the Andamans, Malaya and Australia. 



CONVOLTULACE^. 



94. Ipomcea grandiiiora Lamk., HI., i., t. 467; Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit. Ind., iv,, 198. Convolvulus granclijionis Linn, f., Suppl. 136. 

 The Coast Moon- flower. 



Bitrapar; densely draped over the clumps of ScaeyoZa and Tour- 

 nefortia, Hume! Fleming! Kadamum; plentiful, F/emz^gr / 



