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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
Anona, L. 
Muricata, L.; Anona (I. D.) or Ata (J. S. G.), M.; 
the Soursop. 
I. Didi, 72 ! “ Cultivated. Fairly common in house 
compounds throughout the northern atolls ; scarce in 
Suvadiva and Addu ; fruit small and poor.” — J. S. G. 
One tree in Minikoi (Prain). 
Squamosa, L.; Ata, M.; Ata, S.; the Custard Apple. 
I. Didi, 88 ! Malé, Gardiner ! Christopher, 1888 ! 
“ Recently introduced. Only seen in Malé, and in one 
island in Addu Atoll, Huludu.” — J. S. G. 
Menispermacece. 
Tinospora, Miers, 
cordifolia, Miers, 
Malé Atoll, F. Lewis ! 
Ceylon and S. India. 
Papaveraceæ. 
Aro’emone, Tourn, ex L. 
mexicaiia, L.; Zaggumu, M. 
I. Didi, 152 ! Malé, Gardiner ! Haly, 1892 ! 
“ Malé and Addu in the open spaces by mosques.” — J. S. G. 
Common in dry places in India and Ceylon. Probably 
unintentionally introduced as a weed of cultivation. 
Gruciferce. 
Brassica, L, 
juncea, Hk,f. & Th ; Revi, M.; Aba, S.; Rai, Hind.; 
Indian Mustard. 
I. Didi, 114 ! 
Cultivated from China to Egypt, and commonly in India 
and Ceylon. 
Perhaps an introduced weed, as, though cultivated in 
India and Ceylon, it is also a common weed there. Almost 
certainly introduced by Ibrahim Didi himself. I did not 
see it.”~J. S. G. 
