OF THR MALDTVR ISLANDS. 
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Gapparidacece. 
Cleome, L. 
viscosa, L,; Râbeburi, M.; Wal-aba, S. 
I. Didi, 149 ! Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Gardiner Î 
“ Only seen in N. Maldives ; very common in Miladu- 
madulu ; not seen in Hulule.” — J. S. G. 
A common weed of cultivation, universal in the tropics, 
Laccadives, in Ameni, Anderut, Akati, and Kiltan (Prain). 
Not recorded for Minikoi. 
Gynandropsis, BG. 
pentaphylla, BG. 
Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Veimandu in Kolumadulu, 
Gardiner ! 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed. Not recorded for the 
Laccadives or Minikoi. 
\Bixacece, 
Bixa Orellana, L. 
Annatto is cultivated in Ameni (Laccadives). 
Flacoiirtia Sepiaria, Roxb. 
Common in Kadamum (Laccadives) ; in dry jungles, 
India, Ceylon, Java, &c.] 
Polygalaceœ. 
Polygala, L. 
erioptera, BG. 
Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Gardiner ! Fairly com- 
mon everywhere in the north, but not in Suvadiva or 
Addu Atolls. — J. S. G. 
India, Burmah, Arabia, Africa, a weed, probably uninten- 
tionally introduced. Not recorded from Ceylon nor from 
Minikoi, Laccadives, in Kadamum (Prain). 
Portulacacece. 
Portulaca, L, 
oleracea, L.; Rai-geda, M.; Genda-kola, S, 
