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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
1. Didi, 133 ! 
A common weed of cultivation in the tropics, but also 
littoral and probably bird- or sea-borne. Minikoi, Prain. 
quadrîlîda, L. ; Makunu-fila, M.; Hin-genda-kola, S. 
I. Didi, 129 ! 
A common weed of cultivation in Asia, Africa, Ceylon, 
Diego Garcia ; not recorded from Minikoi or the Laccadives. 
tuberosa {Roxh.)^ Trim,, in FI. Ceylon, I., 90 ; 
Riindu-filia, M. ; Ura-genda, S. 
I. Didi, 89 ! Hedufuri, Hulule 75, Veimandu in Kolu= 
madulu ! In the same positions as Launæa pinnatifida, 
and very common, but appearing later than the Launæa. 
A littoral plant, probably introduced by birds or by the 
sea. Ceylon, India (S.W. and Sind), Minikoi? (Drain’s 
description of some of his specimens seems to agree with 
this) ; not recorded from the Laccadives. 
Guttiferce. 
Calophyllum, L, 
Iiiophylliim, L.; Funa, M.; Domba, S.; Punnai, T.* 
I. Didi, 56 ! Christopher, 1888 ! Kenurus, in N. Mahlos- 
madulu, a large clump ! Hulule 47, a great clump in the 
centre of the west coast, Gardiner ! Very common in the 
S. of the group ; the oil (from the seeds) is used in cases of 
injury to the arms or legs. 
A littoral species, introduced in all probability by the sea ; 
coast, Ceylon to Orissa and Bombay, Malay Pen., E. African 
Is., N. Australia, Polynesia, &c. ; Laccadives (Prain), in 
Ameni, planted, Kalpeni, indigenous, and Akati, planted ? 
Minikoi. 
Malvaceæ. 
Sida, L, 
hlllllîlîs, Wüld.; Veyo-diggâ, M. (Mabulan in 
Minikoi, J. S. G.); Bevila, S. 
* Called Duburi ia Bell’s Report, p. 83 ; this name seems to apply to 
Ochrosia borbonica, qjv. 
