OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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Sparingly cultivated in the whole group, and near houses. 
A native of America, cultivated in India and Ceylon. 
Cultivated in Minikoi and Ander at, Prain. 
Adansonia, L. 
digitata, L, ; the Baobab ; Fob, M. 
On a small island near Malé, F. Lewis. The largest tree 
17 ft. 6 in. in girth at the base. 
A tropical African species, occurring at Mannar in Ceylon, 
where it it supposed to have been introduced by the 
Arabs. If so, probably the same explanation applies to the 
Maldives. 
STERCULIACEÆ. 
Abroma, Jacq. 
AUGUSTA, L. ; Garada, M. 
I. Didi, 108. 
Cultivated in Ceylon gardens. Probably introduced by 
Ibrahim Didi. 
[Heritiera littoralis, Dryand. ; Etuna, S. 
The absence from the recorded flora of the Maldives, 
Laccadives, and Diego Garcia, of this cosmopolitan littoral 
plant, is remarkable.] 
Tüiaceœ. 
Corchorus, L. 
capsularis, L,; Bulukiya, M. ; Jute. 
I. Didi, 150 ! 
Cultivated in India ; doubtfully native and rare in Ceylon. 
Almost certainly introduced for cultivation purposes within 
the last twenty years. “ Does not flourish.”^ — J. S. G. 
acutangulus, Lam. ; Nanubeddi, Hiridigga, M. (I. 
Didi) ; Kaduru, M. (J. S. G.) ; Gethawcoley, M., in 
Minikoi (J. S. G.) [First and last names, cf. Index.] 
I. Didi, 99, 152 ! Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 70, 71, 
Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed ; abundant in Ceylon, Mi- 
nikoi, Gardiner, Prain ; Laccadives, in Kadamum and Akati 
Prain. 
