OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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The occurrence of this species must be regarded as doubt- 
ful. Perhaps bird introduced. Native of dry regions of 
Ceylon and S. India. 
[V. quadraiigularis, Wall^ in Kalpeni, T. carnosa, Wall, in 
Kiltan (Laccadives), Prain.] 
Sapindaceœ. 
Cardiospermum, L, 
Helicacabuni, L. 
Small island off Malé, F. Lewis ! Cosmopolitan, tropical. 
Laccadives, in Ameni and Kalpeni, Prain, 
Allophyliis, L. 
Cobbe, Bl.\ Dorn Moussa, M. (Dorn Musa in Minikoi) ; 
Kobbe, S. 
I. Didi,* 167 ! Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 26 
and 40, Veimandu in Kolumadulu Atoll, Gardiner ! “ In the 
densest jungle on Hedufuri.” — J. S. G. “ A big tree by the 
village on Hulule, introduced by Dorn Moussa.” — J. S. G. 
A littoral and inland species, common in India, S.W. Ceylon, 
Malaya, N. Australia. It may quite possibly be native in 
the Maldives, perhaps introduced by birds or sea, but was 
most probably introduced artificially. Minikoi, Prain, Gardi- 
ner ; probably, as the name there is the same, and quite 
unlike the Sinhalese or Tamil names, this plant was intro- 
duced there from the Maldives. It can hardly be accepted 
as an undoubted native for either place, especially as it is 
not found in the Laccadives. The fruit is edible. 
Dodoiiaea, L. 
viscosa, L,; Kudiruvali, M.; Eta-werella, S, ; Virali, T. 
I. Didi, 139 ! Goifurfehendu Atoll, Veimandu in Kolu- 
madulu Atoll, Gardiner ! Very characteristic of rocky 
jungly area in most of the Archipelago. 
A cosmopolitan tropical shrub, both in dry inland spots 
and on the coast ; probably sea-borne, Minikoi, Gardiner, 
35. Not recorded for the Laccadives, 
