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Universally cultivated in India, and probably originally 
introduced with a view to cultivation."* Laccadives, in Kada- 
mum and Akati, Prain. 
[I, cordifolia, Heyne ; in Kiltan and Kadamum (Lacca- 
dives), Prain.] 
Tephrosia, Pers. 
tenuis, Wall ; Fesko, M. 
I. Didi, 10 (Prain) ! 
A cultivation weed, native of N.W. India. Laccadives, in 
Kadamum and Akati, Prain. 
purpurea, Pers., var. pumila. Baker. 
Hedufuri, Gardiner ! Frequent in paths in low jungle ; 
not in Addu.— J. S. G. 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed. Laccadives, in Kadamum 
and Kiltan, Prain. 
[Sesbailia aculeata, Pers.; in Kalpeni (Laccadives), Prain.] 
[Sbsbania grandiflora, Pers.; in Kiltan, Kadamum, 
Akati (Laccadives), and in Minikoi, all cultivated, Prain.] 
[Arachis HYPOGÆA, L.; the Ground Nut; cultivated in 
Minikoi, Prain.] 
Desmodium, Desv. 
umbellatum, DC. 
Goifurfehendu Atoll, Gardiner. On rocky land. Very 
common in the Archipelago.— J. S. G. 
Ceylon, Mascarene Is., Burmah, Malaya, Polynesia. Per- 
haps sea-borne. 
gangeticum, DC. 
Hedufuri, Gardiner (Prain) ! 
A weed, Tropical Africa and Asia, Ceylon. Possibly sea- 
borne. 
triflorum, DG,; Hekoopie, M. (Minikoi) ; Hin-undu- 
piyali, S. 
* Probably so : it was certainly very common in Hedufuri and the 
other, islands in S. Mahlos, where cloth is extensively made, and was 
probably introduced for its dye = cloth or thread, while feli is a 
particular g'arment) — .J. S. G. 
