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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
A cosmopolitan tropical littoral species ; Ceylon only on 
the S.W. coast ; Laccadives, in Kadamum, Prain ; Minikoi, 
Gardiner ; Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
(IXORA COCCINBA, L. ; in Kadamum, Anderut, Kalpeni 
(Laccadives), and Minikoi, Prain.) 
florinda, L. 
citrifolia, A., var bracteata, Hk, /. ; Ahi, M. ; Ahu, S. 
I. Didi, 148 ! Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 38, Veimandu 
in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! 
“ This species and Ochrosia borbonica very quickly make 
their way to any fresh sandbanks that form— a common 
occurrence — and these two alone very often form a belt 
separating the cocoanuts from the sea. Scævola commonly 
grows between them again and the water.” — J. S. G. 
“ Very numerous in Hedufuri, to some extent planted by 
the people for the root, from which a permanent red dye for 
cloth is obtained by mixing a decoction with lime.” — J. S. G. 
A littoral species, common in the tropics of Asia and 
Australia. Ceylon, from Colombo to Tangalla. Laccadives, 
in Bangaro, Kalpeni, Kiltan, Akati, and Kadamum, Prain ; 
Minikoi, Gardiner, Prain ; Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
Spermacoce, L, 
ocyinoides, Burm.f. 
Hedufuri, Gardiner ! Near mosques in cleared land in 
many islands, but not abundant. 
A common weed in Tropical Asia and ilustralia, rare in 
Ceylon. Not recorded for the Laccadives of Minikoi. 
Compositce. 
Vernonia, Schrei, 
cinerea. Less. ; Walu Kafa, M. (Kambulichi, Minikoi); 
Monarakudimbiya, S. 
Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 51, 68, Veimandu 
in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Common in cleared land 
throughout the group. 
