OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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Apocynacece, 
Thevetia neriifolia, Juss. ? 
I. Didi, 66, native name Hinbatu, is almost certainly this 
species, which is cultivated in Ceylon as an ornamental plant. 
Ochrosia, ÄSS. 
borboilica, Gmel.; Dhumburi , Dumburi, M.; Mudu- 
kaduru, S. 
I. Didi, 27 ! Male, Capt. Simons ! Hedufuri, Hulule 43, 
Gardiner ! This and Morinda citrifolia very quickly make 
their way to any fresh sandbanks that form, and these two 
alone often form a belt separating the cocoanuts from the 
sea with Scævola between them and the water. 
A littoral species, Mascarene Is., Ceylon on the S.W. 
coast, Andamans, Nicobars, Singapore, Java. Not in India 
or the Laccadives. Minikoi, Prain; Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
Vinca, L. 
rosea, L.; Maliku ruva, M. 
Male, Haly, 1892. Christopher, 1888. Gardiner ! 
I. Didi, 170 ! Cultivated almost everywhere, 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed. Abundant on the S.W. 
coast of Ceylon. 
Plumeria, L. 
ACUTIFOLIA, Poir.; Gulu sampa. Semper Beddha, M.; 
the Temple Tree. 
I. Didi, 26 ! Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Tri- 
men’s list, no specimen. Cultivated and semi-wild in Ceylon. 
Probably introduced intentionally for its scented flowers, 
which in Ceylon are very largely used as temple offerings 
by the Buddhists. Two or three trees by every mosque in 
the group. The flowers used like those of Jasminum grandi- 
fiorum, q.v. 
Asclepiadaceœ. 
Calotropis, Br. 
gigailtea, Br. ; Ruva, Hudu ruva, Rua, M. ; Wara, S. 
