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Male, Haly, 1892 ! Hulule 36, 78, Gardiner ! I. Didi, 49 
and 74, fragments, are almost certainly this species. Culti- 
vated by every large village. The milk is used for wounds, 
and rubbed with a decoction of tea under the eyes for sun. — 
J. S. G. The stem fibre used for fishing lines, and the fioss 
of the seeds for charms in magic (J. J. Thorburn). 
Common in Ceylon, India, Malaya, S. China, Laccadives, 
in Kadamum, Prain . Probably intentionally introduced into 
the Maldives. 
(Asclepias curassavica, L. ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.) 
(Tylopliora asthmatica, W.& A.; in Kadamum, An derut, 
Kiltan, and Akati, Laccadives, Prain.) 
(Leptadeiiia reticulata, W. â A.; in Kadamum and Kiltan, 
Laccadives, Prain.) 
Boraginacece, 
Cordia, L, 
subcordata, Lam,; Kani, M. 
I. Didi, 165 ! Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 17, Vei- 
mandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! In Suvadiva Atoll. — 
J. S. G. A regular constituent of dense jungle wherever 
it is found in the Maldives. 
A littoral species of the eastern tropics. Ceylon only at 
Trincomalee. Diego Garcia, Hemsley. Not recorded for 
Minikoi or the Laccadives. 
I. Didi, 55, native name Ragunda, a mere skeleton of a 
leaf, is a Cordia, perhaps another sp. 
Tournefortia, L. 
argeiitea, L.f.; Bori, Mabori, M. ; Karan, S. 
I. Didi, 107 ! Heduf uri, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 60, 
Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Male, Christopher, 
1888 ! Also in N. Mahlos. — J. S. G. Contests the shore 
with Scævola in the same positions — the 'only plant which 
does so. Also with Pemphis, but its roots cannot stand 
the direct tidal action like those of that genus. 
