OF THE MALDIVB ISLANDS. 
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A littoral species, Mauritius, Ceylon, rare on the S.W. 
coast and at Trincomalee, not in India ; Nicobars, Malaya, 
Australia, Andamans, Minikoi, Prain ; Laccadives, in Bitra- 
par, Kiltan, Kadamum, Akati (seedlings germinating on the 
shore), Prain ; Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
Trichodesma, Br, 
zeylaiiicum, Br.; Ma-lebu, M. 
I. Didi, 172 ! Fainu, in N. Mahlos, on land gone out of 
cultivation, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Addu Atoll, Gardiner ! 
A common weed, Mascarene Is. to Australia. 
, Gonvolvulacece, 
Ipomœa, L. 
gran diflora, Lam. 
Goifurfehendu Atoll, Addu Atoll (common in the jungle 
everywhere), Gardiner ! In the jungle on rocky land, and 
creeping over rocky beaches being washed up. 
A littoral species, E. Africa and Mascarene Is. to Polyne- 
sia, Diego Garcia, Hemsley ; Laccadives, in Bitrapar 
(densely draped over the clumps of Scævola and Tourne- 
fortia) and Kadamum, Prain. 
Batatas, Lam. ; Oludukattala, M. ; Battala, S. ; 
Sweet Potato. 
I. Didi, 75 ! Hulule, scarce, Gardiner! Grown here and 
there throughout the whole group, especially in Addu. 
Cultivated in all warm countries. Laccadives, in Ameni, 
Ander ut, Akati. 
Quamoclit, L.; Kudiraima-veyo, M. 
I. Didi, 33 ! 
An American species, naturalized in Ceylon, with pretty 
flowers. 
Turpethum, Br. ; Kurifila, M. 
I. Didi, 23 ! 
Cultivated and wild in the tropics of the Old World. 
Perhaps an accidental, but more probably an intentional, 
introduction. 
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