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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
SUAVEOLENS, H, & B. 
Male only, Gardiner ! Cultivated in Ceylon, &c., round 
native houses. 
Nicotiana, L. 
Tabacum, L. ; Dumpai, M. ; Dun-kola, S. ; Tobacco. 
Many plants in Male, in house enclosures, and a few in 
Mahlos and Miladumadulu. — J. S. G. 
Everywhere cultivated. Not in Minikoi or the Lacca- 
dives. 
ScropJmlariacece. 
(Liiiaria ramosissima, Wall. ; in Kiltan, Prain.) 
Herpestis, Gaertn.f. 
Monniera, H. B. & K.; Veppila, M. ; Lunu-wila, S. 
I Didi, 145 ! Landu, in Miladumadulu, in yam patches, 
Gardiner ! 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed. Common in marshy places 
near the coast in Ceylon. Laccadives, in Anderut, Prain ; 
Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
[Striga liitea. Lour.; in Akati, Kadamum, Kiltan, Lacca- 
dives, Prain ; Diego Garcia, Hemsley.] 
Acantliaceœ. 
Ruellia, L. 
ringeiis, L. (prostrata, Lam., var. dejecta); Nita bodi, 
Nitu bad], M. ; Nilpuruk, S. 
I. Didi, 5 ! Hedufuri, Horsburgh Atoll, Malé near 
mosques. Hulule 76, Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Kaddu in 
Haddumati, Gardiner Î Also in Mahlos in many islands. 
— J. S. G. 
A common weed in India, Ceylon, N. Africa. Minikoi, 
Prain. 
Barleria, L. 
Prionitis, L. ; Ma tumba, Hai kurudo (Minikoi), Dai 
kurandu, M. ; Katu-karandu, S. 
