OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
87 
I. Didi, 173 ! Mafaro in Miladumadulu, Hulule 77, Goi- 
furfehendu Atoll, Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! 
Cultivated by villagers every\vliere. — J. S. G. Used in 
native medicine (J. J. Thorburn). 
Tropical Africa and Asia, often cultivated for medicinal 
uses, and perhaps or probably intentionally introduced into 
the Maldives. Laccadives in Ameni ; Minikoi, Gardiner, 
Prain (planted as a hedge). 
Justicia, L. 
procumbeiis, A. 
Trimen’s list ; no specimens. 
A common weed in Tropical Asia and Australia. 
Rungia, Nees. 
parviflora, Nees. 
Hulule 55, Gardiner ! “ Very common on the roots of the 
cocoanut trees ; frequent in the group (Addu, Landu in 
Miladumadulu, &c.)” — J. S. G. 
A common weed of Tropical Asia. Laccadives, in Ameni, 
Akati, Kadamum, Prain. 
(lillifolia, Nees ; in Kadamum and Akati, Laccadives, 
Prain.) 
(Peristrophe hicalyculata, Nees; in Ameni, Kadamum, 
Kiltan, Laccadives.) 
Verbenaceœ. 
Laiitaiia, L. 
mixta, L. 
Hedufuri, Gardiner ! Common in cultivated land all 
over the north of the Archipelago. — J. S. G. 
An abundant weed in Ceylon, S. India, &c. Not recorded 
for the Laccadives or Minikoi. Probably carried by birds 
in the first place. 
Lippia, L. 
iiodiflora, Rich. ; Hunigunditila, M. ; Heri-mena- 
detta, S. 
