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A cosmopolitan tropical littoral species, introduced possi- 
bly by the sea, but probably by birds. Laccadives, in 
Bitrapar, Ander ut, and Kadamum, Prain ; Minikoi, Gardiner, 
Prain ; Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
(repens, L. ; in Akati and Ameni, Laccadives, Prain.) 
Mirabilis, L. 
Jalapa, L.; Asuraffole re (red), Asuraffole hudu 
(vrhite). Re asaruma, Asarumu, M.; Sendrikka, 
S. ; Pattarashu, T. ; Marvel of Peru. 
I. Didi, 71, 119, 114 ! Hulule 21, Gardiner ! Common 
near villages, cultivated. Mentioned by Pyrard de Laval, 
1602-7. 
A native of Peru, cultivated , and escaped in all tropical 
lands. Very common in Ceylon. Probably originally 
introduced intentionally for cultivation. Laccadives in 
Akati, Minikoi ; Prain. 
Bougainvillæa, Comm, 
SPECTABILIS, Wllld, 
Malé, cultivated, Capt. Simons. 
Pisonia, L. 
aculeata. L. ? 
A leafy bit from Veimandu, Gardiner, is probably this 
species. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
morîiidæfolia, Br. (alba. Span., probably = iiiermis, 
Forst.) ; Los, M. ; the Lettuce Tree of Ceylon. 
I. Didi, 7 ! Veimandu, Gardiner ! Male, east end. — 
J. S. G 
A littoral species, Andamans, Nicobars, Malayan, and 
Polynesian Is. Laccadives, in Bitrapar, Prain ; Diego Garcia, 
Hemsley. Probably sea-borne. 
Amarantaceœ. 
Celosia, L. 
argentea, L, 
Kaddu in Haddumati, Gardiner ! 
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