OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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I. Didi, 160 ! Hedufuri, Gardiner ! Only seen in Mahlos. 
— J. S. G. 
This specimen seems nearer to the type form than to the 
littoral and inland var. porphyristachya. A cosmopolitan 
tropical weed. Minikoi, Prain. The var. in Bitrapar, Ban* 
garo, Kalpeni, Kiltan, Kadamum, Akati, and in Minikoi, 
Prain ; Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
Polygonaceœ. 
Antigonon, Endl, 
Leptopus, H.& a. 
Cultivated in Male, Capt. Simons. 
(Polygonum barbatum, L. ; in Kalpeni, Laccadives, 
Prain.) 
PIPERACEÆ. 
Piper, L. 
Betle, L. ; Billi, M. ; Bulat-wel, S. ; Betel Pepper. 
I. Didi 111 ! A few islands in Miladumadulu, and 
all atolls. Plentiful in Addu. The leaf chewed. The leaf 
is termed Wang, or in Addu Billaton. — J. S. G. 
Everywhere cultivated in the tropics. Minikoi and Akati 
Kiltan, Kadamum, Laccadives, Prain. 
NIGRUM, L,; Pepper. 
Trimen’s list ; no specimens. 
A native of India, &c., everywhere cultivated in the tropics. 
Not recorded for Minikoi or the Laccadives. 
Lauracece. 
Cassytha, L. 
ûliforinis, L.; Dorn velam buli white sandhook). 
Vele buli, M. ; Aga mula neti wela, S. 
I. Didi 8 ! Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 31, 
Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Common in all the 
islands where land is forming. Appears very early on a new 
sandbank with the first shrubby vegetation, and dies out 
when cultivation begins. 
