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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
Parasitic, rootless. Cosmopolitan on tropical shores. Lac- 
cadives, in Kadamum and Kiltan, Prain. Not recorded for 
Minikoi. Diego Garcia, Hemsley. Probably sea-borne in 
the first instance and subsequently carried from island to 
island by currents and birds. 
Hernaiidia, L. 
peltata, Meissn, ; Kando, Maskando, Kadu (Minikoi) 
M. ; Palatu, S. 
I, Didi 97 ! Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu, Hulule 46, Vei- 
mandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! The first large tree to 
appear on a sandbank, where it occupies the very centre. 
Fishing lines are made from the bark. Common in the 
whole group. 
A littoral species, Trop. E. Africa, Mascarene Is., Ceylon 
S.W. coast, but not India, Andamans, Nicobars, Malay Penin- 
sula and islands, N. Australia, Polynesia. Laccadives in 
Korat, Prain ; Minikoi, Prain, Gardiner ; Diego Garcia, 
Hemsley. 
(ovigera, L. ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.) 
Euphorhiaceœ. 
Pbdilanthus, Neck. 
TITHYMALOIDBS, Poit. ; Kala kiru, M. 
Hulule 14, Gardiner ! Two houses at Male, bathing tank 
at Hulule, and one house in Huludu, Addu Atoll. — J. S. G. 
An American species, intentionally introduced for garden 
use. 
Euphorbia, L. 
Atoto, Forst. ; Kiru tina, M. 
Goifurfehendu Atoll, Hulule 19, Gardiner ! “ Frequent in 
the group. Common in cultivated land near mosques.”“— 
J. S.G. 
A littoral sea-borne species, India (S.W. coast), Ceylon, 
Malaya to Polynesia. Laccadives, in Ameni, Prain. 
hypericifolia, L., var. parviflora, L.; Kerutina, 
M. (Minikoi) ; Eladada-kiniya, S. 
