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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
*\iruri, L. 
Malé, Trimen ; no specimen. Goifurfehendu ik-toll, Vei- 
mandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! 
An almost cosmopolitan tropical weed. Minikoi ; Lacca- 
dives, in Anderut, Akati, Kadamum, Kiltan, Prain. Diego 
Garcia, Hemsley. 
(rotuildifolius, Klein ; in Kiltan, Laccadives, Prain.) 
Distichus, Muell-Arg,; Gobili, M. ; Rata-nelli, S. 
I. Didi, 82 (Prain) ! 
Cultivated in Tropical Asia and the Mascarene Is. and in 
Minikoi. 
Glochidioii, Forst. 
? littorale, Forst. ; Emboo, M. 
I. Didi, 36, a leafy fragment, appears to be this species. 
Croton, L. 
Tiglium, L. ; the Croton-oil plant. 
Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! 
Cultivated in the tropics for its medicinal seeds. 
(Claoxyloii Mercurialis, Thw. ; in Akati, Bitrapar, Kada- 
mum, Kiltan, Laccadives, and in Minikoi, Prain.) 
Manihot, Tourn. 
UTILISSIMA, Pohl. ; Cassava. 
Male, Gardiner ! Only seen in Male. — J. S. G. Trimen ; 
no specimen. 
Cultivated in all hot countries. 
Acalypha, L. 
pauiculata, Miq. ; Dagundi kandi, Meia-sagu, M. 
I. Didi, 169 ! Hulule 66, by paths through dense shady 
jungle, Gardiner ! A weed of Tropical Asia and Africa. 
iiidica, L. ; Vaffufuli, M. ; Kuppameniya, S, 
I. Didi, 161 ! Male, Christopher, 1888 ! Goifurfehendu 
Atoll, Addu Atoll, a very common weed. Gardiner ! 
A weed of Tropical Asia and Africa. Diego Garcia, Hemsley ; 
Minikoi, Prain ; Laccadives in Akati and Kadamum, Prain. 
