OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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1. Didi, 37 (Prain ) ! “I think this must be the common 
yam, cultivated in large gardens, especially in Tiladummati, 
whence it is exported all over the N. part of the group. In 
Addu it forms the chief food of the people.” — J. S. G. 
Cultivated and semi-wild in the Old World tropics. 
Alata, L»; Bihi-kattala,* M. ; Yam. 
I. Didi, 39 (Prain) ! “ Cultivated in house compounds all 
over the group : trained over fences and up cocoanuts or 
other trees.” — J. S. G. 
Cultivated in Tropical India. 
Fasciculata, Roxh. ; Kurukuru, M. ; Yam. 
I. Didi, 140 (Prain) ! 
Cultivated in Lower Bengal. 
Globosa, Roxh. ? Mativa, Mathe-wa, M. 
Rubella, Roxh. ? Kattala, M. 
Purpurea, Roxh. ? Bilek-kattala, M. 
I. Didi, 158, 42, and 159, mere fragments, are possibly 
these species, Dr. Prain suggests. Cultivated in Bengal. “ I 
do not know these.” — J. S. G. 
(Sativa, L. ; cultivated in Ameni, Laccadives.) 
(bulMfera, L. ; in Minikoi, Prain.) 
Liliacece. 
Asparagus, L, 
racemosus, Willd. ; Satavaru, M. ; Hatawariya, S. ; 
Chattavari, T. 
I. Didi, no number (Prain) ! “ I saw this or a closely allied 
form in several house compounds in Malé.”— J. S. G. Ceylon 
Tropical Africa to Australia. Almost certainly intentionally 
introduced. 
Gloriosa, L. 
Superba,L. ; Wihelia-gundi, M. ; Niyangala, S. ; Ven- 
tonti, S. ’ 
I. Didi, 156 ! Male, Trimen ! Hedufuri, Goifurfehendu 
Atoll, Hulule 9, Gardiner ! On kitchen middens, all over 
the northern half of the Archipelago. 
* So called from the leaves resembling those of the betel. 
