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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
Tropical Africa to Cochin China, Ceylon, Andamans, 
Nicobars, Anderiit (Laccadives). Often littoral, e.^., in 
Ceylon. Probably sea-borne. 
Gommelinacece, 
Commeliua, L, 
beng;lialeiisis, L, ; Diyamudoli, M. ; Diyameneriya, S. 
I. Didi, 2 ! Male, Gardiner ! Malé only, near mosques. — 
J. S. G. 
A grass weed, Tropical Africa and Asia. Possibly inten- 
tionally introduced. 
Kurzii, Clarke ; Tilo lagundi, M. 
Hedufuri, Hulule 41, Kaddu in Haddumati, Gardiner ! 
Common in shade by villages in all S. Mahlos, and in Suva- 
diva and Addu Atolls. 
A weed of Ceylon and S. India ; not common, 
sp. ? 
Didi, 40 and 171 (Dikkunfati, M.), and 24 (Vakkunfati, M.), 
are probably species of Commelina. 
(Aneilema ovalifolium, Hk,f.; in Minikoi, Prain) ! 
Cyanotis, Don. 
cristata, Schultes /. 
Kaddu in Haddumati, Gardiner ! 
A weed in grass, Mascarene Is., Ceylon, India, Malaya, 
Minikoi, Prain ; Laccadives in Kadamum and Kiltan, Prain. 
Rhæo, Hance. 
discolor, Hance.; Re Kandolu, M. 
Hulule 29, Gardiner ! “ In a patch of jungle in the middle 
of the cocoanut area : seen nowhere else except in Addu ; 
quite wild. The thick lower stem roots are boiled and rubbed 
on to cure rheumatism and sciatica.” — J. S. G. 
PalmcB. 
Arbca, L. 
Catechu, L. ; Femfora, M. ; Puwak, S. ; Areca Palm, 
Betel Nut. 
