OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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limitSi It is seldom used, being kept against famine. It 
appeared to me to be identical with the papoi of the Pacific, 
Cyrtosperma edule, SchotV'* — J. S. G. 
Cultivated in all hot countries. Minikoi ; Laccadives, in 
Ameni, Anderut, Kalpeni, Kiltan, Kadamum, Akati, Prain. 
Alocasia, Schott. 
INDIÖA, Schott. ; Ma ala, M. ; Rata-ala, S. 
I. Didi, 110 ! 
Cultivated in Tropical Asia. 
Raphidophora, Schott. 
PERTUSA, Schott. 
Kaddu in Haddumati, Gardiner. A form with perforated 
leaves, like that cultivated in Colombo gardens, probably 
intentionally introduced. 
Acorus, L. 
Calamus, L.; Huvago, M. ; Wadakaha, S. 
I. Didi, 15 (Prain) ! 
Cultivated in Ceylon and other warm countries. 
Gyperacece. 
Pycreus, Beauv. 
pumilus, Nees. (Cyperus hyalinus, Vahl.). 
Goifurfehendu Atoll, Gardiner ! Dry places near the 
shore. 
A weed of Ceylon, S. India, Timor, Laccadives in Kada- 
mum, Prain. 
polystachyus, Beauv. (C. B. Clarke) ! Kuna, M. 
Midu in Addu Atoll, Gardiner ! A regular grass of swamps 
in Suvadiva and Addu Atolls. Used for the well known 
fine Maldivian mats. 
Cosmopolitan in warm countries. Not recorded for the 
Laccadives ; Minikoi, Prain. 
Cyperus, L. 
(compressus, L.; in Kalpeni, Laccadives, Prain.) 
(pachyrhizus, Nees; in Bitrapar, Bangaro, and Kada- 
mum, Laccadives, Prain.) 
