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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
(arenarius, Retz,^ a common littoral plant in Ceylon 
and India, is absent from the Laccadives and 
Maldives.) 
(stoloniferus, Retz.^ also a common littoral species of 
Trop. Africa, Mascarene Is., and Asia, is missing 
also.) 
(ligularis, L. ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.) 
sp. ? Gokkuladuru, M. 
I. Didi, no number. Perhaps a sp. of Cyperus, or the 
following. 
Ufariscns, Valil, 
Drcgeaiius, Kunth. (Cyperus duhius, RottK) ; Hui 
ru, Kalandura gundi (Minikoi), M. 
Hulule 42, Gardiner ! One of the first to appear on any 
sandbank that forms, outside the Scævola. 
A littoral and inland species, Ceylon, India, Malaya, 
S. Africa. Evidently sea-borne, as indicated in the note 
above, and further described below. Minikoi, Prain, 
Gardiner. 
albescens, Gaud. ? (Cyperus pennatus, Lam.). 
Goifurfehendu Atoll, Gardiner. Almost certainly this 
species, but a very reduced specimen. Near the shore, on 
dry sandy places. 
A littoral and inland species, Mascarene Is. to N. Australia, 
Minikoi, and Laccadives, in Andern t, Kalpeni, Akati, Prain. 
(Ryllinga brevifolia, Rotth. ; in Minikoi, Prain.) 
(R. monocephala, Rotth. ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.) 
Fimbristylis, Vahl. 
spathacea, Roth. 
Trimen’s list ; no specimen. Goifurfehendu Atoll, Vei- 
mandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Dry places near the 
shore. Sometimes used for mat-making. 
A littoral species, common in Ceylon, India, Malaya, &c. 
(diphylla, Vahl.; in Kalpeni, Laccadives, Prain.) 
(glomerata, Nees ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.) 
