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I. Didi, 168 ! Hedufuri, Hulule 30, near the roots of the 
cocoanutsin damp sandy areas, Veimandu in Kolumadulu, 
Kaddu in Haddumati, Gardiner (Prain) ! Also in Suva- 
diva.— J. S. G. 
Cosmopolitan ? in the tropics. 
(tuberosa, Presl, ; in Minikoi, Gardiner.) 
(cordifolia, Presl. ; in Anderut, Laccadives, Prain.) 
Tliamnopteris, Presl. 
Mdus, L.; the Bird’s Nest Fern. 
Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Kaddu in Haddumati, Gar- 
diner ! Also in Suvadiva. — J. S. G. 
Common in the tropics in very damp localities. Diego 
Garcia, Hemsley. 
Nephrodium, Rich. 
molle, Desv. 
Kaddu in Haddumati, Gardiner ! 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. Laccadives in Anderut, 
Prain. 
(unitum, R. Br. ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.) 
(Pteris marginata, Bor y ; in Diego Garcia, Hemsley.) 
Lycopodinece. 
Psilotum, Sw. 
triquetrum, Sw. ; Prumo (Minikoi), M. 
Goifurfehendu Atoll, Kaddu in Haddumati, Gardiner. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. Minikoi, Gardiner, Prain ; 
Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
“ In Goidu on the bases of cocoanuts close to the mangrove 
swamp. In every island of Suvadiva. Grows chiefly on 
cocoanuts, on the top of the basal mass oî roots or in holes 
in the trunk.” — J. S. G. 
Finally there are three utterly indeterminable fragments : — 
I. Didi, 38, Dakada, M. 
67, Bambara, M. 
157, Makumburuvani, M. 
