OP THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
153 
(Kyllinga brevifolia), M, S 
( monocephala), M, S 
Fimbristylis spathacea, S, M, B 
( diphylla), S, B 
( glomerata), S, B 
Cladium jamaicense, B, S, M 
Paspalum sanguinale, S, M 
(Panicum trigonum), M, S 
Stenotaphrum complanatum, S, M 
Zoysia pungens, S, M 
Ischæmum muticum, S, M 
Cycas circinalis, S, C 
These represent a total of 132 species, belonging to 103 
genera and 45 families, of which 101 species, 82 genera, and 
41 families are Maldivian. If we group them according to 
the first-mentioned means of distribution in each case, we 
get— 
Whole List. 
Maldives only. 
Cultivated ? 
29 
26 
Introduced by man ? 
50 
32 
Introduced by sea ? 
30 
27 
Introduced by wind ? 
2 
— 
Introduced by birds ? 
21 
16 
32 
101 
Owing to the doubtfulness in these cases as to the precise 
mechanism of introduction of each species, it would be idle 
to discuss the distribution as has been done above with the 
species whose transport could be pretty certainly decided, 
but a consideration of these species gives the same general 
results as the others, and supports the general conclusions 
as to distribution arrived at above, or at least does not 
contradict them. Those attributed to birds and wind have 
been mainly carried over short distances only, those sup- 
posed sea-borne are mainly Seychellen and Malayan, the 
weeds are mostly in frequented islands. 
Summing up now the floras of all the groups of islands — 
Chagos, Maldives, Minikoi, Laccadives — and employing the 
same criteria throughout, we get the following table : — 
Mode of 
Transport. Chagos. Maldives. Minikoi. Laccadives. Whole Flora. 
Sea currents ... 
14 
... 39 ... 
29 ... 
22 
... 43) 
Sea, probably... 
7 
... 27 ... 
10 ... 
11 
... 30j 
Birds 
— 
... 1 
— 
6 
... 7( 
Birds, probably 
5 
... 16 ... 
7 ... 
10 
... 21 ^ 
Wind 
7 
... 4 ... 
2 
2 
... 11) 
Wind, probably 
— 
... — 
— 
2 
2 3 
