24 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1892 . 
and grows well; Sorghum vulgare grows well, but is very little 
cultivated. The most striking features in the vegetation of Minikoi, 
as compared with the other Laccadive Islands, are the presence of 
thick sheets of the gelatinous Nostoc on the ground at the south-west 
end of the island, where also the trunks of the trees are encrusted 
with lichen and covered with moss ; the number of Fungi present; 
and the presence of Algae on the reefs of the surf-beaten weather- 
side of the island. Of these last unfortunately no specimens were 
collected. 
Two tables are appended to this topographical sketch; in the 
first the various components of the Lg,ccadive Group are shown; this 
table is a modification of the similar one prepared in 1834 by 
Lieutenant Wood {Jourv. Boy. Geogr, Soc, vi., 30). In the 
second table, in order to facilitate reference, the spelling adopted 
by the various authors who have mentioned or described the 
Archipelago is given; the first column contains the forms adopted 
by the writer. 
