BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 
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15. Gossypium herbaceum Linn., Sp. PI. 693; Roxb., FI. Ind., 
iii., 184; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 346; Watt, Diet., iv., 26. 
Indian Cotton. 
Anderut; cultivated. Wood. Minikoi; cultivated, Fleming. 
Cultivated throughout India, yielding the Indian cottons; native 
of Old World. 
16. Gossypium BARBADENSE Linn., Sp. PI. 693 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., 
iii., 187; Hook., f., Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 347; Watt, Diet., iv., 15. 
Barhadoes Cotton. 
Anderut; cultivated, Wood. Minikoi; occurs pretty frequently 
and grows well, Fleming ! 
Cultivated throughout India, yielding the American cottons; 
native of New World. 
Tiliace^. 
17. Corchorus acutangulus Lamk., Encycl. Meth., ii., 104; 
Hook, f., Plor. Brit. Ind., i., 398. C.fuscus, Roxb., FI. Ind., ii., 582. 
KsidamumFleming ! Akati; Fleming! Minikoi; Fleming! 
A weed of cultivation, cosmopolitan in the tropics. 
Disciflorae. 
Rutace^. 
18. Triphasia trifoliata DC., Prodr., i., 536; Hook, f., Flor. 
Brit. Ind., i., 507. 
Minikoi; Fleming I Not found in gardens, but perhaps originally 
introduced. 
Common in gardens, and as an escape, in many tropical countries; 
the native country doubtful. The writer has collected this, with 
all the appearance of being indigenous, in Car Nicobar. It has not, 
however, been obtained in any locality where the evidence that it is 
indigenous is unequivocal. 
19. Murraya Koenigii Spreng., Syst. Veg., ii., 315; Hook, f., 
Flor. Brit. Ind., i., 503; Watt, Diet., v., 288. Bergera Koenigii 
Linn., Mantiss., ii., App. 563; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 375. 
Minikoi; carefully cultivated, Fleming ! 
20. Citrus medica Linn.: Brandis, For. Flora, 52. 
VAR. acida Brandis: Hook, f., Flor. Brit, Ind., i., 515; 
Watt, Diet., ii., 355, C. acida, Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 
390. The Sour Lime of India. 
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