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L'lnn., MantLss. 266; Koxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 468. Verhesina 
Lavenia-alha Liun., Sp. PI. 902. 
Kadaraura; Fleming! Kiltan ; Fleming! 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed. 
82. ,Wedelia calendulacea Less., Syn. 222; Hook, f., Flor. 
Brit. Ind., iii., 306. Verhesina calendulacea Linn., Sp. PI. 902; 
Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 440. 
Anderut; in the excavated cultivation areas, Alcock ! 
A weed of wet places, widely distributed throughout S.-E. Asia. 
83. Wedelia scandens C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind., 136. IF. 
hiflora Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 306 ; Prain, Laccadive List, 
5. Verhesina scandens Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 441. Wollastoiiia 
insularis DC., Prodr., v., 548. IF. Horsfieldiana Miq., Flor. Ind. 
Bat., ii., 72. 
Kadamum; Hume! "‘the island abounds with this creeper,” 
Fleming! Anderut; Alcock! Kiltan; Fleming! Minikoi; very 
common, Flem ing ! 
A purely littoral species, distributed throughout all the coasts of 
S.-B. Asia. For the correction of the error in his former list, the 
writer is indebted to the kindness of Mr. C. B. Clarke, f.r.s. 
84. Bidens pilosa Linn., Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 309. 
VAR. hipinnata Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 309. B. 
hipinnata Linn., Sp. Pl. 832 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 411. 
Kadamum ; Fleming ! 
A cosmopolitan tropical and sub-tropical weed. 
85. Crepis acaulis Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 396. Pre- 
nanthes acaulis Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 403. 
Kiltan; Alcock! 
A tropical weed, common throughout India and Burma; not 
reported hitherto from Ceylon. 
86. Launea pinnatifida Cass, in Ann. Sc. Nat.,xxiii., 85 ; Hook, 
f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., 416. Prenanthes asplenifolia Roxb., Flor. 
Ind., iii., 404 in parte, vix Willd. 
Bitrapar; Hume! Fleming! Kadamum; FZemm^ Minikoi; very 
plentiful, Fleming ! 
A littoral species, common on the shores of India, the Mascarene 
Islands and East Africa. 
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