BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 
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moreover, been deliberate. The milky juice of this plant is employed 
in native medicine, and it yields a fibre largely used in making 
fishing-lines. 
91. Tylophora asthmatica W. & A., Contrib. 51; Hook, f., 
Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 44 Asclepias asthmatica Willd., Sp. PI., i., 
1270; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 33. 
Kadamum; Hume I Fleming! Anderut; Alcock ! Kiltan ; plenti¬ 
ful along the shore, Fleming ! Akati; Fleming ! 
A common weed throughout South-Eastern Asia. Its juice, like 
that of the preceding species, is used in medicine; its presence in so 
many of the islands, however, as well as its habitat indicate that 
introduction has not here been deliberate; though found on the 
shore, it is probably to the wind and not to the sea that its introduc¬ 
tion is due. 
92. Leptadenia reticulata W. & A., Contrib. 47; Hook, f., 
Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 63. Oynanchum reticulatum Willd., Sp. PI., i., 
1258. C. alatum Prain, Laccad. List 5, nec W. & A. Asclepias 
suherosa Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 38. 
Kiltan; Alcock! Kadamum; Fleming! 
A roadside weed and climber in dry jungles throughout India, 
Burma, Malaya and Ceylon. The Kiltan specimens were erroneously 
referred to Cynanchun in the former Laccadive List. 
Bo RAG IN E^. 
93. Tournefortia argentea Linn, f., Suppl. 133; Roxb., Flor. 
Ind. (ed. Carey & Wall.), ii., 4; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 145. 
Eitrapar; very abundant, Hume! Fleming! Kiltan; Alcock! 
Akati; only seedlings found germinating on the shore, Fleming! 
Kadamum; Fleming ! Mioikoi; Fleming ! 
A littoral species extending from Africa and the Mascarene 
Islands to Ceylon, the Andamans, Malaya and Australia. 
CONVOLVULACE^. 
94. Ipomoea grandiflora Lamk., Ill., i., t. 467; Hook, f., Flor. 
Brit. Ind., iv., 198. Convolvulus grandijiorus Linn, f., Suppl. 136. 
The Coast Moon-flower. 
Bitrapar; densely draped over the clumps of Scaevola and Tour¬ 
nefortia, Hume! Fleming! Kadamum; plentAxA, Fleming ! 
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