BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 
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Tropical A.frica ^ S.-E. Asiaj Australia. Hore, as on the shores 
of the Andamans and Nicobars, a purely littoral species; it occurs, 
however, far inland (as in Assam, &c.) as welL 
100. Evolvulus alsinoides Linn., Sp. PI. (ed. ii,) 392; Roxb., 
Flor. Ind., ii., 105 ; Hook. f.,Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 200. E. ImifoUus 
Linn., Sp. PI. (ed. ii.) 392. E. angustifoUus Roxb., Flor. Ind. 
(ed. Carey & Wall.), ii., 107. Convolvulus alsinoides Linn., Sp. PL 
157. 
Kadamum; Fleming ! 
A weed of dry places in all tropical and sub-tropical countries, 
SOLANAC.®. 
101. Solanum torvum Swartz, Prodr. 47; Hook, f., Flor. 
Brit. Ind., iv., 234. 8. stramonifoliiim Roxb., Flor. Ind., i., 572, 
nec Jacq. 
Minikoi; Fleming ! 
A shrubby weed of waste places in South-Eastern Asia and 
tropical America. 
102. Physalis minima Linn., Sp. PI. 183 ; Roxb., Flor. Ind., i., 
663; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 238. 
VAE. indica Lamk., Encyc. Meth., ii,, 102; Clarke in Hook, 
f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 238. Nicandra indica Roem. & 
Schult., Syst., iv., 682. 
Bangaro; Hume/ Anderut ; Alcock / Kadamum; Fleming f 
Kiltan ; Fleming ! Minikoi; Fleming! 
A cosmopolitan weed of waste places and fields; also in 
Bangaro and Kadamum in this group, as on the Andaman coasts, 
a distinctly littoral species :• the probabilities of introduction by 
fruit-eating birds or by the sea are almost evenly balanced. 
103. Physalis peruviana Linn., Sp. PI. (ed. ii.), app. 1670; 
Roxb., Flor. Ind., i., 562 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 238. The 
Winter-cherry or Cape Gooseberry. 
Ameni; cultivated, Hume. 
Native of America, much cultivated in the Eastern Hemisphere. 
The specimens from Bangaro attributed to this species in the former 
list are in reality P. minima var. indica ; Mr. Hume may, 
however, be right in saying that the Winter-cherry is cultivated iir 
Ameni. 
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