BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 
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108. Herpestis Monnieria H. B. & K., Byn., il, 125; Hook, 
f., Plor. Brit. Ind., iv., 272. ' Oratiola Monnieria Linn., 8p. PI. 
(ed. ii.) 24; Roxb., Flor. Ind., i., 141. 
Anderut; Alcoch! 
A marsb-weed, cosmopolitan in tbe tropics. 
109. Striga lutea Lour., Flor. Oocbin. 22; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. 
Ind., iv., 299. Buchnera asiatica Linn., Sp. PI. 630, in part', 
Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 31. 
Akati; Fleming] Kadamum ; Fleming! Kiltan; Fleming] 
A parasitic weed distributed throughout tropical Africa, the Mas- 
carene Islands, Arabia, India, Indo-China and China. It occurs 
in the Andamans (as an introduced species) ; apparently absent 
from Malaya. 
ACANTHACBiE. 
110. Ruellia prostrata Poiret, Fncyc. Meth., vi., 349; Hook, 
f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 411. U. ringens Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 44. 
Minikoi; very common, Fleming ] 
Common throughout India and Ceylon and extending to East 
Africa ; absent from Malaya and Indo-China. Roxburgh's 
description applies to a form with larger leaves and longer internodes 
than typical B. prostrata ; in Mr. Fleming’s gatherings (five or six 
in number) both forms occur, as well as intermediate conditions. 
111. Barleeia Prionitis Linn., Sp. PI. 636; Roxb., Flor. Ind., 
iii., 36; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., iv., 482; Watt, Diet., i., 400. 
B. ciliata Hume, Stray Feathers, iv., 446, nec Roxb. B. cristata 
Prain, Laccad. List 6, nec Linn. 
Ameni; Hume ] Minikoi; planted as a hedge, Fleming / 
Tropical Africa and Asia, perhaps usually only an introduced 
plant in India. 
This is mentioned by Mr. Hume in conjunction with a number of 
apparently introduced species, and in Minikoi it is also an introduced 
plant. The specimen on which the presence of B. cristata in the 
group depends, proves on re-examination to be only an example 
of B. prionitis without any trace of spines. Mr. Hume indeed 
states that, like the spiny Acanthad, the unarfned one is “ yellow- 
blossomed ” which alone makes its identification with B. ciliata 
{B. cristata!) impossible. And Mr. Fleming’s Minikoi specimens 
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