BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 
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205. Hirneola polytricha Mont., SyUog. Gen. & Sp. PI. Orypt., 181. 
Minikoi; “ from a wooden house-post,” Alcoch / 
Almost cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical countries. 
ALG^. 
206. Kostoc verrucosum Yauch., Conf., 225. 
Minikoi; covering the ground in damp places, Alcoclc ! 
Cosmopolitan. 
There are also some Marine Algge, at least in Muiikoi on the reefs of the 
weather-side of the island (Alcock, Adm. B^p.^ Marine Survey^ 1891-92) ; of 
these no specimens were collected. 
Chaeacteristic features of the flora. 
The list given above iucludes 206 species, representing 156 genera and 61 
natm'al orders ; 191 of the species are and only 15 are Cryptc- 
gams^ giving a proportion of flowering to flowerless plants of about tlnrteeu to 
one ; the percentages are ;— 
Phanerogams, 93* % ; 
Cryptogams, T °/o. 
Of the Phanerogams 150 are Dicots and 41 are Monocots^ the proportion here 
being nearly four to one ; the percentages are ;— 
Dicotyledons, 78*5 °/o ; 
Monocotyledons, 21*5 °/o. 
Only three vascular cryptogams have been found in the Archipelago, with 
only one moss, while at least one species of Chara occurs ; two-thirds of the 
Cryptogams obtained are Fungi or Lichens. It ought not to be concluded, 
because one of the Fungi enumerated has as yet been reported only from 
Minikoi that it is truly endemic iu that island ; in aU probability it will yet be 
found to occur elsewhere. The Marine Algse mentioned above wiU in all 
probability be found when they are at length collected to belong to some 
of the commoner Indian Ocean forms. 
A synoptic view of the Flora is given in the table which follows :— 
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