BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 471 



A littoral species, cosmopolitau iu the tropics, 



51. Cassia occidentalis Linn., Sp. PI. 377; Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit. Ind.j ii., 262. Senna occidentcdis Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 343. 



Akati ; Fleming ! 



A cosmopolitan tropical weed. 



52. Cassia Tora Linn., Sp. PI. 376 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., 

 ii,, 263. 8enna Tora Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 340. 



Kalpeui ; Alcock ! Kadamum ; Fleming ! Akati ; Fleming ! 

 Kiltan ; Fleming ! 



A tropical I'oad-side weed, almost cosmopolitan (absent from 

 Polynesia). 



53. Tamarindus indica Linn., Sp. PI. 34; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 

 215; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 273. The Tamarind. 



Ameni ; cultivated, Hume. Akati ; cultivated, Fleming, 



COMBEETACE^. 



54. Terminalia Catappa Linn., Mantiss., i., 128; Roxb., 

 Flor. Ind., ii., 430; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 4i4. The 

 Country Almond. 



Minikoi; both planted and indigenous; "the island abounds 

 with this tree, its wood being put to various uses," Fleming. 



A littoral species, extremely abundant in the Andamans and 

 Nicobars as well as on all Malayan shores. Though now growing 

 wild in Minikoi, this species has probably been originally introduced 

 intentionally. It is not known wild in India. 



Myrtace^. 



55. PsiDiuM GuAJAVA Linn., Sp. PI. 470; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. 

 Ind., ii., 468. PsicUum pijriferum Linn., Sp. PI. (ed. ii.,) 672; 

 Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 480. Psidium pomiferum Linn., Sp. PI. 

 (ed. ii.,) 672; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 480. The Guava. 



Minikoi; cultivated, Fleming. 



Native of Mexico, cultivated and often ^'wild^^ and quite 

 naturalized in India and other tropical countries. 



56. Eugenia Jambos Linn., Sp. PI. 470; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 

 494 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 474 ; Watt, Diet., iii., 287. The 

 Rose- Apple. 



Minikoi; cultivated, Fleming ! 



