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medicine. Grows also on the higher land, hut does not fruit at 
that alt. — Hah. S. Europe. 
Psidium, Linn. 
279. P. pomiferum, Linn. — Common Guava; one of the prin- 
cipal fruits of the place, is common and grows wild, in the lower part 
of Sandy Bay, &c., to a bushy tree, 12 feet in height. C. and M. 
Alt. '6 — Hab. "VV. Indies. 
280. P. pyriferum, Linn. — Large-fruited Guava; cultivated in 
gardens in Jamestown ; rather rare. Several other varieties of the 
Guava are said to grow in Maldivia Gardens ; the fruit of all is 
eaten. C. — Hab. W. Indies. 4 
Syzygium, Gsertn. 
281. S. zeylanicum, D.C. — A small shrubby tree, about fifteen 
feet high, with pink and primrose-coloured, myrtle-like leaves, 
growing in Plantation House flower-garden. One tree only. Does 
not blossom. — Hab. Ceylon. 
43. Melastomace^;. 
Olinia, Thunb. 
282. O. cymosa, Thunb. — A tree with white blossoms ; grows 
on the high land at Walbro Cottage, but is rare. — Hab. Cape of 
Good Hope. 
44. Lythrace^b. 
Lagerstroemia, Linn. 
283. L. reginae, Linn. — A tree or two of this plant, with its rich 
clusters of red flowers, is to be found in the gardens at Maldivia and 
Oakbank. C. and H. L. Alt. - 6 and 3. — Hab. E. Indies. 
45. CoMBRETACEiE. 
Terminalia, Linn. 
284. T. Catappa, Gajrtn. — Two or three trees of the Bengal 
Almond grow on the warm low land in James’ Yalley, and several 
also in Lemon Yalley, to a height of about twenty feet; they flower 
and fruit well, but scarcely exceed half a dozen in number. — Hab. 
E. Indies. 
