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WILLIS AND GARDINER: BOTANY 
[Triumfetta prociimbeus, Forst,; in Diego Garcia. 
Occurs in Seychelles, Polynesia, America.] 
Tribulus, L,. 
terrestris, L, ; Sembu-nerinchi, S. 
Malé, Gardiner ! Only in Male. — J. S. G. 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed. Abundant in Ceylon and 
India ; not recorded for the Minikoi or the Laccadives. 
GERANIACEÆ. 
, Avbrrhoa, L. 
Carambola, L. ; Kamaraga, M. ; Kamaranga, S. 
I. Didi, 68 ! 
Cultivated for its edible fruit in India, Ceylon, and other 
tropica] countries. Native country unknown. 
Bilimbi, L.; Bilimagu, M. ; Bilin, S.; Blimbing. 
I. Didi, 92 ! Malé, Christopher, 1888 ! 
Cultivated for its fruit, like the last. Native country 
unknown. 
JRutacece, 
Murraya, Koen. 
Kobnigii, Spreng.; Hikundi, M. ; Karapincha, S.; 
the Curry Leaf. 
I. Didi, 100 ! “ Generally speaking, unknown in the Mal- 
dives.”— J. S. G. 
Rare in Ceylon, but much cultivated in Ceylon, India, 
&c., the leaves being used in curries. Cultivated in Mini- 
koi, Prain. 
Triphasia, Lour. 
trifoliata, DC.; Kudalimbo, M. (== small lime). 
I. Didi, 46 ! Malé, Christopher, 1888 ! Hulule 20, Gardiner ! 
Very scarce in the N., and not in the S., of Archipelago ; 
under the shade of large trees in damp places. 
Commonly cultivated in the tropics, and probably 
originally introduced for purposes of cultivation, but now 
apparently an escape and wild. Minikoi, Prain. 
