OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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Tamarindus, L. 
Indica, L, ; Helebeli, M. ; Siyambala, S. ; Puli, T. ; 
the Tamarind. 
I. Didi, 44 ! Horsburgh Atoll, Gardiner ! Sparsely near 
villages everywhere, common in Addu. — J. S. G. Trimen ; 
no specimen. 
Cultivated in the eastern tropics. Laccadives, in Akati 
and Ameni, Prain. 
(Afzelia biglija, A. Gray ; in Diego Garcia ; found in the 
Seychelles, Madagascar, Malaya, Polynesia.) 
Parkia, R. Br. ? 
I Didi, 58, a fragment, with the native name Bes-gobili 
{cf. Acacia), seems to be a Parkia, sp. ; planted in all pro- 
bability as a shade tree, as in Ceylon. 
Adenaiithera, Roy en, 
pavonina, L. 
Trimen’s list ; no specimen seen. Perhaps planted. 
[Entada scandeiis, Benth,; seeds were found on Hulule 
beach by Mr. F. Lewis.] 
Mimosa, L. 
pudica. L.; Ladu, M. ; Nidi-kumba, S. ; Lajalu, Hind. 
I. Didi, 21 ! “Only seen near E. end of Male, where there 
is a single clump.” — J. S. G. 
A cosmopolitan weed in the tropics. Not recorded in 
Minikoi or the Laccadives. 
Acacia, L, 
Fariiesiana, Willd. ; Bes-gobili, M. ; the Cassie Flower. 
I. Didi, 127 ! Goifurfehendu, Veimandu in Kolumadulu, 
Gardiner ! Common in the south of the group by mosques 
and in the jungle, rare in the north. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics, often planted ; naturalized 
in Ceylon. Not recorded for the Laccadives or Minikoi; 
possibly intentionally introduced in the Maldives, but more 
probably native sea-introduced. 
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