OF THE MALDIVE ISLANDS. 
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Gomhretaceœ. 
Terminalia, L, 
Catappa, L. ; Midili (Didi) ; Medili (in Nudun, G.) ; 
Dommadu (in Hulule, G.) ; Gobu (in Had- 
dumati), M. ; Kottamba, S. ; the Country Almond. 
I. Didi, 22 ! Malé, Christopher, 1888 ! Hulule 5, Vei- 
mandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Also in Goifurfehendu 
Atoll, Suvadiva, Addu, Gardiner. Abundant all over the 
group, especially in dense high jungle. Always found on 
beaches growing outwards by sand additions, a little back 
from the beach proper. Seeds much eaten in Suvadiva and 
Addu, where the tree attains a great size, and is one of the 
most important constituents of the jungle. 
A littoral species ; not known wild in India or Ceylon, 
though often planted. Common in the Andamans, Nicobars, 
Malaya, Mauritius, &c. Minikoi, Prain ; Diego Garcia, 
Hemsley. * It is probably native in the Maldives, introduced 
by the sea. 
Lumnitzera, Willd. 
racemosa, Willd. 
Gaddu in Suvadiva, Gardiner ! Also in Wiligili, Suva- 
diva. — J. S. G. I. Didi, 12. May be this, or may be L. 
coccinea. 
Mangrove swamps of the eastern tropics. Ceylon. Not 
recorded for the Laccadives or Minikoi. 
coccinea, W.& A. 
I. Didi, 12. Native name Kandu (c/. other mangroves) is 
very probably this sp. Found in mangrove swamps, Ceylon, 
Burmah to Polynesia. 
Gyrocarpus, Jacg[. 
Jacquini, Uoxh, 
Maldives, Gardiner (Prain) ! One of our specimens was 
identified as this species by Dr. Prain, but has unfortunately 
become mislaid. “ The specimen was no doubt from Hedu- 
f uri, where it occurs on the sandy part of the island. It is 
