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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
not an uncommon bushy tree on the same area through the 
whole group, often growing on the driest part of a sand flat.” 
— J. S. G. 
Cosmopolitan in the tropics. The wood is used for out- 
riggers and catamarans in Ceylon, and perhaps the tree may 
have been intentionally introduced, but it is more probably 
sea-borne. 
Myrtacece. 
PSIDIUM, L. 
Guyava, L. ; Féru, M. ; Fera, S. ; the Guava. 
I. Didi, 83 ! Trimen’s list ; no specimen seen. In Malé, 
Gardiner. 
Cultivated in all hot countries. Cultivated in Minikoi, 
but not in the Laccadives. 
Eugenia, L. 
Malaccensis, L.; Jumbu, M. the Malay Apple. 
I. Didi, 50, a fragment, appears to be this. Fruiting in 
Male, and a few young trees in Addu. — J. S. G. 
A Malayan species, commonly cultivated in India and 
Ceylon. 
Jambos, L. ; Jumbu, M. ? Jambu, S. ; the Rose 
Apple. 
Trimen’s list ; no specimen seen. Male and Addu. — 
J. S. G. 
Malayan ; cultivated in India and Ceylon. Minikoi, cult., 
Prain. 
Javanica, LamA;. Jamburool, M. 
I. Didi, 53, a fragment, is perhaps this species. 
Jambolana, Lamk.; Lami, M.; Ma-dan, S.; Naval, T. ; 
the Black Plum. 
I. Didi, 19 ! 
Common in Tropical Asia, Ceylon, &c. Probably intro- 
duced for its fruit. Cultivated in Minikoi. 
Barriiigtoiiia, Forst 
speciosa, Forst; Kimbi (G.), M. ; Mudilla, S. 
