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I. Didi, 9 ! Hulule 6, Gardiner ! Two or three trees in 
the S.W. of Hulule ; rare in the group, especially in the 
‘ north. Heebahdu in the north of Suvadiva Atoll covered 
with it ; four or five trees in Midu in Addu Atoll. Also on 
Turahdu in S. Mahlos. — J. S. G. 
Sea shores, Ceylon, S.W., very rare, but now often planted. 
Andamans to Polynesia, a littoral species, probably intro- 
duced by the sea. Not recorded for Minikoi or the Lacca- 
dives. Diego Garcia, Hemsley. 
Lythracece. 
(Ammaniabaccifera, L. ; in Kalpeni, Laccadives, Prain.) 
Pemphis, Forst. 
acidiila, Forst.; Dhadukuradi, Kuredi, Kuradu, M. 
I. Didi, 28 ! Male, Christopher, 1888 ! Goifurfehendu 
Atoll, Hulule 4, Veimandu in Kolumadulu, Gardiner ! Also 
in Turahdu, South Mahlos, Gardiner. All along the western 
beach of Holule, a narrow belt one shrub thick, the roots 
washed by every high tide. The shore washes away, and 
bushes may be seen growing right out in the water. Com- 
mon in all the Maldives. Infested with Sphinxes and small 
moths at night ; it is useless to try any other plant for them 
if there be Pemphis near. — J. S. G. 
A littoral species, common on the shores of the Old World 
tropics. 
Minikoi, Gardiner. Not recorded for the Laccadives. 
Lawsonia, L. 
Alba, Lam. ; Heena (Innapa, misprinted 
Junapa in Trimen’s list), M. ; tlie Henna. 
I. Didi, 130 ! Trimen ; no specimen, Pyrard de Laval. 
Goifurfehendu Atoll, Gardiner ! “ In cultivated land, scarce 
in the Archipelago.” — J. S.*G. 
Ceylon and India, frequently cultivated. Minikoi, culti- 
vated, Prain. 
Sonneratia, Linn.f. 
acida, Linn, f.; Kulowa, M. ; Kirilla, S. 
