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WILLIS AND GARDINER : BOTANY 
There appear to be three species in the islands : a very 
large green-stemmed Pandanus (? P. Hornei, Balf. /., of the 
Seychelles, P. Leram, Jones, of the Nicobars), reaching a 
height of over 50 ft., found in Hulule, Turadu, Goifur- 
fehendu. Limbo Kandu, &c. (Gardiner), and known as 
Karikeo (Keeva in Addu Atoll) ; a small-leaved many-rooted 
species, Bokeo (Divihe keeva in Addu), in Turadu, &c. ; and 
a third, Medu Mokaneo, in Turadu, &c., smaller than either 
of the above and more rooted and spreading. Trimen men- 
tions P. odoratissimus under the name Ma-kahikeyo, but no 
specimen is extant. This species is found in Minikoi, and 
in Bangaro, Kadamum, Ameni, Kiltan, and Kalpeni in the 
Laccadives, Prain. 
“ The leaves of the Karikeo are drawn through the flames 
of a fire to kill them, and split horizontally into two halves, 
the spines being carefully cut otf. They are then scraped 
and dried in the sun, to be steeped subsequently several 
times in salt water and re-dried. Thus prepared they are 
used in Tiladummati for making the large mat sails (rie% 
and in every part of the group, especially Addu, for coarse 
mats (santi) and pillows. 
“ The natives are very fond of chewing the segments of 
the fruit of the P. odoratissimus, and the ground under' a 
dropping fruit is a great resort for hermit crabs {Gœnohita), 
which also climb the branches.” — -J. S. G. 
ARACEÆ. 
COLOCASIA, L. 
ANTIQUORUM, Schott, ; Ala, M. ; Gahala, S. 
Sparsely throughout the Archipelago, Gardiner. Cultiva- 
ted and more or less wild. “ Not regularly cultivated, except 
in Tiladummati and Addu, and not much in the former. In 
Maradu, Addu Atoll, there are plantations regularly irrigated 
from wells. A second kind known by its lighter coloured 
flesh is grown in some islands in brackish water, ^.e., in 
artificially or otherwise lowered ground below high tide 
