BOTANY OF THE LACCADIVES. 
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A littoral species, cosmopolitan in tbe tropics. 
51. Cassia occidentalis Linn., Sp. PI. 377; Hook, f., Flor. 
Brit. Ind., ii., 262. Senna occidentalis Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 343. 
Akati; Fleming ! 
A cosmopolitan tropical weed. 
52. Cassia Tora Linn., Sp. PI. 376 ; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., 
ii., 263. Senna Tora Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 340. 
Kalpeni; Alcock ! Kadamum ; Fleming ! Akati; Fleming I 
Kiltan ; Fleming I 
A tropical road-side weed, almost cosmopolitan (absent from 
Polynesia). 
53. Tamarindus indica Linn., Sp. PI. 34; Roxb., Flor. Ind., iii., 
215; Hook, f., Flop. Brit. Ind., ii., 273. The Tamarind. 
Ameni; cultivated, Hume. Akati; cultivated, Fleming^ 
COMBRETACE^. 
54. Terminalia Catappa Linn., Mantiss., i., 128; Roxb., 
Flor. Ind., ii., 430; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 444. The 
Country Almond. 
Minikoi; both planted and indigenous; “the island abounds 
with this tree, its wood being put to various uses/’ Fleming. 
A littoral species, extremely abundant in the Andamans and 
Nicobars as well as on all Malayan shores. Though now growing 
wild in Minikoi, this species has probably been originally introduced 
intentionally. It is not known wild in India. 
Myrtageai. 
55. PsiniuM Guajava Linn., Sp. PI. 470; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. 
Ind., ii., 468. Psidium pyrnferum Linn., Sp. PI. (ed. ii.,) 672; 
Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 480. Psidium pomiferum Linn., Sp. PL 
(ed. ii.,) 672; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 480. The Guava. 
Minikoi; cultivated, Fleming. 
Native of Mexico, cultivated and often “wild^^ and quite 
naturalized in India and other tropical countries. 
56. Eugenia Jambos Linn., Sp. PI. 470; Roxb., Flor. Ind., ii., 
494; Hook, f., Flor. Brit. Ind., ii., 474; Watt, Diet., iii., 287. The 
Rose-Apple. 
Minikoi; GxxMiYdAed, Fleming ! 
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