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* PaSSIFLORACE/E. 



*Passiflora suberosa, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 105. This tropical American species is naturalised in 

 Eound Island, where I found it common all over the island, 

 with its stems trailing on the ground, or climbing up other 

 plants. It is also naturalised in Mauritius, where it is 

 common in the forests. 



This plant was not observed by the other botanists who 

 previously visited Eound Island. 



Combretace^, 



TERmNALiA Benzoin, Linn, lil., — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. Ill {fide J. G. Baker). This tree is rare on the 

 south side of the hill, 520 feet above sea-level. It was 

 neither in flower nor fruit. The leaves do not agree with 

 the description in Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 111. Tree 

 1 feet high, much branched, with contorted, terete, brown 

 branches. Leaves 4—6 inches long, oval, sub-acute, narrowed 

 at the base, obscurely crenate, glabrous, dark-shining green 

 above, pale yellowish green beneath, sub-coriaceous ; petiole 

 \ inch long. T. Benzoin, Lim. fil., is native in Mauritius. 



Lloyd, in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Maur., 1842-45, p. 158, 

 records having seen, in 1844, the " Benjoin," or Bois 

 Benzoin, which is the vernacular name of the tree in 

 Mauritius. 



Barkly and Home, in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, 

 pp. 119 and 137, record having only seen, in 1869, three 

 trees without flower or fruit of " No. 15. Tcrminalia 

 species," which, they considered, differed from all the 

 Terminalias hitherto known in Mauritius, Bourbon, and 

 Eodriguez. 



Myrtace^ ? 



Barkly and Home, in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, 

 pp. 119 and 137, record having seen, in 1869, "No. 16. 

 Jossinia species, a small shrubby tree about 5—10 feet 

 in height." 



This tree was not observed by the other botanists who 

 have visited Eound Island. 



