250 TEANSACnONS AXD PEOCEEDIXGS OF THE [Sees. lviil 



POETULACE^E. 



PoETULACA OLEEACEA, Linn., — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 125. I only found one small plant on the rocky hill- 

 side, 200 feet above sea-level, near the landing-place, on 

 the west side of the island. This plant is also native in 

 Mauritius. 



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

 records ha\dng seen in Pound Island, in 1844, the " Pour- 

 pier," which is the vernacular name of P. oleracea, L., in 

 Mauritius. 



PtUBIACE^. 



FEE^^:LIA buxifolia, Lam. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 142. This shrub is common, and grows from 4-6 feet 

 in height. On the west side of the island many of the 

 plants were dead from the effects of the severe drought. 

 I found no plants in flower or fruit at the time of my 

 ■sT.sit in November 1889. This species is also native in 

 Mauritius. 



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

 pp. 119 and 137, record having seen, in 1869, " Fenielia 

 huxifoHa" (p. 119), which is the same as their " Ko. 17. 

 Fcrnelia species" (p. 137). 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 142, under Fcrnelia 

 huxifolia. Lam., one of the stations mentioned is " Pound 

 Island, Sir H. Barkly : " 



On the south side of the hill, 500 feet above sea-level, 

 I saw considerable numbers of a tree which was neither in 

 flower nor fruit, and in which most of the leaves were in 

 shreds, apparently from the attacks of insects. Mr. J. G. 

 Baker, to whom specimens were sent, wrote to me the 

 following note : — " Looks like a Plectronia, but cannot be 

 certain without flowers." Tree 9—20 feet high, much 

 branched, with spreading branches. Trunk 4:\ inches to 

 3 feet in circumference, 2 feet from the ground, with brown 

 longitudinally-wrinkled bark. Leaves opposite, 1|— 2| 

 inches long, broadly oval, obtuse, slightly cordate at the 

 base, entire, glabrous, dark-shining green above, pale green 

 beneath, coriaceous ; petiole \ inch long. This tree appears 

 to be the same as — "No. 18. Fyrostria species near P. 



