July 1894.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 251 



polymorpha" — seen by Barkly and Home in 1869, and 

 recorded by them in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur,, 1869, pp. 119 

 and 137. 



COMPOSITiE. 



Ageratum conyzoides, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 163. This annual, which is also native in Mauritius, 

 is common in Round Island, but at the time of my visit in 

 1889 all the plants were dead from the effects of the 

 severe drought. 



Barkly and Home saw this plant in Bound Island in 

 1869, and they record "No. 26. Ageratum sp." in Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. Maur., 1869, pp. 119 and 138. 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 163, under Ageratum 

 conyzoides, Linn., one of the stations mentioned is " Round 

 Island, Sir H. Barkly ! " 



SoNCHUS oleraceus, Linn, ex parte. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 180. Barkly and Home, in Trans. Roy. Soc. 

 Maur., 1869, pp. 119 and 138, record "No. 27. Sonchus 

 sp. : Rare," which they saw in Round Island in 1869. 

 Barkly states that this Sonchus is the same as the one 

 which grows in Flat Island, viz. S. oleraceus, Linn, ex 

 parte. It is also native in Mauritius and in several of the 

 small coral islands of the Mauritius group. 



This plant was not observed by the other botanists who 

 have visited Round Island. 



MyRSINACE/E ? 



Barkly and Home, in 1869, saw two plants at about 

 800 feet above sea-level, which, in Trans. Roy. Soc. Maur., 

 1869, pp. 119 and 136, they record under "No. 14. 

 Badula species (?). A small tree 1 2 feet in height, with 

 the habit of growth of some of the larger growing Ardisias. 

 Comes very near Badula ovalifolia, V. Don V. II., p. 13." 



This tree was not observed by the other botanists who 

 have visited Round Island. 



EBENACEiE. 



DiosPYEOS species. — On the south side of the hill, 

 450-530 feet above sea-level, I found a species of Vios- 



