July 1894.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 255 



1869, and they record it under " No. 1. Tylopliora species " 

 in Trans. Koy. Soc. Maur., pp. 118 and 135, 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seycli., p. 228, one of the stations 

 mentioned under T. Icevigata, Dene, is " Eound Island, Sir 

 H. Barkly ! " 



]S"yctaginace^. 



BoERHAAViA DIFFUSA, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 264. I found this plant in flower and fruit sparingly 

 on the rocky hillside, 200—240 feet above sea-level, near 

 the landing-place on the west side of the island. It is 

 also native in Mauritius. Stems g— 1 foot long. Leaves 

 dark green above, pale whitish-green beneath. Corolla 

 ^ inch across when expanded, purple. Filaments dark 

 purple ; anthers pale yellow. In all the Eound Island 

 plants the corolla is purple and the filaments dark purple, 

 whereas in all the plants I observed on the coral islands 

 lying off the south coast of Mauritius, the corolla was 

 green with white lobes, and the filaments were white. 

 This plant was not observed by the other botanists who 

 previously visited Eound Island, 



Euphorbiace-^. 



Euphorbia thymifolia, Burm. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych,, p, 303, I found this plant, sparingly in flower 

 and fruit, on the rocky hillside, 200 feet above sea-level, 

 near the landing-place on the west side of the island. It 

 is also native in Mauritius, Stems ^—2h inches long. 

 This plant was not observed by the other botanists who 

 previously visited Eound Island. 



Phy'LLAnthus Niruri, Linn. — Baker, Flor, Maur, Seych., 

 p. 309. I found only three plants, without flowers or 

 fruit, on the rocky hillside, 200 feet above sea-level, near 

 the landing-place on the west side of the island. This 

 plant is also native in Mauritius. It was not observed by 

 the other botanists who previously visited Eound Island, 



Phyllanthus sp. — On the rocky hillside, 680 feet above 

 sea-level, at the east side of the island, I found only two 

 plants of a Phyllanthus, which I have not identified, as it 



