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

 states that in 1844 he saw in Piound Island the " Eavinal 

 with its fan-like leaves," by which he evidently meant the 

 L. Loddigrsii, Mart., which is the only plant with fan-like 

 leaves on the island. The If a venal, Eavcnala madagas- 

 (iariensis, Sonnerat, belongs to the natural order I\Iusacere, 

 and it is a native of Madagascar. It is naturalised in 

 Mauritius, where it grows in wet ground near water, con- 

 ditions which do not exist in the dry rocky hillsides of 

 Hound Island. 



Pike saw this palm in Eound Island in ISGS, and he 

 records it as " Latania glaucopliyUa " in Trans. Eoy. Soc. 

 Maur., 1869, p. 15, and in Sub-Trop. Eambles, p. 145. 



Barkly and Home also saw it in 1869, and they record 

 it as " Latania glaucophyUa " in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 

 1869, pp. 116, 117, and 138. Barkly states that he saw 

 plants of this palm 40—50 feet high in the sheltered ravines 

 in Eound Island. 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 381, under L. Loddigcsii, 

 Mart., the following stations are mentioned : — " Mauritius, 

 on Eound Island, Flat Island, and Coin de Mire. Indi- 

 genous only on these islets, but introduced on the main- 

 land, Home ! Endemic." 



Hyophokbe amapjcaulis. Mart. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 283. This palm is common, and I found it in 

 flower, but not in fruit. Palm 10—20 feet high, with the 

 stem bottle-shaped at the base or, rarely, at the middle. 

 Leaf-sheath thick, glabrous, pale green ; midrib of leaf 

 green ; pinnip sub-coriaceous, shining green on both surfaces, 

 with pale yellow veins and margin. I\Iale perianth- 

 segments pale yellow. Filaments whitish ; anthers pale 

 yellow ; pollen ellipsoid, glabrous, yellow. Eudiraentary 

 ovary yellow, with a pale-green apex. 



Bojer erroneously recorded this palm from Eound Island 

 under C]iama:rops cxedsior, Boj., in Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 307, 

 which was published in 1837. 



Lloyd saw this palm in Eound Island in 1844, and 

 records it as the " Cocoa-nut tree " in Trans. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Maur., 1842-45, p. 158. 



Pike also saw it in 1868, and he erroneously records it 



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