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beneath, glabrous, shiuiug green above, glaucous beneath, 

 rigidly coriaceous, with the midrib and margin pale green, 

 and armed with reddish brown spines. Drupes pale yellow 

 at the base, brownish-red at the middle, and pale reddish 

 yellow at the apex. 



Lloyd saw the " Vacoa," which is the vernacular name 

 of Panclanus in Mauritius, in Hound Island in 1844, and 

 he records it by this name in Trans. Xat. Hist. Soc. Maur., 

 1842-45, p. 158. 



Pike saw it in 1868, and he records the " Pandanus 

 Vandermcenchii" 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 

 '' Fanda/ius Va/idcnncerschii" in Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 

 1869, pp. 113 and 114. 



In Baker, Flor. ]\Iaur. Seych., p. 398, under P. Vandcr- 

 meerschii, Balf. hi., the following stations are mentioned : — 

 " Eound Island, Amber Island, Flat Island, and Coin de 

 Mire, not on the mainland, Barkly ! Home ! Balfour ! 

 Endemic." On 5th September 1889 I found one plant, 

 without flowers or fruit, of a Pandanus, in He Yakois, 

 which is probably P. Vandermcerschii, Balf. fil. 



In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., P. Vandcrrncerscliii is mis- 

 spelt P. Va?ide7'meeschii. 



* Pandanus utilis, Bory. — Baker, Flor. ^laur. Seych., 

 p. 398. — Barkly and Horne found several plants of this 

 species in 1869, but they only occurred in one spot, 

 scarcely more than 100 feet above the landing-place, and 

 they came to the conclusion that the seeds had probably 

 been planted there by some early visitor. 



Bojer, in Hort. Maur., p. 301, published in 1837, records 

 P. utilis as native in Mauritius ; but Balfour in Baker, 

 Flor. ]\Iaur. Seych., records it as " a native of Madagascar, 

 is commonly planted in Mauritius for the sake of its 

 leaves." 



This plant was not observed by the other botanists who 

 have visited Eound Island. 



Cyperace-E. 



Fimbristylis glomerata, Xees. — Baker, Flor. Maur 

 Seych., p. 418. I found this plant rare on the rocky hill 



