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previously visited the island. Stems densely tufted, i-l| 

 foot long, erect. Leavesi-l foot long, linear, acuminate, 

 glabrous, firm. 



In addition to Andropogon Schcenanthus, Linn., recorded 

 by Lloyd, Pike, Barkly, and Home, these naturalists found 

 at least four other species of Graminese, which, however, 

 have not been identified, with the exception probably of 

 Chloris monostachya, Poir., found by me in 1889. 



Lloyd saw the " Chiendent " in 1844, and he records 

 this name in Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Maur., 1842-45, 

 p. 158. 



This is probably the same grass referred to by Pike as 

 the "creeping Cynadon" which he saw in 1868, and 

 recorded in Trans. Pioy. Soc. Maur., 1869, p. 15 ; and also 

 the same as Barkly and Home's " No. 7. Cynodon species : 

 Not common," seen by them in 1869, and recorded in 

 Trans. Eoy. Soc. Maur., 1869, pp. 113 and 136. 



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

 records the " Gazon," Zoysia i^ungens, Willd., which is 

 native in Mauritius, and which he states he saw in Eound 

 Island in 1844. 



Pike, in Trans. Pioy. Soc. Maur., 1869, p. 15, records 

 the " common Turfing grass," which he saw in Ptound 

 Island in 1868; but which grass he refers to by this 

 name I do not know. 



Barkly and Horne saw the following three grasses in 

 1869, and recorded them as follows, in Trans. Pioy. Soc. 

 Maur., 1869, pp. 113 and 136 : — 



" No. 5. Gramincv species." 



" No. 8. Gramince species : Ptare. Only one small plant, 

 and it had been eaten by the goats." 



" No. 9. Gramince species : Not common. Perhaps 

 Fanicum hrcvifolium or Panicum repcns, both are Mauritius 

 species." 



FiLICES. 



Adiantum caudatum, Linn., — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 474. I found this fern sparingly in fructification, in 

 the crevices of rocks, 200-460 feet above sea-level, on the 

 west side of the island. It is also native in Mauritius. 



