])Ei-. 1S94.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBUEGH. 319 



entered notes of my own, taken from living specimens. 

 These notes, except in the case of Premna serratifolia, 

 Linn., are svipplementaiy to the descriptions contained in 

 Baker's " Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles," and they 

 are not intended to be complete descriptions of the plants 

 to which they refer. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Kojer, Hort. Maur. — Hortus M:iuritianus. By W. Bojer. 1837. 

 Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych. — Flora of the Mauritius and the Seychelles. 



By J. G. Baker. 1877. 

 DC, Prod. — Frodromus Systematis Xaturalis Regni Yegetabilis, Parts 



i.-xvii. By A. P. aud A. de Candolle. 1824-1873. 

 An asterisk before the name of a species or natural order means that 

 all the plants belonging to that species or natural order are not native, 

 but are more or less naturalised in the Mauritius group of islands. The 

 names of cultivated species and natural orders of plants in He des 

 Aigrettes are enclosed in brackets, thus [ ]. 



CLASS I.— DICOTYLEDONES. 



* Papayekace.e. 



* Aegemoxe jiexicaxa, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 5. Common on waste ground, •20th June 1890. 

 Xaturalised. A native of America. 



[Mokingacej:.] 



[MORINGA PTEEYGOSPERMA, (ri^rtu. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 9. Only one tree 20 feet high, planted near the 

 lime-kiln, 20th June 1890. A native of tropical Asia.] 



Meliace.i:. 



QuiYisiA MAUKITIAXA, Bakor, var., Q. ovata, Cav. — Baker, 

 Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 46. Coralline limestone, 20 feet 

 above sea-level, 18th August 1888. Xative. An erect 

 shrub 7 feet high, with glabrous brown bark. Leaves 

 subcoriaceous, shining green above, paler green beneath. 

 Calyx obscurely thinly-silky on the outside, pale yellow ; 

 teeth 4. Petals 4, obscurely densely-silky on the outside, 



