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RUBIACE.E. 



Oldenlandia Sieberi, Baker. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 138. Coralline limestone, at seashore, 5 feet 

 above sea-level, 18th August 1888. Native. This species 

 is endemic in the Mauritius group of islands. 



Stems l-Q inches long, terete. Leaves minutely-serrate, 

 glabrous, green above, paler green beneath, sub-coriaceous. 

 Calyx iV inch long, glabrous, green, persistent, finally be- 

 coming brown ; teeth 4 as long as the tube, lanceolate, 

 acute. Corolla y^ inch broad when expanded ; tube glab- 

 rous, white ; limb 4-lobed, with 4 spreading, ovate-deltoid, 

 mucronate, glabrous, faintly pinkish-white lobes. Anthers 

 white. Capsule -^ inch long, turbinate-compressed, glab- 

 rous, brown, dehiscing at the top between the persistent 

 calyx-teeth. Seeds many, ,^V inch long, oblong or angular- 

 globose, glabrous, finely wrinkled, brown. 



C o:\rposiTyE. 



BiDENS PiLOSA, Linn, — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 169, Waste ground, 15 feet above sea-level, 18th 

 August 1888. Native. 



* Tridax peocumbens, Linn. — Baker, Flor, Maur. Seych., 

 p. 170. Waste ground, 15 feet above sea-level, and 

 coralline limestone, 18th August 1888. Naturalised. A 

 native of Mexico and the West Indies. 



* PaPvTHENIUM Hysterophoeus, Linn. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 174. Waste ground, 15 feet above sea- 

 level, 18th August 1888. Naturalised. A native of 

 tropical America. 



SoNCHUS oleraceus, Liuu. ex parte, — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 180. Waste ground, 10 feet above sea- 

 level, 18th August 1888. Native. 



Goodeniace^, 



Sc.EVOLA KcENiGii, Vahl. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 182. Coralline limestone, 20 feet above sea-level, 18th 

 August 1888. Native. 



