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One of the 3 naturalised species, Erigeron canadcnsc, 

 Linn., a native of North America, is not recorded from 

 Mauritius in Baker's " Flora of Mauritius and the 

 Seychelles," published in 1877. 



CLASS I.— DICOTYLEDOXES. 



FlCOIDE.K. 



Sesuvium Poetulacastedm, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 108. iSTative. Common. 



PORTULACEiE. 



Portulaca oleracea, Linn., — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 125. jSTative. Common. 



COMPOSITiE. 



Erigeron caxadense, Linn. — DC. Prod. v. 289. Only 

 one plant on the islet, 6 feet above sea-level. Naturalised. 

 Stem 8 inches long, erect. 



This species was also found by me on waste ground, 

 1880 feet above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 9th July 

 1888. Naturalised. Stem 1-3 feet long, erect. 



K canadcnsc, Linn., a native of North America, now 

 widely dispersed, is not recorded from Mauritius in Baker, 

 Flor. Maur. Seych. 



SoNCHUS OLERACEUS, Linu. cx-partc. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 180. Native. Common. 



BORAGIXACE^. 



TOURNEFORTIA ARGENTEA, Linn. fill. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 201. Native. Common. 



SOLANACE^:. 



SolanUjNI NIGRUM, Linu. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 

 214. Native. Only two plants on the islet. 



Lycium tenue, Willd., var., Sieberi, Duval. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 216. Native. Only one plant on the islet. 



