358 TKANSACTIONS AND PEOCEEDIXGS OF THE [Sess. LIX. 



SiDA DIFFUSA, H. B. K. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 19. 26th October 1888. Very common. This species 

 is recorded as native in the Seychelles by Mr. John Home, 

 but it is not recorded from Mauritius. 



Pemphis acidula, Forst. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 101. Seashore, 26th October 1888. Common at 

 the north side of the island. 



Sesuyium Poetulacasteum, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 108. Seashore, 26th October 1888. Common. 



POETULACA OLEEACEA, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 125. 26th October 1888. Common. Stems ^-1 

 foot long, procumbent. 



PoETULACA PSA]SBI0TE0PHA, Hance {fide X. E. Brown). 

 18th March 1890. Ptare. For a description of this 

 species, see under lie aux Fouquets, in this report. 



* CccUMis sp. Only one plant, in flower, observed by 

 me at the south side of the island, 18th March 1890. 

 Corolla vellow. The crenus Cucv.mis is not native in 

 Mauritius. 



* Opuntia moxacaxtha. Haw. 26th October 1888. 

 This species, which is a native of South America, is not 

 recorded from Mauritius by Baker. It was also observed 

 by me naturalised on a pasture, 10 feet above sea-level. 

 Flat Island, 11th November 1887. 



SoxcHUs OLERACEUS, Linn, ex parte. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 180. 26th October 1888. Common. 



TouEXEFOETiA AEGEXTEA, Linn. fiL — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 201. Seashore, 26th October 1888. Common. 



*Ipomcea Xil, Ptoth. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 209. 

 26th October 1888. Pare at the north side of the island. 

 This species, which is dispersed throughout the tropics, 

 is not recorded from Mauritius in Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 though it was found naturalised in Eodriguez by Balfour 

 according to Baker ; but in Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 22 7, it 

 is recorded, under the name of Pharhitis Nil, as naturalised 

 in great quantity at " Grand-Port," and in the ravines about 

 " Eeduit," ]\lauritius. It was also observed by me natural- 

 ised in He des Aigrettes, on 18th August 1888, and 

 recorded in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx., 1894. 



