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long, oblong, mucronate ; capsule ^ ii^ch broad, rugose ; 

 seeds ^V i^^ch long, transversely but not longitudinally 

 ribbed on the convex back, with 2-3 deep pits on each side. 



P. mauritianus is endemic in He de la Passe, He Vakois, 

 He aux Fouquets, lie jNIarianne, and He des Aigrettes. 



FiMBRiSTYLis OBTUSIFOLIA, Kunth {fide C, B, Clarke). 

 Very common, 26th October 1888. This species is not 

 recorded from Mauritius by Baker ; and the description 

 of F. glomerata, Nees, in Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 418 

 appears to refer to F. spathacea, Eoth, Nov. PI. Sp.,p. 24. 



Paspalum distichum, Burm. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 431. 18th March 1890. Pare at the north and south 

 sides of the island. 



Stenotaphrum complanatum, Schrank. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 440. 26th October 1888. Very common. 



Lepturus repens, p. Br. {fide E. Hackel). 18 th March 

 1890. Pare at the south side of the island. See 

 remarks on this species, under He Marianne, in this report. 



CiLETOMORPHA sp. Coralline limestone, 18th March 

 1890. Common. 



ILE VAKOIS. 



He Vakois is situated about 200 yards east of He de la 

 Passe, from which it is separated by a shallow channel 

 only a few feet deep. The island is about 200 yards long 

 from east to west, about 70 yards broad at the widest part, 

 and 15 feet above sea-level at the highest part. The 

 surface of the ground is well clothed with low shrubs of 

 Suriana maritima, and a coarse grass, Stenotaphrum com- 

 planatum, except at the east end of the island, where there 

 are only scattered tufts of the fleshy-leaved Sesuvium Portida- 

 castrum, among the bare sharp rocks, which are continually 

 drenched with the spray of the ocean surf. He Vakois 

 derives its name from the Vocoas (formerly spelt Vakoifi) or 

 Pandani, -vvhich once grew on the island, but which have 

 been exterminated by the fishermen, with the exception of 

 one small plant I saw growing at the west end of the 

 island. The island has never been inhabited ; and all the 

 plants I observed in it were native. I botanised on He 

 Vakois on 5th September 1889, and 18th March 1890. 



