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* Partiienium Hysterophorus, Linn. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 174. 10 feet above sea-level, otli Septem- 

 ber 1889. Eare at the south-west end of the island, 

 near the lighthouse. This species is a native of Tropical 

 America, and it is recorded as naturalised in Mauritius 

 and Eodriguez by Mr. Baker. 



Sc.EVOLA KcEXiGii, Vahl. — Baker, Flor. ]\Iaur. Seych., 

 p. 182. Kare, 2nd September 1889. 



TouRNEFORTiA ARGENTEA, Linu. fil. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 201. Only one plant observed by me at the 

 centre of the island, 2nd September 1889. 



Helioteopium indicum, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 204. Btare near the lighthouse, 4th September 1889. 



Ipomcea Pes-capr^, Eoth. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 211. 2nd September 1889. Very common at the 

 south-west end of the island. Capsule not developed. 



[Lycopersicum Galent, Miller. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 216. One young plant, _ inches high, near the 

 lighthouse, 5th September 1889, and several plants in the 

 same locality, 18th March 1890, This species is culti- 

 vated in Mauritius.] 



* Datura alba, Xees. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 

 218. 4th September 1889. Eare at the south-west end 

 of the island. This species, which is widely spread through 

 the tropics of the Old World, is also recorded as naturalised 

 in Mauritius and Eodriguez by Baker. 



* XicoTiANA Tabacum, Linn. — Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., 

 p. 218. 2nd September 1889. Common on the sheltered 

 north-west side of the island. Stems 2—6 feet high, erect. 



Mrs. Batterby, wife of the chief lighthouse keeper at He 

 aux Fouquets, informed me that, in 1874, there were only 

 five tobacco plants in the island, and that since then the 

 plants have spontaneously sowed their seeds and spread 

 over the ground. 



In Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 238, JV. Tahacum is recorded 

 as cultivated in Mauritius. It is recorded by me in Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx., p. 326, as scarcely naturalised on 



