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Stenotapheum complanatu.m, Schrank. — Baker, Flor. 

 Maur. Seych., p. 440. Common at the north-east end 

 of the island, 2ud September 1889. 



Stenotapheum subulatum, Trin. — Baker, Flor. Maur. 

 Seych., p. 440 {fide 0. Stapf). Eare, 4th September 1889. 



All the plants of S. subulatum growing on He aiix 

 Fouquets are in a very reduced state, on account of the 

 poverty of the soil and the exposed position of the island. 

 In my herbarium I have a specimen of S. suhulatum, 

 which is intermediate in size and habit between the 

 dwarfed He aux: Fouquets plant and the typical form. 

 It was collected by me on a rocky cliff at the seashore, 

 10 feet above sea- level, at Le Gris Gris, Savanne, on the 

 main island of Mauritius, on 14th January 1890. 



Squamaeia ? {fide C. H. Wright). Common, 18th March 

 1890. Plants green, barren. 



Ch.etomoepha sp. {fide C. H. Wright). Common, 17th 

 March 1890. Plant green. 



ILE AUX FOUS. 



He aux Fous is situated on the outer margin of the 

 ccral reef, about 1 mile north-east of He aux Fouquets. 

 The island is about 100 yards long from east to west, 

 about 40 yards broad, and it slopes up from west to east 

 to a heiglit of 20 fest above sea-level. In the limestone 

 are numerous large cauldrons, worn out by the ocean-surf, 

 which almost continually breaks ov'er the island. The island 

 derives its name from a sea-bird called the Fous, several of 

 which were on it at the time of my \\%\i, on 19th March 

 1890. At high tide the surf breaks round the whole 

 island, and it is impossible to land on it from a boat. I 

 reached it at low spring tide by wading across from He 

 Marianne, which lies about 150 yards north of He aux Fous. 



I observed only one species of plant, Scsuviam Portida- 

 castrum, which, however, was common on the island. 



ILE MARIANNE. 



He Marianne is about 250 yards long from east to west, 

 about 100 yards broad at the widest part, near the west 



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