Mar. 1895.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 393 



* Eapiianus SxVTIVUS. Linn. — Fallow sugar-cane field, 

 1100 feet above sea-level, Plaines Wilhelms, Mauritius, 

 10th September 1888. Two forms, one with purple and 

 the other with yellow petals. This species is the common 

 cultivated radish, which is recorded as cultivated in vege- 

 table gardens, in Mauritius, in Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 16. 



tSAPONAEiA Vaccakia, Linn. — Cultivated ground, 1880 

 feet above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 7th September 

 1888. 



* SiLENE Armeria, Linn. — Eoadside, 1850 feet above 

 sea-level, Mauritius, 21st November 1888, A widely 

 spread species, originally European, which has become 

 established at roadsides, near gardens, at Curepipe. Re- 

 corded as cultivated in Mauritius, in Bojer, Hort. Maur., 

 p. 23. 



*Silene gallica, Linn. — Roadside, 1380 feet above 

 sea-level, Plaines Wilhelms, Mauritius, 17th September 

 1888. A native of Europe, now widely dispersed. 



*Sagina apetala, Linn. — Roadside, 1850 feet above 

 sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 8th October 1888. A native 

 of Europe, now widely dispersed. 



SiDA diffusa, H. B. et K.— He de la Passe, 26th 

 October 1888 ; He aux Fouquets, 2nd September 1889 ; 

 He Marianne, 3rd September 1889 ; He Vakois, 5th 

 September 1889. Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx. p. 358. 



Cardiospermum microcarpum, H. B. et K. — Wood, 90 

 feet above sea-level, Montague de Port Louis, Mauritius, 

 28th March 1887; and field-side, 250 feet above sea- 

 level, Pamplemousses, Mauritius, 27th May 1887. In 

 Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 56, this species is recorded 

 from the Seychelles by Perville and Home, and from 

 Rodriguez by Balfour ; and the following note occurs : — 

 "No doubt will be found also in Mauritius if looked 

 for." It is found throughout the tropics. This is now 

 considered a variety of C. Halicacahum. 



*Medicago lupulina, Linn. — Roadside, 1390 feet above 

 sea-level, Plaines Wilhelms, Mauritius, 10th September 

 1888. A native of Europe and Asia. 



