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* Medicago DEXTICULATA, Willcl — Eoadside, 1390 feet 

 above sea-level, Plaines Wilhelms, Mauritius, 10th Septem- 

 ber 1888. A native of Europe. 



tCiCER ARIETINUM, Linn. — Cultivated ground, 1880 feet 

 above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 24th August 1888; 

 and a road, 1820 feet above sea-level, Curepipe, 5th 

 December 1888. Widely cultivated in tropical regions in 

 the Old World, and occurs at Curepipe as a mere casual. 

 It is recorded as accidentally cultivated in Mauritius, in 

 Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 102 ; and as naturalised in Flat 

 Island in Home's Notes on Flora of Flat Island, pp. 7 and 

 8, published in 1886. 



*VlCIA ANGUSTIFOLIA, PiOth, var. SEGETALIS, Thuill. 



Eoadside, 1080 feet above sea-level, Plaines Wilhelms, 

 Mauritius, I7th September 1888. A native of Europe. 



*Lathyrus Aphaga, Linn. — Cultivated ground, 1880 

 feet above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 17th August 

 1888. A native of Euroj^e, now widely dispersed. 



*MucuNA PRURIENS, DC. — Piiver-sidc, 15 feet above 

 sea-level. La Grande Pdviere Nord Quest, Mauritius, 10 th 

 August 1887. Eecorded as cultivated in the Eoyal Botanic 

 Garden at Pamplemousses, and at Bois Cheri, in Bojer, Hort. 

 Maur., p. 108. Vernacular name, Pois cl gratter. 



* SOPHORA TOMENTOSA, Linn. — He Marianne, 19th March 

 1890; He des Aigrettes, 20th June 1890. See Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx. pp. 321 and 371. In Bojer, 

 Hort. Maur., p. 83, it is recorded as naturalised in He 

 aux Tonneliers, at the entrance of Port Louis harbour. A 

 native of India and the West Indies. 



tEosA sp. — Eoadside near abandoned habitations, 1700 

 feet above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 5 th December 

 1888. An escape from cultivation. Shrub 2-6 feet high. 

 Petals pink. With reference to specimens forwarded by 

 me to the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, Mr. J. G. Baker sent me 

 the following note : — " Bosa probably a hybrid, of which 

 imlica is the predominating parent.'' In Bojer, Hort. 

 Maur., p. 128, Eosa inclica, and 14 other species of Bosa 

 are recorded as cultivated in gardens in Mauritius. 



