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t CupiiEA PROCUMBENS, Cav. — Eoadside, 1850 feet above 

 sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 8th October 1888. It is a 

 native of ]Mexico, and a common garden annual. 



*Gi^NOTnEKA ROSEA, Soland. — Ttoadside, 1850 feet 

 above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 8th October 1888. 

 Valves of dehiscent capsule recurved in the living plant, 

 incurved in the dried plant. A native of Mexico, and 

 recorded as cultivated at " la Kiviere Noire," in Mauritius, 

 in Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 135, 



PORTULACA PSAMMOTROPHA, Hancc {fidc N. E. Brown). — 

 In Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx. p. 366, this species is 

 described by me and recorded from the following islands : 

 — He aux Eouquets, 4th September 1889 ; lie Vakois, 5th 

 September 1889; He de la Passe, 18th March 1890; He 

 Marianne, 19th March 1890. 



tMoMORDiCA Charantia, Linn. — Stream-side, 15 feet 

 above sea-level, Port Louis, Mauritius, 18th June 1887. 

 An escape from vegetable gardens which has not become 

 naturalised in Mauritius. This species is recorded as culti- 

 vated in gardens in Mauritius, in Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 148. 

 With reference to a specimen sent by me to the Eoyal 

 Gardens, Ivew, Mr. J. G. Baker wrote that this species had 

 been sent by Mr. Neville from the Seychelles, and that it 

 is widely spread through the tropics of both hemispheres. 



* Opuntia monacantha, Haw. — Pasture, 10 feet above 

 sea-level, Flat Island, 11th November 1887 ; and He de la 

 Passe, 26th October 1888, as recorded in Trans. Bot. Soc. 

 Edin., vol. xx. p. 358. 



This species is erroneously recorded from Flat Island as 

 the nearly allied 0. Tuna, Miller, in Home, Notes on Flora 

 of Flat Island, pp. 13 and 14, published in 1886. 0. Tuna, 

 Miller, is naturalised in the main island of Mauritius. 



* Opuntia Ficus-indica, Miller. — Paver-side, 1 5 feet 

 above sea-level, La Grande Eiviere Nord Ouest, Mauritius, 

 2ud November 1887. This species is recorded as almost 

 naturalised in Mauritius, in Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 156. 

 Vernacular name, Raqiiette. 



