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Species, which is common in Tropical Asia, is recorded as 

 cultivated in gardens, in Mauritius, in Bojer, Hort. Maur., 

 p. 241. 



''^ NicoTiANA Tabacum, Linn. — He aux Fouquets, 2nd 

 September 1889; and He des Aigrettes, 20th June 1890. 

 See Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx. pp. 326 and 367. 



Triciiosandra r.ORBONiCA, Dene, {fide IST. E. Brown). — 

 Round Island, 27th ISTovember 1889. Barkly and Home, 

 in Trans. Roy. Soc. Maur., 1860, pp. 118 and 136, record 

 this plant from Round Island, under " ITo. 2 Streptocaulon 

 species." See Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx., 1894, p. 254. 

 It has not been found in the main island of Mauritius ; 

 but it is recorded from Bourbon, 100 miles distant, by 

 Petit-Thouars and Lepervenche-Mezieres, in De Candolle's 

 Prodromus viii., 626, published in 1844, 



t Calceolaria mexicana, Benth. — Roadside, 1850 feet 

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

 A native of Mexico, frequently cultivated in gardens, and 

 also found as an escape, in Mauritius. 



* Antirrhinum Orontium, Linn. — Fallow sugar-cane 

 field, 1100 feet above sea-level, Plaines Wilhelms, Mauri- 

 tius, 10th September 1888. A native of Europe, Asia 

 Minor, and North Africa. 



* Stemodia paryiflora, Ait. — Roadside, 1850 feet 

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

 This weed, which is a native of Tropical America, was 

 first found in Mauritius, at Curepipe, by Home, on 8 th 

 November 1887. 



t Capraria biflora, Linn. {Capraria 2>cruviana, Feuill. ; 

 cf. Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 240.) — Stream-side, 5 

 feet above sea-level, Port Louis, Mauritius, 18th June 

 1887. This species is a native of South America, and it is 

 also recorded as naturalised in the Seychelles, by Home, in 

 Baker's Flora. 



* Stachytarpheta mutabilis, Vahl. — Stream-side, 1400 

 feet above sea-level, Vacoa, Mauritius, 25th April 1889. 

 This species, which is a native of Tropical America, is 

 recorded as cultivated in gardens, in Mauritius, in Bojer, 

 Hort. Maur., p. 254. In Baker, Flor. Maur. Seych., p. 

 251, it is recorded as naturalised in the Seychelles. 



