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Mauritius, from Frauce, as a forage plant, by Mr. Denis de 

 Bouclierville, then proprietor of Minissi Estate at Moka, 

 Mauritius. 



Andropogon Isch^mum, Linn. — Forest, 1880 feet above 

 sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 4th June 1888. This 

 species is also a native of Europe, Asia, Africa, and 

 Australia. 



*AiRA CAPiLLARis, Host. — Roadside, 1850 feet above 

 sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 21st November 1888. A 

 native of Europe. 



■ t AvENA SATiVA, Linn. — Road, 1820 feet above sea-level, 

 Curepipe, Mauritius, 16th October 1888, 



The grain of the common cultivated oat is imported into 

 Mauritius for feeding horses ; and on the turf roadways, 

 among the sugar-cane plantations, at Curepipe, plants of 

 this species are occasionally found in flower and ripe fruit. 



A. sativa is recorded as cultivated in the plantations, in 

 Mauritius, in Bojer, Hort. Maur., p. 367. 



Lepturus repens, R, Br. {fide E. Hackel). — He Maria- 

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

 1889; He de la Passe, 18th March 1890. See Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edin., vol. xx. p. 373. 



Tlie following orders are not included in Baker's " Flora 

 of Mauritius and the Seychelles." 



Except where otherwise noted, the specimens have been 

 identified by ]\Ir. C. H, Wright, Assistant in the Herbarium, 

 Royal Gardens, Kew : — 



NiTELLA ACUMINATA, A. Braun {fide H. & J. Groves). — 

 Stream 1840 feet above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 

 25th February 1889. 



Rhizogonium spiniforme, Bruch. — Trunk of a tree in a 

 damp forest, 2050 feet above sea-level, Montague du Pouce, 

 Mauritius, 7th July 1887; and trunk of a dead tree in a 

 forest, 186 feet above sea-level, Curepipe, Mauritius, 28th 

 August 1889. 



Webera albicans, Schimper. — Wet rocks in a shady 

 ravine, 360 feet above sea-level, Chamarel, Mauritius, 21st 

 January 1890. 



