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iiigto VorheibacGac ; a species of Begonia, and two lovely Gri- 

 mims. IiJ'jmea are numerous and tlie flowers of some cf the 

 speeies are very pretty. 



"91. The Orchids are very oommon, so also is the 5e- 

 f/om« which bears large ffowers like jSet/owia lucida, hut has 

 metallically colored leaves. The flowers of the two Orchids 

 are pure white, and the AngTCGG^lnl hears them in great pro- 

 fusion. The flowers of one of the Giinums are snowy white, 

 with a strip of red along the centre of the pstals. Those of 

 the other are dark red striped with white. The flowers of 

 both are large, and delightfully fragrant. They are borne in 

 umbels on long peduncles. There are about 15 to. 25 flowers 

 in the umbel or truss. 



" 92, Neither the Balsam nor the Verhenaceovs shrubs, is 

 abundant. They were twice found growing together, once in 

 Malic, and in Silhouette. They may be termed associates. The 

 flowers of the Balsam are v/hite, and are between one and a 

 half and two and a half inches in diameter. The Staminal 

 column, in the centre of the flowers, is pink or purple. The 

 shrub has white and red flowers, which are borne in great profu- 

 sion, on auxiliary spikes from two to four inches long. One or 

 several spikes rise or spi-ing from an axil, either among the leaves 

 or below them. The two Melastomassire large growing shrubs, 

 and both are exceedingly common. They flower freely and their 

 large purplish or whitish purple flowers are very pretty. 



" 93. AYhen or how the Cashew nut tree {AnacarcUum occim 

 deiitalc) was introduced it w^ould be difiicult to say. It is now 

 the most common tree in the Seychelles Islands, growing 

 almost everywhere, but most abundantly in poor dry soils, 

 which have long lain waste. 'No use is made of its fruit, from 

 which an excellent wine is said to be made in Brazil. 



