Our long expected Flora of Mauritius is being prepared 

 at Kew. That of the other British Colonies having al- 

 ready been published. A catalogue in alphabetical order 

 of the Phanerogamous plants of Mauritius written by Mr 

 Ev. Dupont has been added to one of the last number of 

 the Transactions of the Society — and those will be the 

 only plants mentioned in the Flora. 



We know that i\\Q Ferns and Lycopods form the subject 

 of a special study taken up with much warmth by our 

 " Honorary Patron " Sir Henry Barkly, with the assistance 

 of Lady Barkly during their stay in Mauritius. 



There now remain the several other branches which 

 constituethe Botany properly speaking of our Island. One 

 of our members Col. N. Pike took away with him an in- 

 teresting collection of Marine Plants which will probably 

 be described in the second volume of his book on Mauritius 

 [Suh Tropical Rambles in the land of the Aphanopteryx.) 

 The Lichens and Mosses then will fill to the share of Mr 

 A. Daruty who has set to work with praiseworthy ardour. 

 The specimens collected by him are the Lichens, for- 

 warded to the learned M. Weddell^ a member of the 

 " Institut de France " and the Mosses forwarded to Prof. 

 Schimper of Strasbourg. 



Mr A. Daruty revealed the existence in the Island of a 

 plant found growing in the neighbourhood of the '' Mau- 

 ritius Dock "j and which was believed by the inspectors to 

 be the Tobacco plants the cultivation of which is restricted 

 by a heavy tax. The Dock Company would have been 



