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subjected to a fine, it* Mr Daruty had not proved after 

 examination that the plant belongs, it is true, to the genus 

 Nicotiana, but constituting a totally distinct species bear- 

 ing the name of N. noctljiora. D. C. 



Your Secretary has been able to ascertain the place in 

 Botanical nomenclature of the plant called " Cherifa ". 

 It has long since been reputed as a tonic and febrifuge. 

 Your Secretary has taken some at the recommendation of 

 Dr Reid and derived benefit from it, after repeated attacks 

 of fever when his weakened constitution was unable to 

 offer any resistance to the iuAvard of the malady. 



The plant belongs to the natural order Ge7itianacae and 

 is figured and described by Wallich_, in the " Plantae Asia- 

 ticcB rario7rs " as Gentiana Cherita and in the Prodromus 

 o£ De Candollc; under the name of Ophelia Cherita. 



Our Honorable colleague, Judge J. Gorrie, has given us 

 the scientific description of a plant introduced into the 

 Island several years ago, and which bears a flower of re- 

 markable beauty. It had been cultivated in many gar- 

 dens, and afterwards disappeared to make room for new 

 plants which are however not worthy to be compared 

 with it. 



The plant has been accidentally discovered in the road 

 to Curepipe near Belveder, residence of the Hon. J. Gor- 

 i^ie. It there bloomed Avithout cultivation and the bright- 

 ness of its flowers attracted the attention of our colleague. 



Linnaeus has given to it the pompous name of Gloriosa 



