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Leguminose^ — Phaseolus vulgaris (boeiue), Doliclios capen- 

 sis (pois du Cap), D. ruber (haricot), D. lablab (haricot), 

 Clitoria ternatea (liane polisson), Cajanus indicus (bra- 

 vatte), Erythrina corallodendendron (uourouc), Acacia 

 leucocephala (cassis blanc), A lebeck (bois noir), A. in- 

 dica (cassis commuD), Araehis hypogasa (pistache), Cassia 

 occidentalis (cassepuante), Pisum sativum (petit pois), 

 Ervum lens (leutille), Tamarindus indicus (tatnariaier), 

 T. intsia sp. (intrie de Madagascar), Hyperanthera mo- 

 ringa (mourong). 



Anonacejb — Anona squamosa (atier), A. reticulata (coaur de 

 bosuf ). 



pAPAVEEACEiG— Argemone mexicana (chardon). 



CAPPAaiDE^—Gynaudropsis peutaphylla (brede caya). 



SfiANCE DU VENDREDI 27 JANVIER 1871. 



sous LA PRESIDENCE DU COL. N. PIKE. 



Presents : Dr. A. Edwards, Dr. W. Rogers, MM. A. 

 Bestel, J. Caldwell, H. C. Descroizilles, P. Lemiere, V. 

 Robillard, F. Vandermeersch, et L. Bouton, Secretaire. 



Un des membres de la Societe a communique la notice 

 suivante sur I'homme distingue que notre colonie vient de 

 perdre : 



[sib OABRIEJIi FR€$PI£:B. 



" Another of the representative men of Mauritius, perhaps 

 the most esteemed and the most distinguished, certainly the 

 most disinterested and devoted, has closed his earthly career 

 and been taken to his eternal rest. Sir Gabriel Fropiek, the 

 honest-hearted creoie, the patriotic son of the soil, the high- 

 minded polished gentleman, who in late times was to the co- 

 lony only a simple District Magistrate, removed from the busy 

 turmoil of politics, and separated from the Agricultural inter- 

 ests he knew so well to advocate, this pride of the colony, Sir 



