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I find no mention of Ipomoea glaberrlma having 

 previously been found wild on these shores. Mr. 

 Baker says.it is indigenous in Seychelles, Polynesia to 

 Zambesi land. 



The " Cascarelle jauae " is an erect growing 

 shrubby annual plant. Its branches are covered with 

 bright-green leaves, and end in long spikes of bright 

 yellow pea-shaped flowers. 



The " Liane Madame " is a slender creeper, 

 which bears lovely large indigo blue coloured flowers, 

 which have a white spot in the centre. The flowers are 

 pea-ahaped. This plant is worthy of cultivation in a 

 collection of flowering plants. There is also a white 

 flowering variety of this species but in point of beauty 

 it is not to be compared with the " Liane Madame." 



The " Moon flower" is a large climber which 

 grows in the coral sand on the shore, with its branches 

 scrambling over any bushes that may be growing 

 near it. It bears large snow white flowers, that open 

 at night after the sun has gone down, and close when 

 it rises in the morning, thence its name "Moon flower." 

 The flowers last only one night ; but they open so 

 rapidly in the evening, that they may be seen expan- 

 ding or opening. They are about 3 inches in diamefcre 

 when fully opened, 



The stems of the Ipomoea pes-caprae, "Batatran'' 

 creep along the ground to a distance of a hundred 

 feet or more from the parent plants. They are used 

 when rolled up like a huge rope, by the fishermen on 

 the coast, as drag nets to catch fish in shallow pools. 

 Its flovverj are about 3 inches in diametre when fully 

 expanded. Their colour is a beautiful purple. 



j^thong the indigenous plants the " Citronelle, " 

 Andropogon Schoenanthus, should be mentioned- It 



