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This is also one of the commonest plants on Flat 

 Island, but it prefers the shade of the filao plantations 

 to growing in the open ground ; it is also common on 

 the edges of rubbish heaps^ &c, 



Is not a rare plant on Flat Islands although not 

 common. It grows in a semi indigenous state. This is, 

 as a plant, no attention is paid to its culture, but when 

 its cotton is ready for picking, it is quickly gathered 

 to stuff pillows or mattresses. 



This weed is common on Flat Island, an in many 

 parts of the mainland. 



This plant is a native of the tropical parts of the 

 old world. It was found about Port Louis by Dr. Ayres 

 and others, and in Rodriguez, in 1874, by Dr. J. B. 

 Balfour, now Professor of Botany at Oxford, and by 

 me at Flat Island, but only in one spot, as a weed in a 

 neglected garden. 



This plant is common over the Island, but it most 

 abounds among the rocks, on the central plateau or 

 plain. It is also common on the mainland in many 

 places. 



This is a common plant on the shores of Flat Island, 

 as well as on the shores of all tropical countries. 



This plant, like aa in Mauritius, has been intro- 

 duced into Flat Island, accidently or intentionally it is 

 difficult to say which. It is found ii different parts of 

 the Island, but is most common in the plantation of 

 filao trees. 



This plant is commonly met with on the shore or 

 in the filao plantations. It is common throughout Asia 

 and Polynesia. The genus consists of only one known 

 species : but there exists a variety in Seychelles with 

 leaves six inches long, which, when it is better known 

 to'^Botany than at present, may prove to be a second 

 species- 



