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BEMABKS 



Introduced from the mainland and planted on Flat 

 Island, during recent years, this plant is thriving well. 

 The soap-berries are chiefly remarkable for the large 

 amount of lathery or soapy matter contained in the 

 fleshy aril that surrounds their seeds. It is said that 

 this lather will clean more linen then sixty times its 

 weight of soap. 



Was found growing on two or three places where 

 it appears to thrive well. It has most likely been in- 

 troduced from the mainland or directly from India, 

 by coolies landed to undergo a period of Quarantine. 



This plant is common throughout the Island, bu^ 

 most abounds among the grass, at the northern base 

 of the hill on which the light-house is erected. 



Is a common plant, indigenous here as well as on 

 the mainland. 



This is a small growing much branching variety of 

 Tephrosia purpurea. It grows in compact tufts or 

 balls, and its hoary grey, or silvery coloured leaves 

 give the plant a peculiar, if not a pleasing appearance. 



This plant is common on nearly all parts of the 

 Island. It is also common on the mainland as well as 

 in all the dependencies on Mauritius. It is common 

 in tropical Africa and America, but, strange to say, 

 not in Asia. 



This three-leaved creeping plant is common in all 

 the dependencies of Mauritius, as well as in Mauritius 

 itself. It is found in the t topics round the world. 



This annual plant grows in Mauritius and F lat- 

 Island, but it is not mentioned as having been found 

 on any of the other Islands in these seas. It is found 

 in tropical Asia and Africa, and its absence from these 

 Islands seems strange. 



The Reglisse is common everywhere in the tro- 

 pics. Its saeds which are bright scarlet with a black 

 spot on them, are used to make necklaces. 



