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E. Mespilus japonica. Willd. 2. 1010. Louquat of the Chinese. 

 This most elegant useful tree is perfectly at home here, and 

 in time, with a little care, will be highly beneficial to St. Helena. 

 E. Michellia champaca. Willd. 2. 1260. In one garden only. 



i. Mikania arborea. R. Arboreous with straight trunk. Leaves 

 alternate, petioled, oblong, smooth gland dentate serrate. 

 Panicles, terminal drooping. Calyx simple, cylindrico, five 

 toothed, five-flowered. She-cabbage tree, the vernacular name, 

 In the forests which decorate the south face of Sandy Bay 

 ridge it grows plentifully to be a tall slender straight tree, 

 particularly while young ; for by age it becomes bent to one 

 side and well furnished with crooked brittle branches. The 

 wood is white and is used for timber in very large 

 quantities. Young shoots smooth, of a bright purple colour ; 

 while the trees are young (say under six to eight feet), 

 simple with the leafy tops, resembling a highly coloured cole- 

 wort, hence the vernacular name. When in this stage the 

 leaves are generally from one to two feet long by four to eight 

 inches broad ; in old stunted trees two to three inches long 

 by one to two inches broad. Panicles rather thin sub-dicho- 

 tomous, coloured like the petioles, etc., corymbiform. Branches 

 single, smooth and small under each division, besides others 

 on the pedicells and round the base of the simple cylindric, 

 smooth five-toothed calyx, which when the seeds are ripe 

 splits in five linear recurved leaflets. 



E. Mimosa arabica. R. Acacia. Willd. 4. 1085. 



E. Mimosa sressa R. Or Mauritius blackwood. 



E. Mimosa cinerea. Linn. Acacia cinerea. Willd. 4. 1057. 



E. Mimosa glaucescens. R. Acacia glancesceas. Willd. 4. 1052. 



E. Mimosa juniperina. Acacia juniperina. Willd. 4. 1099. 



E. Mimosa lunfolia. Linn. Acacia lunfolia. Willd. 4. 1051. 



E. Mimosa glauca. Linn. Acacia glanca. Willd. 4. 1075. 



E. Mimosa farnesiana. Linn. Acacia farnesiana. Willd. 4. 1083. 



E. Mimosa scandens. Linn. Acacia scandens. Willd, 4.1057. 

 On the windward side of the island the seeds are cast on shore 

 and vegetate. Beside the above there are some other exotic 

 species which I had no opportunity to determine. 



E. Mimusops Eleuji. Willd. 2. 325. Bocul of the Hindoos. 



E. Mirabilis jalapa. Willd. i. 999. Common marvel of Peru. 



E. Momordia charantia. Willd. 4. 60 1. The fruit before maturity 

 much used in the diet of the Hindoos. 



E. Moreae chinensis. Willd. i. 245. 



E. Morus nigra. Willd. 4. 369. Common Mulberry tree. 



E. Morus atropurpurea. R. A quick growing tree from China. 



E. Murrays exotica. Willd. 2. 548. China box tree. 



E. Musa sapientum. Willd. 4. 894. Banana. 



E. Musa paradisicea, Willd. 4. 893. Common plantain tree. 



I. Myrsticamoschata. Willd. 4. 863. Banda nutmeg. One sickly 



plant in Major Hudson's garden, James Valley. 

 E. Myrtus pementa. Willd. 2.973. Introduced by Dr. Roxburgh 



