OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 385 



along the whole Eastern coast, — around Foulepointe, in Anton-Gil Bay. Carried to the Mauritius 

 Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Bignonia (Colea) Telfairia of Madagascar. A tree or bush called " voua-kidzi-kidzi-ka," growing 

 in the Temperate portion of Interior Madagascar on the Angave mountains. — Carried to the Mauritius 

 Islands and long cultivated there, but destroyed by the hurricane of 1825 (Boj.). 



Bignonia (Arthrophylluni) Madagascarense of Madagascar. A tree called " zahane,'' growing 

 in the extensive forests called " Bdfourouna," in the districts of Betani-mena and on the lofty Angave 

 mountains, at Tananarivou. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, arid cultivated there (Boj.). 



Cordia monoicti, of Equatorial East Africa, Madagascar, and Hindustan. — Observed by Rox- 

 burgh cor. i. pi. 58 wild in Coromandel ; and by Graham, "a shrub of no beauty," in "gardens Bom- 

 bay." Westward, according to Bojer, growing on Zanzibar. And carried to the Mauritius Islands, 

 and cultivated there. 



Cordia subcordata of the shores of the Seychelles, Madagascar, and other East African islands. — 

 Termed "novella nigra" by Rumphius v. pi. 75: and further according to Bojer, growing in coral 

 soil on Zanzibar, Pemba, Galega, and along the West side of Madagascar. Carried to the Mauritius 

 Islands, and cultivated there. 



Buddleia diversifolia of Madagascar and the Comoro and Mauritius Islands. Suffruticose, 

 growing abundantly on Mauritius — (Vahl, Lara., and Boj.). 



Cenlranthera prostraia of the Seychelles and Galega. Perennial. — Carried to the Mauritius 

 Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Plectrantlms ternatus of the Comoro Islands and Madagascar. Perennial, called in Madagascar 

 "omime," and growing among rocks on lofty mountains on Johanna. — Carried to the Mauritius 

 Islands, where it is cultivated as a potherb (Sims bot. mag. pi. 1460, and Boj.). 



Calpidia macrophylla of Galega Island. A tree, — called by the colonists "bois mapou." Car- 

 ried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Celosia spathulata of Galega Island. Perennial. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and culti- 

 vated there (Boj.). 



Phyllanthus stipulaceus of Galega and Diego Garcia. Suffruticose, — called " herbe a balais " 

 by the colonists on Galega. Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Euphorbia splendens of Madagascar. Suffruticose, growing in the Interior, and called '• sougou- 

 sougou." — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Hook. bot. mag.pl. 2902, and 

 Boj°). 



Ficus avi-avi of Madagascar. A bush called there " avi-avi." — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, 

 and cultivated there (Chapelier and Boj.). 



Boehmeria frondosa of Galega and Diego Garcia. A shrub, —called "bois cendre" " by the 

 colonists on Galega (Don fi. Nep., and Boj.). 



Celtis Madagascarensis of Madagascar. A tree called "andrarizouna," growing in the Emirne 

 district. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and growing there spontaneously in some districts (Boj.). 



Pandanus hoffa of Madagascar. A shrub called " hoffa," growing in marshes along Ivoundrou 

 river and the margin of Nosi-Be" lake. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there 

 (Chapelier and Boj.). 



Areca Madagascarensis of Madagascar. A palm of the stature of a tree, called " voua sira " and 

 ^rowing in the extensive forests called " be-fouroun," in the Betanimena district and around Foule- 

 pointe. & — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Stadtmann, and Boj.). 



Borassus Madagascarensis of Madagascar. A palm of the stature of a tree, growing along 

 Marou-Voai river in Bombetok Bay, and called " dimouka." — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and 

 cultivated there (Boj.). 



Hyphane sckatan of Madagascar. A palm of the stature of a tree, growing along the whole 

 Western coast, and called " schatan." — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there 



(Boj.). 



Angracum pectination of Madagascar and the Comoro and Mauritius Islands. A perennial 



epidendric Orchideous plant — (Pet. Th., and Boj.). 



Urania speciosa of Madagascar. A tree called there " ravin-ala." — By European colonists, 

 carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Sonnerat voy. pi. 124 to 126, and Boj.) ; also 

 to Hindustan, and Burmah (Roxb., Graham, and Mason). 



Curculigo Seychellensis of the Seychelles. Perennial, — called by the colonists " coco marron, ' 

 and the leaves employed for cordage. — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Boj.). 



Aloe elauca of Austral Africa and Madagascar. Perennial, growing on mountain-summits at St. 

 Augustin Bay, and called " vahoun." — Carried to the Mauritius Islands, and cultivated there (Spreng. 

 syst., bot. mag. pi. 1278, and Boj.). _ 



Aloe sahundra of Madagascar. A bush called "sahoundra," growing on the sandy shores 



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