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ISLAND LIFE. 



[part 11. 



• Fragmentary Character of the Mascarene Flora. — Although the 

 peculiar character and affinities of the vegetation of these islands 

 is sufficiently apparent, there can be little doubt that we only 

 possess a fragment of the rich flora which once adorned them. 

 The cultivation of sugar, and other tropical products, has led to 

 the clearing away of the virgin forests from all the lowlands, 

 plateaus, and accessible slopes of the mountains, so that 



Tetrataxis (Lythracese) 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius. 



Psiloxylon „ 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius and Bourbon. 



Mathurina (Turnerace^) — 1 sp., a shrub, Rodriguez. 



Foetidia (Myrtaceee) 1 sp., a tree, Mauritius. 



Danais (Rubiacece) 4 sjj., climbing shrubs, Maur. (1 sp.), Rodr. 



(1 sp.), also Bourbon and Madagascar. 



Ferneha (Rubiacese) 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius and Rodriguez. 



Pyrostria „ 6 sp., shrubs, Mauritius (3 sp.), also Bour- 

 bon and Madagascar. 



Scyphoclilamys (Rubiaceas) 1 sp., a shrub, Rodriguez. 



Myonima 3 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, also Bourbon. 



Cylindrocline (Compositse) 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius. 



Monarrhenus „ 2 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, also Bourbon and 



Madagascar. 



Faujasia (Compositse) 3 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, also Bourbon and 



Madagascar. 



Heteroch83nia (Campanulaceas).. 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius, also Bourbon. 



Tanulepis (Asclepiadaceaa) 1 sp., a climber, Rodriguez. 



Decanema „ sp., a climber, Mauritius, also Madagascar. 



Nicodemia (Loganiacege) 2 sp., shrubs, Mauritius (1 sp.), also Comoro 



Islands and Madagascar. 



Bryodes (Serophulariaceee) 1 sp., herb, Mauritius. 



Radama3a „ 2 sp., herb, Seychelles (1 sp.), and Mada- 



gascar. 



Colea (Rignoniaceje) 10 sp., Mauritius; (1 sp.), Seychelles (1 



sp.), also Bourbon and Madagascar. 

 (Shrubs, trees, or climbers.) 



Obetia (Urticace^) 2 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, Seychelles, and 



Madagascar. 



Bosquiea (More^) 3 sp., trees, Seychelles (1 sp.), also Mada- 

 gascar. 



Monimia (Monimiacese) 3 sp., trees, Mauritius (2 sp.), also Bourbon. 



Cynorchis (Orchideas) 3 sp., herb, ter., Mauritius. 



Amphorchis „ 1 sp., herb, ter., Mauritius, also Bourbon. 



Arnottia „ 2 sp., herb, ter., Mauritius, also Bourbon. 



Aplostellis ,, 1 sp., herb, ter., Mauritius. 



Cryptopus 1 sp.^ herb, Epiphyte, Mauritius, also 



Bourbon and Madagascar. 



