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Bojer mentions it flowers nearly throughout the whole 
year, but has not yet produced fruit. Indeed the plant is 
direcious, and those which flower are all males. It now 
forms a species of a genus founded by Dr. TTooker and 
called Sphcerosicyos S. Meyeri. 
Your Secretary was informed by Mr. Horne that he had 
received from Kew some plants of the Cephaelis Ipeca- 
cuanha aud that they were growing very well in the Bo- 
tanical Garden at Pamplemousses ; this and the Cinchona 
are invaluable in medicine, and we must congratulate 
ourselves upon possessing both in Mauritius 
Your Secretary laid before you a paper on the distri- 
bution of plants in Mauritius ; although the circum- 
ference of the island is so limited, there are parts which 
reach an elevation of 1800 to 2000 feet above the level 
of the sea, where the temperature is different from that 
which prevails on the coast or in intermediate heights. 
The fact is well known and easilv understood : never- 
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theless, it behoved the Secretary to point out what plauts 
grew at these different heights, to what genera they belong 
and what are the species. 
lie also mentioned several of the exotic plants which 
have become naturalised, and have within a short space 
of time encroached the localities which have been cleared 
of primitive forests. Their abnormal progress will in the 
course of time stamp on the Flora of Mauritius an aspect 
far different from the past. 
The paper is also provided with an alphabetical list of 
the genera which are found in Mauritius. 
It will serve as a Prodromus to the second edition which 
the Secretary intends to publish of the “ Hortus Mauri- 
tianus ” of Bojer, the first edition having been long since 
exhausted. 
But he cau only undertake the task if those who are able 
to give their assistance will respond to his appeal. 
Your Secretary also presented a translation of an article 
