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ISLAND LIFE. 
[part II. 
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 (Turneraceas) 1 sp., a shrub, Rodriguez. 
Foetidia (Myrtaceas) 1 sp., a tree, Mauritius. 
Danais (Rubiacese) 4 sp., climbing shrubs, Maur. (1 sp.), Rodr. 
(1 sp.), also Bourbon and Madagascar. 
Fernelia (Rubiaceas) 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius and Rodriguez. 
Pyrostria „ 6 sp., shrubs, Mauritius (3 sp.), also Bour- 
bon and Madagascar. 
Scyphochlamys (Rubiaceas) 1 sp., a shrub, Rodriguez. 
Myonima „ 3 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, also Bourbon. 
Cylindrocline (Compositae) 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius. 
Monarrhenus „ 2 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, also Bourbon and 
Madagascar. 
Faujasia (Compositse) 3 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, also Bourbon and 
Madagascar. 
Heterochsenia (Campanulacese).. 1 sp., a shrub, Mauritius, also Bourbon. 
Tanulepis (Asclepiadaceas) 1 sp., a climber, Rodriguez. 
Decanema „ 1 sp., a climber, Mauritius, also Madagascar. 
Nicodemia (Loganiacese) 2 sp., shrubs, Mauritius (1 sp.), also Comoro 
Islands and Madagascar. 
Bryodes (Seropliulariaceaa) 1 sp., herb, Mauritius. 
Radamsea „ 2 sp., herb, Seychelles (1 sp.), and Mada- 
gascar. 
Colea (Rignoniaceae) 10 sp., Mauritius^ (1 sp.), Seychelles (1 
sp.), also Bourbon and Madagascar. 
(Shrubs, trees, or climbers.) 
Obetia (Urticaceae) 2 sp., shrubs, Mauritius, Seychelles, and 
Madagascar. 
Bosquiea (Moreaa) 3 sp., trees, Seychelles (1 sp.), also Mada- 
gascar. 
Monimia (Monimiacese) 3 sp., trees, Mauritius (2 sp.), also Bourbon. 
Cynorchis (Orchideae) 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. 
