The Mandrinette (Hibiscus fragilis) is an

extremely rare endemic shrub only

known from steep slopes of the
mountains Corps de Gardeand Le Morne
Brabant on Mauritius and from two
further plants on Rodrigues. The
Mandrinette is an evergreen plant
with flowers 710 cm diameter with five
bright pink to carmine red petals.

Guavas (singular guava, /w.v/) are common tropical fruits cultivated and
enjoyed in many tropical and subtropical regions.

Psidium guajava (common guava, lemon

guava) is a small tree in
the Myrtle family (Myrtaceae), native
to Mexico, Central America, and
northern South America. Although
related species may also be called
guavas, they actually belong to
other species or genera, such as the
"pineapple guava" Acca sellowiana.

Santan is an erect and smooth ornamental shrub,

growing to a height of 2 to 3 meters. Leaves are
stalkless or on very short stalks, oblong, 5 to 9
centimeters long, heart-shaped or rounded at the
base and blunt-tipped. Flowers are many, pink or red, and borne in terminal, stalkless or shortly stalked, hairy
cymes. Calyx teeth are short and pointed. Corolla-tube is slender, 2.5 centimeters long; lobes are spreading
and oblong, about half the length of the tube. Fruit is reddish, almost round, about 5 millimeters in diameter.
Bryophyte is a traditional name
used to refer to
all embryophytes (land plants) that
are non-vascular plants, namely the mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. The defining
features of bryophytes are that their life cycles are dominated by
the gametophyte stage, that their sporophytes are unbranched and that they do not
have a true vascular tissue containing lignin, although some have specialized
tissues for the transport of water. Bryophytes are usually considered to be
a paraphyletic group and not a natural (monophyletic) group, although some studies
have produced contrary results. Regardless of their status, the name is convenient
and remains in use as an informal collective term. Bryophytes produce enclosed
reproductive structures (gametangia and sporangia), but they produce
neither flowers nor seeds, reproducing via spores. The term "bryophyte" comes
from Greek , bryon, "tree-moss, oyster-green" + phyton"plant".

Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or
mats, often in damp or shady locations. The individual plants are usually composed
of simple leaves that are generally only one-cell thick, attached to a stem that may
be branched or unbranched and has only a limited role in conducting water and
nutrients. Although some species have conducting tissues, these are generally
poorly developed and structurally
different from similar tissue found
in vascular plants. Mosses do not
have seeds and after fertilisation
develop sporophytes with
unbranched stalks topped with single
capsules containing spores. They are
typically 0.210 cm (0.13.9 in) tall,
though some species are much
larger. Dawsonia, the tallest moss in
the world, can grow to 50 cm (20 in)
in height.

Mosses are commonly confused

with lichens, hornworts,
and liverworts. Lichens may superficially look like mosses, and have common
names that include the word "moss" (e.g., "reindeer moss" or "iceland moss"), but
are not related to mosses. Mosses used to be grouped together with the hornworts
and liverworts as "non-vascular" plants in the former division "bryophytes", all of
them having the haploid gametophyte generation as the dominant phase of the life
cycle. This contrasts with the pattern in all vascular plants (seed
plantsand pteridophytes), where the diploid sporophyte generation is dominant.

Mosses are now classified on their own as the division Bryophyta. There are
approximately 12,000 species

The main commercial significance of mosses is as the main constituent

of peat (mostly the genus Sphagnum), although they are also used for decorative
purposes, such as in gardens and in the florist trade. Traditional uses of mosses
included as insulation and for the ability to absorb liquids up to 20 times their
weight.