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nata, in apice pariiin triloba, lobo medio laterales su- 

 perante vel solo lere evoluto, marginibus lateralibus 

 inter sese conuatae et hoc modo quasi annulura for- 

 mantes. Oorouae interioris squamae caudatae, totales 

 ö — 5 '5 mm lougae, calcari l'5mm longo, parte media asymme- 

 trice laneeolata, 1*3 mm lata, sensim producta in caudiculam 

 2 mm longam, involutam. Folliculi divergentes, ob- 

 verse oblougo-clavati, teretes, sensim incurvati, 5 — 6cm 

 longi, 1 cm diametro, extus pilis brevibus strictiusculis 

 densissimis ciuerascentes, inermes, vel sparsim acu- 

 leati, aeuleis-imraaturis tantum visis earuulosis, tenuibus, puberulis, 

 1 — 2-5 mm longis. 



Sokotra. Verbreitet über die steinigen Abhänge der gegen 

 Gubbet Shoab abdachenden Kalkberge und die angrenzenden Teile 

 des Küstengebietes (Paulay) 8. — 12./I. 1899; in den Umgebungen 

 von Akarhi (Simony) l./Il. 1899, auf Lichtungen der Palmenhaine 

 von Sokk (Paulay) 16.— 28./II. 1899, und in der Ebene von Tama- 

 rida (5./1I. 1899). 



Coralluma Hosengrenii V i e r h ap p e r. 



Sectio Boucerosia. 



Rami tetraquetri, glabri, augulis obtusis, sinuato-lobatis. 



Flores 1 — 2 singuli, in summis lobis in axibus foliorum mi- 

 nutissimorum squamaeformium depresso-triangularium, e lobi apice 

 nascentium, 0'7 mm longorum Orientes, pedicellis validis. carnosis, 

 4mm longis, 2*5 mm diametro, stipitati. Calycis segmenta lanceolata. 

 acutiuscula, 2*5 mm longa, basil'ömm lata, glabra, sinubus inter 

 segmenta calycina gianduHs singulis minutis instructis. CoroUae 

 glabrae, obscure cinnabarinae, campanulato-rotatae tubus 7 — 8 mm 

 altus, in parte basali extus intusque laevis, superne intus transverse 

 plurisulcatns et minutissime transverse llavolineatus, in apice 

 ca. 17 mm diametro, lobi late triangulari-lanceolati, acuminati, re- 

 curvati, marginibus reflexis, supra tuberculato-sulcati, 8 — 10 mm 

 longi, basi 10 mm lati, sinubus amplis obtusiusculis discreti. Co- 

 ronae exterioris, gynostegio aflixae. 2 mm altae, 3 mm dia- 

 metro, usque ad basin fere 5 partitae partes oblongo- 

 obovatae. 15 mm latae, trilobae, loborum medio triangu- 

 lari-lanceolato, lobo coronae interioris lineari aequi- 

 longo incumbenti, adpresso, 0*8 mm longo, lobis late- 

 ralibus lanceolatis, erectis, recurvatis, 0*9 mm longis, 

 in apice fasciculatim deflexo-puberulis. Pollinis massae 

 paene globosae, 0*4 mm diametro, translatore oblonge- elliptico, 

 brunneo. 0'2 mm longo. 



Sokotra. Am Fuße des Deralbnte - Gebirges (Paulav) 

 18./II. 1899. 



