



Plate 2433 



ACRIDOCARPUS SOCOTBANUS, Oliv. 





Mvimo : Bayley Balfour (No. 272) ; Schwein/i 



MALPIGHIACEiE. 



A. socotranus, Oliv. ; arbuscula A. orieniaU affinis, differt foliis 

 obovatis v. obovato-ellipticis obtusissimis v. apice rotundatis baud 

 mucronatis mox utrinque fere gbabris supra nitentibus, bracteis subu- 

 latis, sepalis parce pilosulis glabratisve, samaris sfepissime ternis quam 

 in A. orientali brevioribus cum ala oblique- v. cuneatim-oblonga v. 

 subquadrata. 



Hab. Soc 

 (No. 134). 



Folia in ramulis jfloriferis conspicue 

 Kacemi evoluti 3-7 poll, longi. 



Professor 



dula minuta rubente irapressa. »— . ,.- ^» 



SoGotra, pp. 41-42, where this plant is referred to A. ortentalis, ol 

 which no fruiting specimens were accessible to him at that time. 

 D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Flower, the petals removed. 2. Petal. _3. A"tlier, front and side vie^s 

 4- Pi^'ta, anterior style removed. 6. Vertical sectiou of a carpel. 6. Lmb.jo. 

 enlarged. 



nervosis l|-2^ poll, longa. 



Balfour finds 'all the sepals invariably "in margine glan- 

 i rubente irapressa." ' See his remarks in his Botany oj 



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