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a note on Mr. Bent’s label, the flowers are green, and the plant is 
“eaten as salad.” Probably the plant is a perennial with a tuberous 
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202. Trichodesma africanum, Baker [ Boraginezm]; pereune, humile, 
caulibus setis  ascendentibus dense hispidis, om yes oblongis obtusis 
floriferis cordato-ovatis cuspidatis foliaceis hispidis lobis basalibus rotun- 
datis, eorolle limbo patulo lobis latis deltoideis haud cuspidatis, an- 
ET dense pee apicibus sterilibus productis leviter 
poea —South-east Arabia : Dhofar mountains, J. T. Bent. 
Folia 6-9 lin. Doe Sepala florifera 6 lin. longa. Corolle limbus 
expansus 6 lin. dia 
Near T. E R. Br. 
203. Ipomea (Strophipomea) punctata, Baker [Convolvulaces] ; 
suffruticosa," late sarmentosa, caulibus pubescentibus, foliis longe 
petiolatis cordato-ovatis integris ees Aimi rd facie viridibus sub- 
vis dorso obscure is nigro-punctatis, tid mea axillari- 
bus breviter pedunculatis, sepalis irVienlertbus ciliatis valde imbricatis, 
corollæ tubo late infundibulari calyce 6-8- ib tatit; stylo Groll 
duplo breviore, staminibus brevibus. i 
Habitat.—South-east Arabia: Derbat, Dhofar mountains, J. T. Bent, 
229. : 
Folia inferiora 6-7 poll. jog iue 4-5 pollicares. Sepala semi- 
pollicaria. Corolla 34 poll. lon 
A very showy plant, allied to T Lindleyi, Choisy. 
204. Hyoscyamus flaccidus, Wright [Solanaceæ] ; herbaceus, imm 
caule brevi, foliis longe petiolatis rotundatis irregulariter &ngulato- 
dentatis basi cordatis marginibus petiolisque villosis, racemo pau oro 
villoso lobis 5 triangulatis, corolla alba infundibulari obliquiter 5-lobata, 
staminibus 5 prope basin corolle tubi affixis, antheris dorsifixis, ovario 
globoso biloculari, ovulis MEA stylo exserto, stigmate bilobo, capsula 
circumscissa ealyce aucto cin 
Habitat. —South- v Arabia: Dhofar mountains, Wadi Gergio, 
1500 ft. J. T. Ben 
Folia 2 poll. diam:; ect 14-21 poll. longus. Racemus 3-6 poll. 
longus. Calyx 4 lin. longus. Corolle tubus- 5 lin. a lobus 
maximus 2 lin, longus. 
This approaches H. leptocalizx, Stapf. ined., but differs in the shape 
of the leaves, more numerous flowers, and longer calyx tu 
205. S ros comosum, Baker Met suffruticosum, ramis 
sursum a cre- 
natis basi attenuatis utrinqu iridibus ob pubescentibus nigro-punc- 
. tatis, li inalibus laxis, bifloris, bracteis 
supremis erectis angustis coloratis persistentibus, pedicellis brevissimis 
albo-hirsutis, calyeis tubo phe e pubescente dente supremo orbi- 
culari haud decurrente dentib —— A — tubo ur 
