I 



BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



List of endemic species in the phanerogamic floka of Socotra — continued. 



CARYOPHYLLE2E. 



Polycarpcea divarieata, Balf. fil., 

 ,, caespitosa, Balf. fil. 



Hypericinejb. 

 10 Hypericum scopulorum, Balf. fil., . 

 ,, tortuosum, Balf. fil. 



Malvace^;. 

 Hibiscus Scotti, Balf. fil., 

 ,, stenanthus, Balf. fil. 

 ,, malacophyllus, Balf. fil. , . 



Sterculiaceje. 

 Melhania muricata, Balf. fil. , . 



Tiliace^e. 



Grewia turbinata, Balf. fil. 

 „ bilocularis, Balf. fil., 



Corchorus erodioides, Balf. fil., 



Elseocarpus transultus, Balf. fil., 



Geraniace^;. 

 20 Dirachma socotrana, Scbweiuf., 



Rutace^e. 

 Tbamnosma socotrana, Balf. fil., 



BURSERACEiE. 



Boswellia Ameero, Balf. fil. , . 



, , elongata, Balf. fil. , . 

 , , socotrana, Balf. fil. 

 Balsamodendron socotranum, Balf. fil., 

 „ parvifolium, Balf. fil. , 



,, planifrons, Schwcinf. 



AMPELIDE.E. 



Vitis subaphylla, Balf. fil. 

 ,, paniculata, Balf. fil., 



Sapindaceje. 

 30 Allopbylus rboidipbyllus, Balf. fil. 



ANACARDIACEiK. 



Rhus tbyrsiflora, Balf. fil., 

 Odina ornifolia, Balf. fil., 

 ,, asplenifolia, Balf. fil., . 



Leguminosje. 

 Crotalaria strigulosa, Balf. fil. , 

 ,, leptocarpa, Balf. fil. 

 „ pteropoda, Balf. fil., 



Remarks, Affinities, &c. 



Annual. 



/ Has nearest allies in H. nanum, Poir. and H. cardiophyllum, Boiss. 

 I from the Levant. 



( Allied to the Mozambique H. Kirkii, Mart, and the tropical African 

 \ H. panduriformis, Burin. 



/ Remote affinity with H. gossypium, Thunb. of east and south 

 I tropical Africa. 



Very near the Arabian and Scindh M. Denhami, R. Br. 



i Heterophyllous. Allied to O. bracteata, Roth., a plant of the Carnatie 

 \ and Ceylon. 



{Differs in habit from type of genus. Its nearest allies are C. asplcni- 

 folius, Burch. and C serrafolius, Burch., both south African. 

 ( Connects the Madagascar and Mascarene forms with the Indian. 

 I The genus is absent from Africa. 



Endemic genus, with strong south American affinity. 



( Representative of an American genus which has only two other 

 \ species. 



("Allied to the Abyssinian B. papyrifera, Ach. Rich, and the Somali- 

 l land B. Carterii, Birdw. 



J Near B. Carterii, Birdw. and some forms of the Indian B. serrata, 

 \ Roxb. 



("Allied to B. opobalsamum, Kth. from Arabia, Nubia, and Somali- 

 { land. 

 Allied to B. pubescens, Stocks, a Scindh plant. 



Allied to the south African V. tetragona, Harvey. 



Almost conspecific with the Birmese R. paniculata, Wall. 

 C Its nearest allies are the upper Guinea species 0. velutina, Balf. fil. 

 \ and 0. Bartcri, Oliv. 



Allied to the Somali-land 0. obovata, Hook. fil. 



/Nearest affinity is C. triquctra, Dalzell and other species from tho 

 I Indian Peninsula and Ceylon. 



Annual. 



