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BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



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



~RvBi\CKX.—coniinued. 



Gaillonia puberula, Balf. fil. 

 thymoides, Balf. fil. 



VAI.EliIANE.fi. 



Vulerianella affinis, Balf. fil 



COMPOSIT.fi. 



Vernonia Cockburniaua, Balf. fil. 

 Psiadia Schweinfurthii, Balf. fil., 



Pluchea glutinosa, Balf. fil. 



,, aromatica, Balf. fil. 



, , obovata, Balf. fil. 

 Helichrysum rosulatum, Oliv. <fc Hiern. 

 SO ,, spli«rocephalum, Balf . fil. 



,, arachnoides, Balf. fil., 



,, aciculare, Balf. fil. 



,, Nimmoanum, Oliv. <fc Hiern. 



,, suffruticosum, Balf. fil. 



,, gracilipes, Oliv. & Hiern., . 



Pulicaria diversifolia, Balf. fil., 



,, stephanocarpa, Balf. fil. , . 

 „ vierxoides, Balf. fil, 



Senecio Scotti, Balf. fil 



90 Euryops socotranus, Balf. fil., . 



Dicoma cana, Balf. fil., . 

 Lactuca rliynchocarpa, Balf. fil. 



,, crassifolia, Balf. fil. 

 Prenanthes amabilis, Balf. fil. 

 Launsea crepoides, Balf. fil. , . 



PLTJMISAGINEfi. 



Vogelia pendula, Balf. fil., 



SAPOTACE.S. 



Sideroxylon fimbriatum, Balf. fil, 



Ebenacejb. 

 Euclea laurina, Hiern. 

 ,, Balfourii, Hiern., . . 



OlEACEjE. 



100 Jasminum rotundifolium, Balf. fil, 



Apoctnace*;. 

 Socotora aphylla, Balf. fil., 



A8CLEPIADE.fi. 



Ectadiopsis volubilis, Balf. fil. , 



„ brevifolia, Balf. fil, 



Mitolepis intricata, Balf. fil. , . 



Remarks, Affinities, &c. 



Annual. Allied to the Spanish V. divaricata, Lauge and other 

 Mediterranean species. 



/Allied to P. dodonaiafolia, Steetz from Zanzibar and Madagascar, 

 4 which may be only a form of P. arabica, Jaub. and Spach., the 

 v only Asian species. 



Annual. Belongs to section Leptorhiza of Euhelichrysum, which is 

 south African; nearest ally is probably H. micropoides, DC. from 

 south Africa. 



Annual usually. 

 /Allied to P. petiolaris, Jaub. and Spach., a plant of Abyssinia, 

 l Nubia, and perhaps Somali-land. 

 Differs very markedly from the generic character. 

 In habit differs from type of genus. 



Belongs to section Klcinia, which is essentially south African. 

 Nearest ally in S. longifiorum, Oliv. and Hiern., a south and 

 tropical African species. 

 r Nearest ally is E, trifurcatus, a south African form. The genus in 

 -J typically south African, but has a tropical African and an Arabian 

 v representative. 

 Has some affinity with the south African D. diacanthoides, Less. 



/ Near L. bellidifolia, Cass. , a species of Africa, India, and Mascarene 

 I Islands. 



Resembles the south African V. afrieana, Lamk. 

 Allied to S. diospyroides, Baker from Zanzibar. 



j Related to the south African E. ovata, Thunb. and E. divinorum, 

 \ Hiern. 



Allied to /. mauritianum, Bojer from Mauritius and Seychelles. 

 Without near affinity. 



Both differ considerably from the generic type. 

 Allied to south African and Madagascar genera. 



