INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 



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List of one hundred and nine species of the phanerogamic flora of Socotra 

 with distribution in north-east Africa and south-west Asia — continued. 



Species. 



Western limit. 



Eastern limit. 



Intermediate and further 

 extension, Remarks. 



Anticharis arabiea, 



Nile-land 



Beloochistan 



Annual. 



Autirrhinum Orontium, . 



Europe, Canary Islands, 



India 



Mediterranean region and north 





and Azores 





Africa. Annual. 



Scrophularia arguta, 



Canary Islands 



Persia 



North Africa. Annual. 



Lindenbergia sinaica, 



Egypt 



Persia 





Striga orobanchoides, 



Tropical Africa 



North-west India 



Also north Africa. Annual. 



Cistanche lutea, 



Canary Islands 



Persia 



Mediterranean region and north 

 Africa. 



Orobanche cernua, . 



Mediterranean region 

 and north Africa 



North India 



Also Australia. 



,, ramosa, . 



Canary Islands and 



Persia 



Mediterranean region and north 





Europe 





Africa ; also south Africa. 



Pedal iura Murex, . 



Tropical Africa 



Indian Peninsula 



Monotypic genus. Annual. 



Ruellia patula, 



Tropical Africa 



Indian Peninsula 



Also Madagascar. There are also 

 two varieties of this on Socotra, 

 one a Nile-land form and the 

 other endemic. 



Blepharis bocrhaavisefolia, 



Tropical Africa 



Indian Peninsula 



Also Ceylon. 



Justicia heterocarpa, 



Abyssinia 



Scindh 





Peristroplie bicalyculata, 



De Verde Islands 



India 



Tropical Africa. Annual. 



Hypoestes verticillaris, . 



Tropical Africa 



Arabia 



Also south Africa. The Socotran 

 plant is a variety found in 

 Angola, east tropical Africa, 

 and south Africa. 



Priva leptostachya, 



Tropical Africa 



India 



Also south Africa. 



Micromeria microphylla, 



De Verde and Canary 



India 



Mediterranean region and north- 





Islands 





east Africa. 



Leucas urtieaefolia, . 



Nubia 



India 



Annual. 



Plantago amplexicaulis, . 



Canary Islands 



India 



Mediterranean region and north 

 Africa. Annual. 



Suaeda monoica, 



Egypt 



India 





Osyris arborea, 



Tropical Africa 



India 



Also south Africa. 



Euphorbia indiea, . 



De Verde Islands 



India 



Tropica] Africa. Annual. 



,, Chamsesyce, . 



Mediterranean region 

 and north Africa 



Persia 



Annual. 



,, Scliimperi, 



Nubia 



Persia 





Phyllanthus rotundifolius, 



Tropical Africa 



India 



The Socotran plant is a tropical 

 African variety. 



Chrozophora tinctoria, . 



Mediterranean region 

 and north Africa 



Persia 



Annual. 



,, obliqua, 



Egypt 



North India 



A variety also occurs which is 

 spread along the shores of the 

 Red Sea. 



Fieus salicifolins, . 



Tropical Africa 



Arabia 





Forskohlea viridis, . 



Atlantic Island 



Arabia 



Abyssinia. 



Romulea purpurascens, . 



Mediterranean region 



Socotra 



The Socotran plant is an endemic 

 variety. 



Aspliodclus fistulosus, 



Atlantic Islands 



Indian Peninsula 



Mediterranean region and north 

 Africa ; also Mauritius. The 

 Socotran plant is a variety with 

 equally wide distribution. An- 

 nual. 



Tropical Africa. 



Commelina Forskalsei, . 



De Verde Islands 



India 



,, albescens, 



Abyssinia 



North-west India 





Cyperus proteinolepis, 



Egypt 



Arabia 



The Egyptian plant is a variety 

 which also occurs on Socotra ; 

 the type-form is not African. 



„ conglomerates, . 



Egypt 



Afghanistan 



Occurs as an endemic variety on 

 Socotra. 



Panicum turgidum, 



Tropical Africa 



Arabia 





Cenchrus Scliimperi, 



Tropical Africa 



India 



Animal. 



Pennisetnm dichotomum, 



Egypt and Algeria 



North-west India 





Androjiogcm laniger, 



North Africa 



North India 





Aristida murina, 



Senegal and Egypt 



Beloochistan 



Annual. 



Sporobolus spicatus, 



Atlantic Islands 



Arabia 



Tropical Africa. 



Melanoeeiichris Royleana, 



North-east Africa 



India 





Pappopborum Aucheri, . 



Egypt 



Affghanistan 





Eragrostia cyriosuroid.es, . 



Egypt 



India 





jEluropus repens, . 



Mediterranean region 



North-west India 





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