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P. triflora, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. (1860), Suppl. 6. 

 P. triflora, Qliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 128. 



Soeotra. On the plains. B.C.S. n. 692. Schweinf. n. 735. 

 Distrib. From Cape de Verde Islands through tropical Africa and Arabia 

 to northern India. 



3. P. chinensis, Linn. Sp. 989 ; Benn. in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 204. 



P. arvensis, Willd. Sp. iii. 876 ; DC. Prod. i. 326. 



Soeotra. Found sparingly on the limestone plains. B.C.S. n. 693. 

 Distrib. Tropical Asia and Australia. Absent from Africa. 



Order IX. CARYOPHYLLE^. 



A large family of herbs, essentially plants of the extratropical and alpine 

 regions of the northern hemisphere. More rare between the tropics. 



1 GYPSOPHILA. 



GypsopMla, Linn. Gen. n. 563 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 146. 



A genus of about fifty species of herbs, natives of the Mediterranean region, 

 especially the northern shores, and of south-west Asia. One species (possibly 

 introduced) extends to Australia and New Zealand. 



G. montana, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 501. 



G. somalensis, Frauch. Sert. SomaL in Miss. "ReVoil 14. 



Perennis glabra v. plus minusve glanduloso-pilosa ; foliis crassiuseulis obovato-spathulatis ; 

 cymis laxis ramosis ; pedicellis calyce et braeteis foliaceis longioribus ; calyce campanulato 

 ad medium 5-fido ; petalorum limbo distineto truncato ; capsula calyci aequilonga ; semini- 

 bus punctulato-tuberculatis. 



Herba caule perenni lignoso proeumbente ramoso ramis adscendentibus usque ad 2-ped. glabris 

 sed ssepe glanduloso-pilosis. Folia 1 \ polL loDga \- \ poll, lata obovato-spatbulata v. 

 oblonga et in petiolum brevem gradatim attenuata obtusa et saspe mucronulata v. acuta 

 crassiuscula glabra v. subglanduloso-pilosa. Cymos dicbotome ramosissimse effusse divari- 

 catse ; pedicelli glanduloso-pilosi ultimi capillares erecti | poll, longi ; bractese foliaceas 

 pedicellis multo-breviores. Calyx subglaber v. sparsim glanduloso-pilosus j poll, longus 

 campauulatus 5-lobatus lobis longe acutis tubum sequantibns margine submembranaceis, 

 tubi intervallis membranaceis angustis. Petala trinervia glabra alba v. lilacina % poll, 

 longa, ungue in limbum truncatum erosum v. emarginatum sensim dilatato basi acuto. 

 Ovarium 8-ovulatum. Capsula apice subbifida breviter stipitata calyci sequilonga oligo- 

 sperma. Semina nigra tuberculata ; embryonis radicula elongata. 



Soeotra. On the Haghier hills, at an elevation of over 2500 feet. B.C.S. 

 n. 442. 



Distrib. Aden. 



