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This Hypericum has then an interesting distribution, being restricted to the 

 Indian Peninsula, Ceylon, and Socotra. 



H. gnidicefolium, Ach. Rich. (Tent. Flor. Abyss, i. 98), quoted by Dyer as 

 an ally, is a very different plant. 



2. H. (Androsaemum) lanceolatum, Lamk. Encyc. iv. 145 ; DC. Prod. 

 i. 545 ; Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 156. 



Nom. Vern. Seghor. 



Socotra. On the higher rocky parts of the hills. B.C.S. n. 246. 

 Distrib. African and Mascarene. From Abyssinia to the Transvaal, also 

 Bourbon and Madagascar. Widely dispersed in mountainous regions. 



A very beautiful species, not far removed from the last, and like it present- 

 ing a considerable amount of variation, both in size of leaf and degree of union 

 of the styles. The Socotran plant resembles that from the Cameroon mountains 

 in having very deeply divided styles, whilst in most of the continental forms the 

 styles are only free through about \ of their length. The flowers of the 

 Socotran plant are somewhat smaller than those of the continental ones, but in 

 Socotra the species does not exhibit so much departure from the normal main- 

 land type as it does in Bourbon, where the leaves grow very large, reaching 1^ to 

 2 inches in length, and the sepals take an acute form. 



3. H. (Arthrophylla) scopulorum, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Eclin. xi. 

 (1882), 502. Tab. IV. A. 



Glabrum glaucum ramulis quadrangulis ; foliis oblongo-ovatis obtusis sessilibus decussatis 

 glanduloso-punctatis ; peduuculis unifloris axillaribus ; sepalis basi subconnatis ensiformi- 

 bus eglandulosis; staminibus sfcylis brevioribus. 



Suffrutex glaber bipartini ramosus ssepe tortuosus lignosusque, ramulis juvenilibus quadrangu- 

 latis glaucis rufescente-purpureis, cortice rumpente. Folia decussata sessilia subamplexi- 

 caulia §-l£ poll, longa \-^ poll, lata oblongo-elliptica v. subobovata obtusa v. rarius sub- 

 acuta, margine revoluta, sempervirentia glauca coriacea glanduloso-punctata. Mores soli- 

 tarii in pedunculos tenues adscendentes axillares minute 2-bracteatos ^ poll, longos obsiti. 

 Sepala eequalia basi subconnata, laciniis ensiformibus acutissimis striatis non imbricatis 

 eglandulosis £ poll, longis petalis brevioribus. Petala persistentia oblique obovato-oblonga 

 obtusa \ poll, longa. Stamina triadelphia \ poll, longa. Ovarium tricarpellare y^ poll, 

 longum. Styli 3 divaricati curvati apice attenuati, \ poll, longi stamina excedentes. 

 Capsula trilocularia septicide trivalva longitudinaliter vittata. Semina cylindrica lente 

 curva lineato-punctata ; raphe prominula. 



Socotra. Not uncommon amongst the boulders on the Socotran hills at 

 altitudes over 1000 feet. B.C.S. n. 405. Schweinf. nn. 622, 756. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 

 This small shrubby plant is a very distinct species. It finds its nearest 



