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M. parviflora, Linn. Sp. 969 ; DC. Prod. i. 433 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 

 820 ; Mast, in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 177, and in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 321. 



Socotra. On the limestone plains near villages. B.C.S. n. 55. 

 Distrib. Through the Levant. Arabia and Persia to north-west India. 

 Also Nubia. 



2. SIDA. 



Sida, Linn. Gen. n. 837 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 203. 



A considerable genus of herbs or shrubs, having its chief distribution in 

 America, but including several common tropical weeds. To this latter category 

 belong three of the Socotran species ; the fourth being confined to north-west 

 Africa and south-west Asia. 



1. S. cordifolia, Linn. Sp. 961 ; DC. Prod. i. 464 ; Mast, in Oliv. Flor. Trop. 

 Afr. i. 181, and in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 324. 



Socotra. In the valley Kischen. Schweinf. n. 761. 

 Distpjb. A common tropical weed. 

 This plant our party did not obtain. 



2. S. rhombifolia, Linn. Sp. 961 ; DC. Prod. i. 462 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, 

 i. 835 ; Mast, in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 181, and in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 323 ; 

 Franch. Sert. Somal. in Miss. Revoil 16. 



Nom. Vern. Suffaih. (Schweinf.) 



Socotra. Common. B.C.S. nn. 231, 392. Schweinf. n. 364. 



Distrib. Widely dispersed in the tropics. 



3. S. humilis, Willd. Sp. hi. 744 ; DC. Prod. i. 463 ; Mast, in Oliv. Flor. 

 Trop. Afr. i. 179, and in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 322 ; Cav. Diss., v. 277, t. 134, 

 f. 2. 



Socotra. By the Wadi Digal. Schweinf. n. 491. 

 Distrib. General in the tropics. 

 Another plant not found by o m ur party. 



4. S. grewioides, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. i. 71 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, i. 835 ; 

 Mast, in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 182, and in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. i. 323. 



Socotra. Common on the limestone plains. B.C.S. n. 45. 

 Distrib. Tropical Africa, Arabia, Scindh, and north-west India. 



3. ABUTILON. 



Abutilon, Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 251, t. 135, f. 1 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 204. 



A considerable genus of herbs, shrubs, or trees, widely dispersed in the 

 warmer regions of the globe. 



