32 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



Socotra. Common. B.C.S. n. 146. Schweinf. n. 665. 

 Distrib. Hotter parts of India, tropical Africa, Indian Ocean islands, and 

 Australia. 



6. H. (Ketmia) Scotti, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 503. 

 Tab. V. A. 



Arborescens; foliis petiolatis ellipticis v. ovatis obtusis basi cordatis v. cuneatis, subtus pilis 

 trifurcatis faciliter avulsis vestitis ; floribusin racemos axillares solitarios breves paucifloros 

 dispositis ; calyce cyatbofornri bracteolas 10 v. plures lineares trinervias liberas asquante ; 

 corolla magna ; capsulis 5-valvis levibus ; seminibus pilosis. 



Arbor parva ramis erectis ramulisque terminalibus angulatis tomentosis. Folia petiolata ellip- 

 tica v. ovata v. subrbomboidea 1^-2 poll, longa f-lj lata obtusa dentata v. crenata basi 

 cordata v. cuneata palmatim 3-5-nervia hispida cum pilis sparsis supra stellatis subtus 

 trifurcatis admixtis ; petiolus tomentosus laminae vix sequilongus. Stipulce subulatae. 

 Flores in racemos 2-3-floros crassos breves solitarios axillares dispositi ; pedunculi breves 

 ■f {1 poll, longi tomentosi sub apice articulati ; bracteae caducse. Epicalycis lobi 10 v. plures 

 liberi lineares trinervii pubescentes calyci cequilongi. Calyx cyatboformis £ poll, longus 

 5-lobatus lobis deltoideis acutis tubo eequilongis pubescentibus. Corolla lutea magna 

 2£ poll, longa 2-^-2 f poll, diam, extus basi trifurcatis setis vestita. Columna staminea 

 per totum antberifera apice truncata. Capsula globosa v. late ovata \ poll. diam. dimidio 

 calyces persistentes excedentia, valvis 5 acutis levis \ poll, latis. Scmina plurima 

 reniformia pilosa. 



Socotra. On the hill slopes at considerable elevation. B.C.S. n. 705. 

 Schweinf. nn. 5Soa, 535d. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



A very beautiful small tree, first found in flower by Scott, after whom I have 

 named it, on the slope of Haghier near Adho Dimellus. The easily detached 

 trifurcate hairs make it an unpleasant scrub plant. A distinct species of the 

 section Ketmia, it finds its nearest allies in H. Kirkii, Mast, (in Oliv. Flor. Trop. 

 Afr. i. 199), a Mozambique species, and in the widely spread tropical II. 

 panduriformis, Burm. (Ind. 151. t. 47, f. 2 ; Mast, in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. i. 

 203). 



7. H. (Ketmia) stenanthus, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 

 503. Tab. V. B. 



SufTruticosus humilis ; foliis cordatis obtusis dentato-crenatis pilis trifurcatis dense subtus 

 vestitis ; pedunculis unifioris curtis solitariis petiolum breviter excedentibus ; calyce poculi- 

 luiiiii dimidio bracteolas 8-12 lineares superante ; corolla angusta. 



Suffrutex ligneus prostratus ramis ssepe congestis ramulisque ultimis elongatis tomentosis. 

 Folia petiolata 1-1^ poll, longa g— £ lpoll. lata cordata v. late cordato-rotundata obtusa 

 dentato-crenata palmatim 5-nervia pilis stellatis suffulta et subtus pilis trifurcatis faciliter 

 avulsis intermixtis; petiolus griseo-pilosus laminae fere lequilongus. Stipuloe minutoe lineares. 



