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There are specimens in Kew Herbarium, collected near Jeclclah by 

 Schimper, and distributed under this name and number. There are also plants 

 of the same species brought by Fischer from the same locality, but I do not 

 find that the name has been anywhere taken up, and Hochstetter and Steudel 

 do not appear to have published a description. Amongst my diagnoses of 

 Socotran plants, I published one of this species, and I append here a fuller 

 description, — 



Herba bumilis rigida cana strigosa basi ramosa. Rami internodiis longis late patentes decum- 

 bentes subfastigiati subcompressi angulati. Folia %-£% poll, longa digitatim trifoliata 

 petiolata (petiolo ^~l poll, longo) ; foliola omnia sessilia ovata v. elliptica acuta v. obtusa 

 omnino rigide strigosa. Stipulat \ poll, lougae. Baccmi 5 poll, longi basi nudi floribusque 

 versus apiceru dispositis ; pedicelli ^ poll, longi ; bracteolae setiformes. Calyx \ poll, 

 longus, lobis acutis superiore tubo aequilongo caeteris brevioribus. Corolla parva ; vexillum 

 £ poll, longurn obovatum unguiculatum carina paruni longior. Ovarium stylo crasso 

 aequilongum. Lcgumcn §-1^ poll, longum ^ P°U- latum lineare strigosum nee torulosum 

 6-8-cc -spermum. 



6. I. viscosa, Lamk. Encyc. iii. 247 ; DC. Prod. ii. 227 ; Baker in Oliv. 

 Flor. Trop. Afr. ii. 81, and in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 95 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, 

 ii. 189 ; Wight Ic. t. 404. 



Socotra. Common on the limestone plains. B.C.S. n. 675. Schweinf. 

 n. 719. 



Disteib. From Cape de Verde Islands through tropical Africa and south- 

 west Europe to the Eastern Archipelago and north Australia. 



7. I. marmorata, Balf. fil. in Proc. Koy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 510. Tab. 

 XVIII, B. 



Suffruticosa argeuteo-canescens ; foliis alterne trifoliolatis v. pinnatis petiolatis ; foliolis 3-7 

 oblanceolatis v. obovatis supra marmorato-strigosis ; racemis paucifloris floribus secundis; 

 legumine brevi subtetraquetro rostrato bispermo. 



Suffrutex 5-pedalis argenteo-canescens ramulis elongatis juvenilibus multo compressis jugoque 

 centrali prominente instructis. Folia -j^-lf P ^- l° a g a (petiolo £-§ poll, longo) decidua 

 rarius trifoliolata saepissime alterne pinnata ; foliola 3-7, terminale maximum lineare basi 

 gradatim attenuatum v. oblanceolatum truncatum mucronatum v. apiculatum et 1 poll, 

 longum sed saepe obovatum emarginatum v. retusum et £ poll, longum semper petiolulatum 

 lateralia minora obovata v. obcuneata emarginata apiculata brevissime petiolulata, omnia 

 plus minusve strigosa sed supra pilis adpressis in pannos densiores pinnatim aggregatis 

 atque superficiem laminae regulariter et marmoratim obtegentibus. Stipulaz minutae 

 obliquse margine subfitnbriatae. Bacemi axillares foliis longiores 2-8-flori, floribus 

 secundis; pedicelli ^ poll, longi; bracteolae obsoletas. Calyx ^ poll, longus cyathiformis, 

 lobis deltoideis sequalibus margine glandulis rutis ciliatis. Corolla luteo-purpurea petalis 

 subaequilongis; vexillum sessile suborbiculare v. oblongo-orbiculare extus strigulosum -f 6 

 poll, longum ; alae angustae oblique obovatae versus basim ubsaccatse ; carinae petala later- 



