78 BOTANY OF SOCOTKA. 



Socotra. On the plains. B.C.S. n. 677. 



Dtstrib. Abyssinia. 



A small plant, of which we have two specimens with fruit only, appears to 

 be this species, or one nearly allied to it. Our specimens differ from the type 

 in the clothing of the stems. These have a covering of grey silky adpressed 

 hairs, whilst in the Abyssinian plant the stems are coated with short spreading 

 hairs. Our material is not sufficient to determine the identity with certainty. 



3. T. (Reineria) anthylloides, Hochst. in herb. Kotschy. Nub. sect. i. 

 n. 87 ; Baker in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. ii. 118. 



Socotra. On the plains. B.C.S. n. 168. 

 Distrib. Tropical Africa. 



4. T. (Reineria) vicioides, Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, i. 188 ; Baker 

 in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. ii. 117. 



Socotra. On the plains. B.C.S. n. 652. Schweinf. n. 295. 

 Distrib. Nubia, Abyssinia. 



5. T. (Reineria) purpurea, Pers. Synops. ii. 329; DC. Prod. ii. 251; Baker 

 in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. ii. 124, and in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 112. 



T. indiyofera, Bert. Misc. xix. 9, t. 5. 



Socotra. On the plains ; common. B.C.S. n. 60. 

 Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the tropics. 



The Socotran plant appears to be the form found in tropical Africa, and 

 named by Baker as a variety — pubescens. 



6. T. (Reineria) Apollinea, DC. Prod. ii. 254 ; Baker in Oliv. Flor. Trop. 

 Afr. ii. 124 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 192 ; Franch. Sert. Somal. in Miss. Revoil 28. 



Galega Apollinea, Delile Flor. Egypt. 144, t. 53, f. 5. 



Socotra. Common on the plains. B.C.S. nn. 30, 61, 71. Hunter n. 9. 

 Distrib. North-east tropical Africa, and through Arabia to Scindh. 



10. TAVERNIERA. 



Taverniera, DC. Mem. Leg. 339, t. 52; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 511. 

 A small genus of desert species inhabiting south-west Asia, 



T. sericophylla,Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 510. Tab. XIX. 



Suli'ruticosa argenteo-sericea; foliis alterne trifoliolatis dense sericeis; foliolis ellipticis ; stipulis 

 inagnis late amplexicaulibus non-scariosis. 



Siiilrutex lignosus prorsus argenteo-sericeus ramis abbreviatis stipulorum baseisque persistenti- 

 bus gerentibus. Folia alterne trifoliata petiolata 1^-2 poll, longa, petiolo \-% poll, longo 

 geniculato et apice articulato subpersistente ; foliola subcrassa mollissirna elliptica obtusa 

 ssepe stibapieulata sinuata involuta J-l poll, longa j^— \ poll, lata, terminali petiolulato. 

 Slipuke in squamas subovatas late amplexicaules nonscariosas oppositifolias £ poll. 



