92 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



4. K. abrupta, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Edin. xi. (1882), 512. 



Caulescens erecta robusta, caule tereti griseo rugoso ; foliis ad apices ramorum evolutis ellipticis 

 v. oblongis obtusis vix petiolatis glaucis ; inflorescentia terminali paniculata ; corollee tubo 

 1£ poll, longo angusto ; staminibus exsertis ; squamulis rotundatis subcrenatis ; carpellis 

 corolla3 aequilongis. 



Erecta perennis pedalis v. sesqupedalis. Caidis crassus teres fulvus saepe £ poll. diam. nonnuti- 

 quam sed rarius ramosus transverse rugosus basi nudus apice foliis vestitus. Folia 3£-4 

 poll, longa 1^-lf poll, lata omnino spathulata apice obtusa rotundata basi attenuata et late 

 inserta glauca. Inflorescentia terminalis erecta valida glabra tbyrsoideim et opposite ramosa 

 ramis in corymbosas cymas divisis, rhachi terete ; bracteolee obovatae ; pedicelli crassi \- £ 

 poll, longi. Calyx 4-partitus £ poll, longus lobis crassis remotis acutis. Corolla subinfundi- 

 buliformis flanimeo-rubra, tubo £ poll, longo, limbi lobis \ poll, longis rotundatis cuspidatis 

 crassis. Stamina omnia tubo corollas breviora, filamentis versus apicem abrupte attenu- 

 atis. Squamulce breves late lateraliter expansae albidae integrae crassae. Carpella |- poll, 

 longa glabra ; ovarium \ poll, longum. 



Socotra. Only on the plains towards the eastern end of the island. 

 B.C.S. n. 512. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Another new species of the stoutly caulescent group. It has the peculiar 

 feature, which I do not find described in any other species, of the staminal 

 filaments abruptly thinning into slender threads a short distance below the 

 anther, so that they have an appearance as if there were an articulation 

 at that point. 



Order XXVIII. LYTHRARIE^. 



A small family represented in all parts of the world. Two of the Socotran 

 genera have the distribution of the order, the third is essentially Persian, but 

 is now, by cultivation, found in all parts of the globe. 



1. AMMANNIA. 



Ammannia, Linn. Gen. n. 155 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. i. 776. 



A genus of species inhabiting marshy and moist regions of the warmer 

 and tropical regions of the globe. Of the two Socotran species, one is an old 

 world tropical form, the other is south-west Asiatic. 



1. A- baccifera, Linn. Sp. 175 ; Hiern in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. ii. 478 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. ii. 569. 



A. indica, Lamk. Illustr. i. 311 ; DC. Prod. iii. 77. 

 A. verticillata, Boiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 743. 



Socotra. About Galonsir, Tamarida, and elsewhere. B.C.S. n. 511. 

 Schweinf. nn. 230, 488, 688. 



DlSTBlB. Warmer regions of the old world. 



