PHANEROGAMS — PROFESSOR BAYLEY BALFOUR. Ill 



in fructn accrescens unilateraliter in laminam expansam ^ poll. diam. ellipticam acutara 

 coriaceam opacam venulosam scabro-puberulam dilatatus. Fructus puberulus \ poll, longus 

 sub calyce expanso et disco glabro vix convexo coronatus. 



Socotra. On Haghier hills south from Tamarida and elsewhere. B.C.S. 

 n. 422. Schweinf. n. 616, in part. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Another distinct species, differing from the other Socotran ones by its 

 pubescence, and therein resembling Klotzsch's Mozambique D. pubescens (in 

 Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berol. 1853, 495, and in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. t. 48 ; 

 Hiern. in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. iii. 51), from which it is readily diagnosed by its 

 leaves and fruits. 



4. D. obovata, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 835. Tab. 

 XXVII, A. 



Fruticosa ; foliis obovatis breviter petiolatis truncatis emarginatis saepe mucronatis rarissime 

 acutis crassiusculis coriaceis, supra nitidis, venulis ultimis inconspicuis, margine obscure cili- 

 atis ; seta media stipulari lateralibus duplolongiore ; floribus capillariter pedicellatis ; fructu 

 glabro disco piano, calycis limbo expanso membranaceo pellucido-punctulato venuloso nitido. 



FrutexlO-pedaliscauleerectosuperneramoso. Rami cortice cinerascente ramulos lateralesplurim- 

 os saepissime contractos gerentes, juveniles puberuli. Folia 1—1^ poll, longa |--| poll, lata 

 breviter petiolata obovata truncata emarginata saepe mucronata v. augustata obtusa rariss- 

 ime acuta, margine obscure ciliata vix revoluta coriacea glabra supra nitida venulis ultimis 

 inconspicuis. Stipulce conspicuae cuspide centrali maxima. Flores in fasciculos parvos 

 terminales breviter pedunculatos 7-10-floros subumbellatos dispositi, bracteas primaries 

 foliaceae stipulatae ; bracteolae minutae, pedunculi ^-\ poll, longi ; pedicelli capillares J- § 

 poll, longi saepe puberuli. Calyx in fructu accrescens unilateraliter et circumcirca expansns 

 et alam supernam \-\ poll. diam. 1-5-lobam v. integram subpeltatam membranaceam non- 

 nunquam glabram pellucido-punctulatam venulosam nitidam formaus atque cum disco sub- 

 piano fructum coronans. Fructus sub calyce ^ poll, longus turbinates saepe basi carneus. 



Socotra. Common everywhere on the hills. B.C.S. n. 172. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



This is one of the commonest little shrubs on the island, and is widely 

 distinct from all known species. 



var. albescens, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy Soc. Edin. xiii. (1883). Tab. 

 XXVII, B. 



Ramis albescentibus ; foliis ad ramulos laterales contractos plurimis confertis lanceolatis 



v. oblanceolatis acutis valde revolutis crassiusculis ; floribus saepe solitariis ; pedicellis 



longissimis tenuibus; calyce in fructu plerumque concavo. 



Nom. Vern. Sehat (Schweinf.). 



Socotra. On the plains about Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 592. Schweinf. n. 250. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



This plant, I think, must be taken asa variety of the foregoing species. It 

 is on the limestone plains about Galonsir one of the commonest shrubs, and it 

 differs from the hill form chiefly in those features which are characteristic of 



