146 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



22. REICHARDIA. 



Reichardia, Roth Bot. Abhandl. (1787), 35. 



Picridium, Desf. Flor. Atl. ii. 220; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 527. 



A small genus of herbs widely spread through south Europe, northern 

 Africa, and eastern Asia. 



R. tingitana, Roth Bot. Abhandl. (1787), 35 ; Oliv. and Hiern in Oliv. 

 Flor. Trop. Afr. iii. 455. 



Picridium tingitanum, Desf. Flor. Atl. ii. 220 ; DC. Prod. vii. 182 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, iii. 877 ; 

 Hook. fil. Flor. Brit. Ind. iii. 413. 



Socotra. About Galonsir. B.C.S. nn. 188, 244. Schweinf. n. 551. 

 Distrib. Abundant in the Mediterranean region, and from the Canary 

 Islands, through tropical Africa, to Arabia, Persia, and north-west India. 



23. SONCHUS. 



Sonclws, Linn. Geo. n. 908 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 528. 



A small genus of herbs, natives of the old world, several being now 

 cosmopolitan. 



S. oleraceus, Linn. Sp. 1116; Boiss. Flor. Orient, iii. 795; Oliv. and 

 Hiern in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. iii. 457 ; Hook. fil. Flor. Brit. Ind. iii. 414 ; Reichb. 

 Ic. Flor. Germ. t. 1410, f. i. 



Socotra. Common near habitations. B.C.S. n. 599. 

 Distrib. A cosmopolitan weed. 



24. LATJN^A. 



Launcea, Cass, in Diet. Sc. Nat. xxv. (1822), 321. 



Microrhynclms, Less. Syn. Comp. 139 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL ii. 528. 



A small genus of about twenty herbaceous species of the circum-Medi- 

 terranean region, Canary Islands, south Africa, and the Indian peninsula. 



L. crepoides, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xi. (1882), 842. 



He.rba rosulata glabra perennis ; foliis spathulatis v. oblanceolatis basi longe attenuatis obtusis 

 integris ; capitulis solituriis in apices scaporum longorum bracteolatorum v. in laxas 2-3- 

 ramosas cymas dispositis ; phyllariis intimis 8 linearibus ; calyculi squamis paucis ovatis 

 herbaceis; styli lobis setulis nigris suffultis ; acheniis linearibus subfusiformibus multo- 

 costatis rugosis ; pappo exteriore lanoso-intricato, intimo setoso. 



Herba pusilla rosulata glabra perennis vix rainosa nonliagellifera. Folia spatbulata v. oblanceol- 

 ata longe basi attenuata vix petiolata, radicalia 3-3^ poll, longa sajpe multo minora \ 

 poll, lata obtusa integra subcrassa. Capitula oblonga cylindrica \ poll, longa 12-20-flora 

 solitaria ad apices scaporum longorum bracteolatorum axillarium v. ad extremitates ramul- 

 oruin longorum eymse laxe 2-3-ramosse scaposse ultra folia longe exserta. Phyllaria intima 



