154 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



2. E. Balfourii, Hiem in Proe. Roy. Soc. Edin. xiii. (1883). 



Fruticosa ; foliis ovalibus v. obovatis oppositis v. suboppositis apice rotundatis basi plus 

 minusve angustatis denmin pleriscpue obtusis undulatis supra viridibus infra rubentibus 

 resinoso-lepidotis; racemis masculis axillaribus; floribus 4-meris; corolla late campanulata. 



Fratex dioicus ramosissimus, ramis alternis vel oppositis Line inde approximatis 3-5-nis cinereis 

 glabratis, ramulis lepidoto-resiuosis. Folia opposita v. subopposita ovalia v. obovata 

 apice rotundata basi plus minusve angustata demum plerumque obtusa firmiter coriacea in 

 sicco late undulata supra viridia glabra infra rubentia resinoso-lepidota §— 1§ poll, longa 

 \-l poll, lata margine integraangusteincrassato-revoluta, venis lateralibus baud conspicuis; 

 petiolus lepidoto-resinosus -^%-\ poll, longus basi articulatus. Raccmi riorum masculorum 

 axillares rufi lepidoto-resinosi \-\ poll, (floribus exclusis) lougi plerique 5-7-flori ; pedicelli 

 patentes ^f-i poll, longi. Floras late campanulati 4-meri ^ poll. diam. Calyx hemi- 

 spbaericus rubro-lepidotus 4-fidus, lobis late ovatis obtusis apiculatis. Corolla calyce bis 

 longior dorso adpresse pilosa, lobis tubo bis longioribus obtusis sub alabastro sinistrorsum 

 (ab axe deorsum spectanti) convolutis. Stamina 16 biserialia basi corollas inserta, fila- 

 mentis exterioribus longioribus ; autheree oblongse connectivo dorso piloso. Ovarium 

 rudimentarium pilosum. 



Socotra. On the Haghier hills. B.C.S. n. 167. Schweinf. n. 644. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



The female plant is unknown. This new plant is to be placed between 

 E. ovata, Thunb., and E. divinorum, Hiem (Monog. Eben. 99, and in Oliv. Flor. 

 Trop. Afr. iii. 513), both of which are south African species, the former extra- 

 tropical and the latter tropical as well as extratropical. It is also nearly 

 related to some forms of E. lanceolata, E. Mey. (Cat. PI. Exsiccat. Afr. 

 Austr. Dreg. 7 ; Hiern in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. iii. 512), a species of wide 

 distribution over Africa, south of the equator. It is best distinguished from 

 its allies by the shape, colour, and waviness of its leaves. 



3. ? E. Kellau, Hochst. in herb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 1078 ; Alph. 

 DC. Prod. viii. 219, 289, 672 ; Hiern in Oliv. Flor. Trop. Afr. iii. 514. 



Socotra. Abundant. B.C.S. n. 611. 



Distrib. Abyssinia. 



This differs from the E. Kellau, Hochst., of Abyssinia, by its more coriaceous 

 leaves, rather more patent branches, rather shorter racemes of the female 

 flowers, and by its hairy ovary or young fruit. In the present state of our 

 knowledge of the plant, the male plant and the flowers of each sex being 

 unknown, it may be temporarily regarded as a variety of E. Kellau, and it will, 

 perhaps, prove to be identical with the Arabian Nakus of Forskal (Fl. ./Egypt. 

 Arab. 197). 



4. Euclea sp. ? 



A specimen, without flowers and fruit ; may be of this genus. One of the 

 leaves is bifid. 



Socotra. On Haghier. B.C.S. n. 164. 



