184 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



v. oblouga rarius obovata obtusa v. ernarginata rarius subacuta \-j% poll, louga ^ poll, 

 lata v. sa-pe minora margiue integra subrevoluta coriacea breviter strigosa siccitate 

 nigricantia decidua. Flores ad extremitates ramulorum dispositi sympodia scorpioidea 

 bracteata brevia formantes pedicellati extra-axillares, in quoque ramulo pauci saepe 1-2 ; 

 pedicelli £ poll, longi; bracteue foliosse. Calyx *fo poll, longus alte 5-partitus, segmentis 

 subulatis crassis extus strigosis basi paulum membranaceo-marginatis. Corollce limbus fere 

 \ poll longus tubo longior, lobis late ovatis acutis obscure crenulatis extus leviter strigulosis, 

 tubi ore constricto intus parum puberulo extus striguloso sed basi glabro. Stamina 

 medio tubo affixa; antberae ovatae in apiculos ad orem tubi corollini attingentes 

 productae. Ovarium glabrum ; styli glabri parte superiore conica subtruncata vix 

 bilobata inferiori aequilonga. Nuculoz 4 saepe abortu 2 distiuctae scabridae. 



Soeotra. A shrubby plant of the plains. B.C.S. n. 581. 

 Distrtb. Endemic. 



A species with a very distinctive foliage, inflorescence, and corolla, without 

 any very near affinities in the genus. 



4. TRICHODESMA. 



Trichodesma, E. Br. Prod. 496 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 845. 



A small genus of about a dozen species of herbs, or rarely half shrubby 

 plants, inhabiting warmer regions of Africa and Asia. One widely spread 

 species extends to Australia. The three Socotran species are endemic. 



1. T. Scotti, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 81. Tab. LV. 



Fruticosum ; foliis magnis ellipticis acutis basi angustatis sparsim setosis ; floribus magnis in 

 corymbos magnos terminales dispositis ; nuculis magnis § poll, longis anguste marginatis. 



Frutex 4-5-pedalis ramulis validis striguloso-puberulis. Folia opposita petiolata magna £-| 

 ped. longa 3-5 poll, lata elliptica v. oblonga acuta basi attenuata margine undulata 

 siccitate nigricantia subtus pallidiora setis ex tuberculis albidis orientibus sparsim vestita, 

 proventu setis delapsis ; petiolus 1-2 poll, longus. Flores magni evolventes in cymas 

 bracteatas ad apicem rbacbis basalis subcompressse nonfloriferae semipedalis confertas 

 et paniculam corymbosam globosam terminalem formantes; pedicelli 1£- 1| poll, longi 

 validi hirti seepe curvati ; bracteae magnae foliis similes. Calyx alte 5-fidus, segmentis ovatis 

 longe acutis basi rotundato-cordatis \ P°U- longis basi § poll, latis dense cano-sericeo- 

 pubescentibus venulis a basi versus apicem incurvatis glanduloso-punctulatis, fructiferis 

 non auctis. Corolla magna calyce longior sordido-alba basi fornicibus atris suffulta 

 omnino glabra ad partem trientem lobata, lobis rotundatis cuspide longa terminatis. 

 Stamina exserta in conum couniventes ; antberae lineares § poll, longa?. aristis glabris 

 sinistorsum convolutis suffulta) dorsaliter lanatac lateraliterque inter se pilis lauatis intri- 

 cato-implectis conjunctoa. Stylus glaber corolbc acquilongus. Nuculoz mill to coinplanatu; 

 \ poll. longae ^ poll, crassae ovataa dorsaliter nitidae venulosae subpuberulae margine in 

 alam angustam denticulatam breviter introflexam produetae. Testa glabra Crustacea. 

 Soeotra. On the higher parts of the Haghier hills, at an elevation 



over 2500 feet. B.C.S. n. 438. Schweinf. n. 623. 

 Distbib. Endemic. 



