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8. CAMPTOLOMA. 



Camptoloma, Benth. in DO. Prod. x. 430 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL ii. 960. 



A genus hitherto monotypic ; the species, C. rotundifolia, Benth., growing 

 in the western region of south tropical Africa, at Elephant's Bay. 



C. villosa, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 84. Tab. LX. 



Herba perennis villosa ; foliis rotundato-cordatis crenulato-dentatis ; floribus paucis in racernos 

 terminales breves dispositis ; capsula calycem excedente. 



Herba a basi ramosa pedalis omniuo dense villosa ramis in inflorescentiam excurrentibus. 

 Folia longe petiolata rotundato-cordata v. suborbicularia f-1 poll. diam. basalia sa?pe 1£ 

 poll. diam. grosse crenata lobis denticulatis ; petiolns 1 poll, longus. Bacemi simplices 

 terminales pauciflori. Flares longe pedicellati ; pedicelli \ poll, longi bracteas excedentes. 

 Calyx \ poll, lougus, laciniis lineari-acutis. Corolla alba, tubo \ poll, longo. Capsula 

 glabra calyce longior. 



Socotra. On the cliffs of the Haghier range at an elevation over 3000 

 feet. B.C.S. n. 237. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



It is interesting to have in Socotra a species of this hitherto monotypic 

 and exclusively south African genus. The Socotran species differs from the 

 African plant in its inflorescence, relatively longer corolla, and the capsule 

 exceeding the calyx. 



9. CAMPYLANTHUS. 



Campylanthus, Roth Nov. PI. Sp. 4. ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 961. 



A small genus of five species, all of limited distribution ; two are Cape de 

 Verde Island species, one is found at Aden and reaches Scindb, one occurs in 

 Scindh and Beloochistan, and the fifth is our Socotran plant. None are known 

 from Africa. 



O. spinosus, Balf. fil. in. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 84. Tab. LXI. 



Suffraticosus intricato-ramosissimus incanus spinosus ; foliis minutis crassiusculis linearibus 

 obtusis ; floribus solitariis subsessilibus axillaribus ; corolla? tubo calyce duplolongiore ; 

 capsula oblouga glabra. 



Suffrutex parvus circa 2-pedalis omnino incanus a basi tortuosus et intricato-ramosissimus 

 ramis ultimis spinosis. Folia minuta crassiuscula liuearia obtusa persistentia £ poll, 

 longa ^ poll, lata arete approximata plerumque plus minusve adpressa et subimbricata 

 apice parum recurvata. Flores axillares solitarii sessiles v. subsessiles bracteis multo 

 longiores. Calyx \ poll, longus, laciniis lanceolatis lanato-incanis. Corolla purpurea, 

 tubo \ poll, longo, limbi lobis obcuneato- v. obovato-oblongis. Capsula glabra oblonga 

 calyci a^quilonga. 



Socotra. A very abundant little shrub on the plains near Galonsir and 

 elsewhere. B.C.S. n. 101. Schweinf. n. 261. Hunter. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



