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3. R. carnea, Balf. fil. inProc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 85. Tab. LXV. 



Fruticosa dense stellatim tomentosa et viscida ; foliis cordatis ; floribus solitariis axillaribus ; 

 bracteolis calyce brevioribus; corolla magna; capsula pubescente. 



Frutex parvus albido-incanus omnino stellatim tomentosus indumento facile detecto 

 viscidus pilis apice glanduloso-capitatis inter pilos stellatos suffultus, ramis adscendentibus 

 strictis augulatis canaliculatis. Folia petiolata cordata v. rotundato-cordata \\ poll, longa 

 | -poll, lata obtusa rare basi truncata integra subtus venulis prominulis. Florcs viscidi 

 in axillis foliorum superiorum solitarii pedicellati; pedicelli |— f- poll, longi stricti 

 adscendentes. Bracteolce subspathulata? £ poll, longte calyce breviores. Calyx £ poll, 

 longus profunde partitus, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis intus villosis margine 

 piloso-ciliatis. Corolla magna carnea extus puberula, tubo 1 poll, longo inferne sub- 

 cylindrico superne parum ampliato, limbi lobis oblongo-rotundatis f poll, longis. Stamina 

 exserta stylo longiora ; antheras £ poll, longte. Ovarium pubescens ; stylus 1\ poll, 

 longus puberulus. Capsula § poll, longus \ poll. diam. calyce longior ovoidea punctata 

 pubescens, stipite \ poll, longo. 



Socotra. On the plains near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 510. Scliweinf. n. 714. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



A most marked species, with lovely large red flowers, easily distin- 

 guished from all others by its indumentum, and from most by the form of its 

 leaves. In this latter character it agrees with R. Carrori, T. Anders, (in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vii. (1864), 24), an imperfectly known plant of west tropical Africa, 

 its nearest ally ; but it may be readily separated by the mode of branching, 

 indumentum, and other minor characters. It is not common on Socotra. 



2. BLEPHARIS. 



Blepharis, Juss. Gen. n. 103 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 1089. 



A genus of rigid, often prickly herbs or shrubs, natives of tropical and south 

 Africa and of India. Of the Socotran species, one is endemic and the other is 

 spread in tropical Africa, south-west Asia, and Ceylon. 



1. B. boerhaavisefolia, Jnss. in Pers. Synops. ii. 180 ; Nees ab. Esenb. in 

 DC. Prod. xi. 266 ; Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 150 ; T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vii. (1864), 34, and ix. (1867), 500 ; Franch. Sert. Somal. in Miss. 

 Revoil. 53 ; Wight Ic. t. 458. 

 B. abyssinica, Hochst. in lierb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. n. 247, sect. iii. nn. 1492, 1895. 



Socotra. On the plains. B.C.S. n. 331. Scliweinf. n. 319. 



Distrib. Tropical Africa, Arabia, Indian Peninsula, and Ceylon. 



All our specimens are of a plant with not very wiry stems, and with small 

 flowers and seeds, only slightly shaggy at the apex ; in some points resembling 

 B. molluginifolia, Juss. (Nees ab. Esenb. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 97). Abyssinian 

 specimens of this species have usually firmer leaves, and much more longly 

 ciliate bracts, than in the type and in our specimens. The species is one 

 which in tropical Africa apparently passes through many well-marked varieties. 



