222 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



another genus of this Justicioid group which claims an affinity, but, amongst 

 other points, habit distinguishes it. 



There are two species found in Socotra, one being very abundant. 



Etym. 0/»t£, a hair, and ku\v]~. 



1. T. obovatus, Balf. fil. in Proc. Eoy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 88. Tab. 

 LXXIII, A. 



Ramulis glaueis lepidotis pilisque brevibus puberulis; foliis anguste obovatis v. oblongo obovatis. 



8-10-pedalis ramulis sulcatis tenuibus glaucis lepidotis pilisque brevissimis puberulis, internodiis 

 elongatis saepe 1^ poll, lougis. Folia petiolafca anguste obovata v. oblongo-obovata rarius 

 late sublanceolata v. elliptica |— 1£ poll, longa £— (j P°ll ^ a ^a obtusa saepe subtruncata et 

 emarginata v. rarius late acuta basi in petiolum glaucuin puberulum £-£ poll, (interdum 

 ^ poll.) longuni gradatim attenuata crassiuscula glabra siccitate papillosa. Flores in cymis 

 brevissirne pedicellata ; bracteae lanceolato-acutae. Bracteolcc ^ poll, longae. Calycis 

 segmenta ^ poll, longa glandulis stipitatis capitatis vestita leviterque pubescentia. Corolla 

 1\ poll, longa. Stylus puberulus pollicaris. Capsula glandulis vestita, inatura non visa. 



Nom Vern. Elhal (B.C.S.). Hunter. 



Socotra. Common on the hills. B.C.S. nn. 428, 541, 597. Schweinf. 

 n. 371. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



A pretty flowered plant. The inflorescences are very characteristic. 

 The leaves on adventitious twigs and young plants are often much reduced in 

 size, and the laminaa assume a somewhat orbicular shape at the end of long 

 petioles. Our n. 597 is such a form. 



Messrs Haage and Schmidt send me a twig of a plant they have raised 

 from seed brought home by Schweinfurth. It is this species. 



T. orbiculatus, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 88. Tab. 

 LXXIII, B. 



Ramulis tomentoso-pubescentibus ; foliis orbiculatis. 



Arbor parva v. frutex elatus ramulis validis pubescente-tomeutosis sulcatis, internodiis brevibus 

 plerumque \-\ poll, longis ramulos axillares breves foliosos gerentibus. Folia breviter 

 petiolata orbiculata ssepe latitudine longitudinem excedente £-§ poll. diam. apice interdum 

 retusa crassa glauca glanduloso-lepidota siccitate papillosa, petiolo fa— fa poll- longo. 

 Flores in cymis subcapitals brevissime pedicellati ; bracteae lanceolatae acutae bracteolis 

 lutiores. Bracteola; segmentis calycis angustiores ^ poll, longae. Calycis segmenta \ poll, 

 longa pubescentia glandulis capitatis stipitatis paucis vestita. Corolla atro-purpurea 

 \ poll, longa. Stylus puberulus exsertus. Garpsula \ poll, longa pubescens. 



Socotra. On the hills south-west of Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 175. 



Distrib. Endemic. 

 Another pretty shrub of this genus with dark purple flowers and shortly- 

 stalked approximated leaves, by which character and their shape it is readily 

 distinguished from the foregoing. 



