224 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



the segments being very short, about one-twelfth of an inch long, and sometimes 

 more or less deltoid ; otherwise I cannot find characters to distinguish them. 

 Very likely intermediate forms may be hereafter discovered, but meanwhile one 

 may distinguish this as a variety, — 



var. brevicalyx, Balf. fil. in Proc. Koy. Soc. Edin. xiii. (1883). 

 Foliis apice angustatis ; calycis lobis brevibus -^ poll, longis. 



Socotra. On Haghier. B.C.S. n. 479. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



10. EHINACANTHUS. 



Ehinacanthus, Nees ab. Esenb. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 76, and in DC. Prod. xi. 442 ; Benth. et 

 Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 1102. 



A small old-world genus, including a few species dispersed in tropical Asia, 

 tropical and south Africa, and in Madagascar. 



R. scoparius, Balf. fil. in Proc. Eoy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 88. Tab. LXXV. 



Herba subglabra scoparia ramulis striatis ; foliis longis linearibus. 



Herba fere glabra subapbylla scoparia a collo axis subterranei ligoosi multo et divaricatim 

 ramosa, ramis internodiis elongatis srepe 2-3 poll, longis in inflorescentiam excurrentibus 

 tetragonis striatis ultimis subscabridulis. Folia mox decidua sessilia panca linearia acuta 

 l|-2 poll, longa ^ poll, lata supra glabra subtus strigulosa. Cijmm spicatce anfract- 

 uosse sympodiales in axillis foliorum superiorum orientes et omnino inflorescentiam 

 terminalem laxam ramosam formantes ; pedunculi pedicellique breves scabriduli; bracteoe 

 subulate minutse. Bracteolm 2 minutai subulatse pubescente-glandulosie. Calyx i poll, 

 longus, segmentis breviter pubescentibus et glandulis capitatis stipitatis vestitis. Corolla 

 alba | poll, longa extus pubescens, tubo | poll, longo intus minute puberulo, limbi lobis 

 ellipticis obtusis. Staminum filamenta rigida complanata breviter pilosa; antberarum 

 loculus inferior parum major dorsaliter obscure puberulus. Ovarium glabrum, loculis 

 2-ovulatis ; stylus £ poll, longus puberulus apice breviter bifidus, lobis basi incrassatis. 

 Capsula i ? 2 poll, longa pubescens, stipite 4_ poll, longo. Scmina nigra glabra \ poll. diam. 



Socotra. Near Tamarida and elsewhere. B.C.S. n. 687. Schweinf. nn. 

 448, 782 in lit, 783. 



A new species of this small genus growing on the dry plains and well distin- 

 guished from all others by its Scoparioid habit and very narrow linear leaves. 



11. ANCALANTHUS. 



Ancalanthus, Balf. fil. in Proc. Eoy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 88. 



Calyx alte 5-partitus, segmentis lanceolatis acutis 3-5-nerviis suba^qualibus. Corolla extus 

 pubescens ; tubus limbo brevior, incurvus, superne ampliatus, intus basi dense villosus ; 

 limbus longe 2-labiatus, labio postico exteriore ligulato truncato eroso recurvo apice 

 spiraliter revoluto, antico suba^quilongo recurvo patente lato elliptico-oblongo trifido lobis 

 linearibus obtusis spiraliter revolutis intermedio latiore intimo. Stamina 2, fauci aftixa, 

 labio postico vix sequilonga, filamentis complanatis breviter decurrentibus ; antberre 



