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Etym. koIXov, a hollow, and Kapno?. 



C. socotranus, Balf. fil. loc. tit. Tab. LXXIX. 



Lignosus 3-4-peclalis cortice albo ramis ultirais brevibus puberulis ; foliis 1-2 poll, longis |-f 

 poll, latis ellipticis v. oblongis v. subtrapeziformibus v. obovatis basi cuneatis petiolatis 

 margine crenatis v. subserrulato-creuatis supra strigosis infra pubescentibus, petiolo \-\ 

 poll, longo ; spicis \ -1 poll, longis ; bracteis subulatis, pedicellis ^ poll, longis parum 

 longioribus; calyce \ poll, longo extus glanduloso costis strigosis intus sericeo-villoso ; 

 corollas tubo calyci aequali extus glabro, limbo plerumcpie revoluto striguloso piloso ; drupa 

 ovoidea \ poll longa. 



Socotra. On the slopes of the hills at an elevation over 1000 feet. 

 Not at all an uncommon shrub. B.C.S. nn. 299, 520. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



4. CLERODENDRON. 



Clerodendron, Linn. Gen. n. 789 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. ii. 1155. 



A considerable genus of herbs, shrubs, or trees, widely spread in the warmer 

 regions of the old world. Few occur in the new world. Both Socotran species 

 are endemic. 



1. C. galeatum, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 91. Tab. 

 LXXX. 



Fruticosum fusco-tomentosum ; foliis petiolatis ellipticis v. subobovatis ; cymis strictis termin 

 alibus ; bracteis magnis foliaceis ; corolla? lobo postico cucullato. 



Frutex omnino pubesceirfce-tomentosus fuscus ramis angulatis. Folia opposita petiolata 2-3| 

 poll, longa 1-2 poll, lata elliptica v. oblonga v. rarius subobovata obtusa v. late acuta 

 rarius emarginata basi angustata margine obscure crenata late revoluta subtus densius 

 pubescente-tomentosa pallidiora. Inflorescmtia terminalis rigida erecta rhachi prim aria 

 regulariter racemose ramosa ramis adscendentibus ex axillis bractearum magnarum foli- 

 acearum sessilium subamplexicaulium ovatarum v. ellipticarum v. subrotundatarum orienti- 

 bus et in parte basali stricta 1-2 poll, longa non floriferis sed apice semel v. bis dichasialiter 

 ramosis bracteolisque spathulatis. v. lanceolatis petiolatis suffultis ; pedicelli £ poll, longi. 

 Calyx ^ poll, longus per partem trientem 5-lobatus, lobis rotundatis extus breviter pilosis. 

 Corolla tubo \ poll, longo intus glabro, lobo postico cucullato-galeato £ poll, longo, cseteris 

 subasqualibus ellipticis obtusis extus strigulosis ciliatis. Stamina fauci corollse inserta, 

 filamentis basi per \ poll, incrassatis rectis et villosis superne filiformibus strigulosis ; 

 anthera? oblonga?. Drupa 4-lobata, putamine crustaceo levi. 



Nom Vern. Dnuha (B.C.S.). 



Socotra. On the Haghier hills behind Tamarida. B.C.S. n. 441. 



Distrib. Endemic 



An interesting species having its nearest allies in C. myricoides, and C 

 pilosus, Benth. and Hook. (Gen. PI. ii. 1156), and a few other African species 

 ranging from Abyssinia to the Cape, all characterised by the production of the 

 posterior lobe of the corolla into a large helmetdike hood. Upon this character, 

 Hochstetter (in Flora 1842, 225) founded the genus Cyclonema, but Bentham 



