230 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



and Hooker have reduced this to Clerodendron, as the hooding is more or less 

 apparent in many other species of this genus. 



The inflorescence of our species is a very marked feature with its large 

 bracts, and this with the characters of the foliage easily separate it from related 

 species. 



2. C. leucophlceum, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 91. 



Arboremn cortice albo, ramis tomentosis ; foliis parvis oblongo-ellipticis ; floribus solitariis axillari- 

 bus racemos longe pedunculatos formantibus ; calyce sub fructu pateute; fructu cernuo. 



Arbor parva cortice albo ultimo dichotome rarnosa, ramis angulatis fulvo-tomentosis lateralibus 

 sajpe coutractis. Folia odora parva §— 1 poll, longa ^-^ poll, lata obovata v. oblongo- 

 elliptica obtusa rarius emarginata basi in petiolura brevem attenuata margiue integra 

 vix revoluta supra glauduloso-puberula subtus pubescentia. Flores in axillis foliorum 

 oppositorum supremum solitarii et racemos breves paucifloros bilaterales formantes longe 

 peduuculati ; peduuculi f-1 poll, longi pubescentes supra medium articulati et bibracteolati, 

 bracteolis minutis. Calyx campanulatus sub fructu patens deltoide 5-dentatus puberulus. 

 Fructtis ceruuus 4-lobatus parum succosas } poll, diam., putamine tenui crustaceo. 

 Cset. ignot. 



Socotra. A very common tree. B.C.S. nn. 182, 335. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



A strongly smelling species. Unfortunately our specimens are incom- 

 plete, wanting the flowers. But it appears to be a distinct species with some 

 affinity to the foregoing, and I am inclined to place it in the set of Cydonema ; 

 for the inflorescence is much reduced, as it frequently is amongst species with 

 corollas such as occur in that set. In our plant the lateral branches are 

 single flowered, and the peduncular bracteoles are empty. 



In addition to the fruiting specimens I have taken as the type of this 

 species, Ave have a number of leafy twigs collected at different localities from 

 trees which are possibly identical with the one I have described. But there is 

 no flower or fruit, and I shall refer to them here separately, leaving their definite 

 determination to future exploration. 



n. 265. Specimens showing long twigs with leaves somewhat larger than in 

 the above type, and with a tendency to become glabrous. When dried quite 

 inodorous. Otherwise like the type. 



From the base of the limestone cliffs above Galonsir. Elevation over 1000 

 feet. 



n. 385. Has longish twigs with large leaves, often as much as two and a half 

 inches long by one inch broad, sometimes longly petiolate. When dry, faintly 

 odorous. Otherwise like the type. 



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



From near the top of Sicante peaks of Haghier, at an elevation over 2000 

 feet. 



n. 513. Is a stunted woody plant with many short contracted branches 



