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Socotra. On the Haghier hills. Not frequent. B.C.S. n. 690 } 

 Schweinf. n. 611. 



Distrib. Through the Indian Peninsula. 



I have not been able to discover sufficient ground for separating our 

 Socotran plant from this species, and it appears to me that the two Indian forms 

 quoted above are hardly specifically distinct. 



In habit our plant takes more after Dalzell's plant, but the calyx is much 

 shorter and the calyx-teeth hardly so elongate. The corolla, too, has the upper 

 lip scarcely so much arched or so long, and the anther-lobes are more 

 constricted and narrower than in the Indian specimens. Further, the leaves 

 in our specimens are commonly dark on the upper surface, a character not so 

 often seen in true L. lanata, and the larger ones are more persistently truncate 

 at the base. 



From the nearly allied L. montana, Spreng. (Syst. ii. 742 ; Benth. in DC. 

 Prod. loc. cit) and L. mollissima, Benth. (in Wall. PI. As. Par. i. 62, and in 

 DC. Prod. loc. cit.), the spreading hairs on the stem readily distinguish it. 



4. L. (Ortholeucas) virgata, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 91. 



Suffruticosa virgata ramis fulvis ; foliis petiolatis plus minusve obovatis v. spathulatis v. 

 subellipticis integris v. superne trilobatis crassiusculis velutino-pubescentibus ; verticell- 

 astris 3-fioris ; bracteis calyce multo brevioribus ; calycis dentibus brevissimis. 



Suffrutex 1-3-pedalis virgatus laxe v. s?epe intricato-ramosus ramulis lignosis ultinris haud raro 

 ad extremitates marcescentibus sulcatis fulvis breviter pubescenfcibus. Folia petiolata 

 plus minusve obovata v. obcuneatim deltoidea v. spathulata v. subelliptica inagnitudine 

 variantia ssepe f poll, longa § poll, lata petioloque ?-£ poll, longo interdum l poll, longa 

 l^ P°H- l a ^ a petioloque £ poll, longo, maxima apice obtusa saepe emarginata v. superne 

 rotundata trilobata lobo medio maximo et emarginato inferne integra et in petiolum 

 gradatim attenuata subtus pallidiora dense velutino-tomentosa incana demum ssepe solum 

 glandulosa supra velutino-pubescentia subglabrescentia, minima plerumque spathulata 

 crassiuscula subtus pallidiora incana dense velutino-pubescentia. Verticillastri parvi 

 3-flori ; bractese subulatie brevissinise vix ^ poll, longse. Calyx \ poll, longus rectus 

 basi angustatus ore eequali, dentibus 10 minutis alterneparum brevioribus, costis striguloso- 

 pubescentibus intervallis glandulosis. Corollce tubus -J poll. loDgus intus piloso-annulatus 

 extus ad partem inferiorem calyce inclusam glaber superne cum limbo pilis derlexis 

 vestitus glandulosusque, limbi lobus posticus cucullatus pilis longis fimbriatus, anticus 

 postico longior ^ poll, longus 3-lobatus lobo medio maximo obovato bilobato crenulato. 

 Stamina corolla longiora. Discus inconspicuus. Nuculcc ^q poll. longa3 glabra? maculata?. 



Socotra. Very abundant, B.C.S. nn. 141, 274, 543, 548. Schweinf. 

 n. 343. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



This is one of the commonest undershrubs on the island. It varies some- 

 what in habit and in size of foliage. In some situations on the plains it forms 

 a very densely and intricately branched small-leaved undershrub, with the 



