240 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



Soeotra. At the base of the limestone cliffs near Galonsir, and also near 

 Tamarida. B.C.S. nn. 342, 547. Hunter. 



DlSTRlB. Endemic. 



A very odorous species. It is nearly allied to T. Pol'mm, Linn. (Sp. 792 ; 

 Benth in DC. Prod. xii. 591), widely spread in south Europe, north-east Africa, 

 and south-west Asia, but it is readily distinguished by its somewhat petiolate 

 1 eaves, and its flowers not so densely and distinctly capitate. With T. mont- 

 amim, Linn. (Sp. 791 ; Benth. loc. cit. 593), also a native of south Europe, there 

 is a near affinity, but the smaller leaves, the flower-heads, and the long subulate 

 acuminate calyx-teeth of that species distinguish it. 



2. T. (Polium) petiolare, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 92. 



Pennine a collo ramosnm ramis adscendentibus pins minusve incanis ; foliis longe petiolatis 

 ellipticis snperne serrato-crenatis inferne integris obtnsis parum revolutis supra viridi- 

 bus subtus incanis ; calycis dentibus deltoideis ; corolla calycem pubescentem excedente. 



Suffrutex radice lignoso a collo multiramosus ramis adscendentibus incanis v. velutino- 

 pubescentibus. Folia longe petiolata §-§ poll, longa J— *■ poll, lata elliptica v. oblongo- 

 elliptica v. subobovata obtusa basi in petiolum gradatim attenuata margine parum revoluta 

 superne serrato-crenata inferne integra crassiuscula supra viridia obscure puberula venul- 

 oso-sulcata saape glabrescentia nitida subtus incana venulis prominentibus ; petiolus } } -\ poll, 

 longus. Mores in axillis supremis solitarii spicas capitatas § poll. diam. formantes. Calyx 

 tubuloso-campanulatus \ poll, longus pubescens glandulosus, dentibus subsequalibus 

 deltoideis acutis pilis longis ciliatis. Corolla -fy poll, longa extus inferne glabra superne 

 leviter puberula et glandulosa iDtus antice pilosa, limbi lobo medio maximo parum concavo 

 subpanduriformi integro obtuso, lobis lateralibus oblongis obtusis minoribus. Stamina 

 breviter exserta, filamentis sparsim pilosis. Nitculw valde rugospe. 



Soeotra. On the hills south of Galonsir, and on Haghier. B.C.S. n. 

 431. Schweinf. n. 566. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Another novelty of the same section of the genus as the foregoing, and 

 probably having most affinity with T. buxifolium, Schreb. Unilab. 42 ; Benth. in 

 DC. Prod. xii. 591, a species from south Spain. But ours is altogether a larger 

 plant, and is distinguished by its longly-petiolate leaves, and its flowers with the 

 longish calyx not much exceeded by the corolla. T. montanum may also be 

 compared as an ally. 



Schweinfurth sends a specimen, n. 578, which I refer to this species, 

 gathered by him at an altitude of 3000 feet on the Haghier hills. It differs 

 from the type in the persistently pubescent character of the whole plant, in 

 the absence of hoariness, which is only visible on the under surface of some of 

 the upper leaves, and in the longer branches with larger leaves, which are not 

 so thick, and are very decidedly oblong or narrowly elliptic. It may be 

 named a variety as, — 



