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A very distinct species easily separated from all others by its foliage and 

 habit. Its position in the genus is probably near M. microphylla , Moq. 



6. ACHYRANTHES. 



Achyranthes, Linn. Gen. n. 288 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 35. 



A small genus including species some of which are spread as weeds all 

 over the tropics and warm regions of the globe. 



A. aspera, Linn. Sp. 295 ; Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. 2, 314 ; Ach. Rich. Tent. 

 Flor. Abyss, ii. 215 ; Aschs. in Schweinf. Flor. iEthiop. 172 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, 

 iv. 993, excl. var. ; Wight Ic. t. 1777. 



Socotra. Common near habitations. B.C.S. 620. 

 Distrib. Spread over the world. 



var. sicula, Linn. loc. cit. ; Aschs. loc. cit. 



A. argentea, Lamk. Encyc. i. 545 ; Moq. loc. cit. 315 ; Sibth. Flor. Grpec. t. 244. 

 A. aspera, Linn. var. argentea, Boiss. loc. cit. 



Socotra. Common on the plains. B.C.S. nn. 39, 625. 

 Distrib. Chiefly in Africa and south Europe. 



Order LXII. CHENOPODIACE^. 



A considerable family spread over the whole world, but most common in 

 maritime and salt regions. Three genera are represented in Socotra, all of 

 them of wide distribution over the globe. 



1. CHENOPODIUM. 



Chcnopoclium, Linn. Gen. n. 309 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 51. 



A considerable genus including many weeds of cultivation widely spread, 

 chiefly in temperate regions, more rare in the tropics. 



C. murale, Linn. Sp. 318 ; Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. 2, 69 ; Ach. Rich. Tent. 

 Flor. Abyss, ii. 220 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, iv. 902 ; Flor. Dan. t. 2048. 



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

 Socotra. Near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 62 

 Distrib. Cosmopolitan weed. 



2. ATRIPLEX. 



Atriplex, Linn. Gen. n. 1153 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pi. iii. 53. 



A large genus of mostly littoral plants very variable in character, inhabiting 

 temperateand tropical regions of the globe. 



A. Stocksii, Boiss. Diagn. ser. ii. 4, 73. 

 A. Griffithii, Moq. in DC. Prod. xiii. 102, var. Stocksii, Boiss. Flor. Orient, iv. 916. 



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