2<5() BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



Socotra. On the Hagbier hills. B.C.S. n. 723. Schweinf. in lit. 



Distrib. Arabia, Madagascar, and Cape of Good Hope. 



Living specimens of this brought by us to this country flowered at Kew in 



1881. 



P. reflexa, A. Dietr. Sp. v. 1, 180 ; Miq. Syst, Piper. 169 ; Cas. DC. in 

 DC. Prod. xvi. 1, 451 ; Wight Ic. t. 1923, 



var. parvifolia, Cas. DC. he. cit. 



Socotra. Occasional. B.C.S. n. 721. Schweinf. n. 792. 

 Distrib. Of the species, — widely spread in the tropics. Of the variety, — 

 Ceylon, Eastern Himalayan. 



3. P. Goudotii, Miq. Syst. Piper. 133 ; Cas. DC. in Linnaea xxxvii. 

 (1871-73), 390. 



Forma foliis feri orbicularibus brevius pubescentibus. 



Socotra. On Haghier. B.C.S. n. 722. Schweinf. n. 791. 

 Distrib. Bourbon. 



We have some imperfect specimens which M. Casimir de Candolle considers 

 may be a form of this species. 



Order LXVI. THYME L.EACE.E. 



A considerable family represented in most parts of the globe. 



LASIOSIPHON. 



Lasiosiphon, Fresen. iu Flora 1838, 602 ; Benth. et Hook. Geu. PI. iii. 197. 



A small genus chiefly represented in south Africa, but occurring also in 

 tropical Africa, Madagascar, and tropical Asia. Our solitary endemic Socotran 

 species necessitates an emendation in the generic character to allow of the 

 admission of species without any scales on the throat of the perianth. 



L. socotranus, Balf. fil. in Proc. Koy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 92. Tab. 

 LXXXVI. 



Fruticosus glaber ; foliis obovatis v. oblanceolatis glaucis ; bracteis involucri coriaceis glabris 

 latis ; calycis fauce esquamato. 



Frutex multiramosus glaber dense foliis vestita. Folia copiosa brevissime petiolata f-1.' 

 poll, longa J-J poll, lata anguste obovata v. oblanceolata obtusa cum acunrine v. cuspidata 

 deorsum gradatim attenuata crassiuscula nervo medio subtus prominente margine paruni 

 incrassato-revoluta glauca glabra bcto-viridia ; petiolus ^ g poll, longus. Capitula solitaria 

 terminalia pedunculata (pedunculo A— 1 poll, longo) e foliis supremis exserta iu alabastro 

 globosa ; involucri folia 5 \ poll, longa imcqualia extima minima late ovata v. reniforme- 

 cordata obtusa latitudine longitudinem excedente coriacea glabra; receptaculum hemi- 

 sphairicum pilis albis brevibus vestitum. Flores in quoque capitulo circa 20. Calyx \ poll, 

 longus crassus citrinus 5-fidus extus sericeo-pubescens intus glaber, tubo cylindraceo 



