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sub fructu £ poll, latum, segmentis ovatis obtusis. Discus urceolatus. Styli 6 recti breves 

 divaricati. Capsula glabra ^ poll, longa £ poll. diam. trisulcata apice depressa cicatricibus 

 seuis tuberculatis stylorum demissorum notata. Semina fusco-nigra reniformia lineato- 

 scrobiculata et obscure strigosa. 



Soeotra. On the plains. Not common. B.C.S. n. 332. Schweinf. n. 

 615 in part. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Appears to be a distinct species of the section Euphyllanthus. The long 

 pedicels to the fruit and the six free styles are marked features. 



4. SECURINEGA. 



Securinega, Juss. Geo. 388 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 275. 



A small genus of branching shrubs distributed in tropical and temperate 

 regions. 



S. Schweinfurthii, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xiii. (1883). 



Fruticosa ramulis subtetragonis nonspinescentibus; foliis crassiusculis obovatis ; pedicellis 

 masculis solitariis. 



Frutex ramosissimus ramis ultimis erectis strictis subvirgatis microphyllinis nonspinescentibus 

 superne ssepe denudatis ramulos contractos laterales baseis foliorum demissorum et stipulis 

 squamiformibus rugosos gerentibus. Folia ad ramulos contractos fasciculata sessilia parva 

 5 poll, longa v. minora £ poll, lata obovata obtusa integerrima crassiuscula glabra. 

 Stipulce minutae ^ poll, longge ovatse rufe. Flores masculi solitarii ; pedicelli stricti erecti 

 ^q poll, longi. Perianthii segmenta ^ P ^- longa oblonga obtusa 3-nervia apice sub- 

 crenata. Stamina 5 ad medium connata superne divaricata. Discus 5-lobus lobis obovatis 

 emarginatis. Flos fcemineus et fructus ignotus. 



Soeotra. Above Wadi Digal at an altitude of over 1500 feet. Schweinf. 

 n. 562. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Some imperfect specimens of a shrub sent by Schweinfurth I have taken as 

 the type of the foregoing species. The plant is, as far as our specimens show, 

 very closely allied to the south European S. (Colmeiroa) buocifolia, Mull. Arg. 

 (in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 452), but is hardly conspecific, having more fleshy leaves 

 and more shortly pedicellate flowers. Our specimens show only a few male 

 flowers. 



5. FLUGGEA. 

 Fliiggea, Willd. Sp. iv. 757 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL iii. 276. 



A very small genus widely-dispersed in the old world tropics. Both 

 Socotran species have an extended distribution. 



1. F. microcarpa, Blume Bijdr. 580. 



F. obovata, and other synonyms Wall. Cat. n. 7928. 

 Securinega abyssinica, Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 256. 



