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Another distinct species of this section easily distinguished from other 

 Socotran forms by its inflorescence and fruit. Its nearest ally is probably C. 

 zambesicus, Mull. Arg. (in Flora 1864, 483, and in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 515), a plant 

 collected by Kirk near Senna in Zambesi Land. It is, however, quite a 

 different plant. 



3. C. (Eluteria) elseagnoides, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 

 95. 



Arboreus ; foliis anguste ovatis penuiveniis longe petiolatis lamina basi patellari-glandulosa 

 subtus metallico-lepidota ; stipulis inconspicuis : fl. 5 ignotis ; fl. $ in umbellas dispositi. 

 stylo bifido, capsnla lepidibus umbonatis dense vestita. 



Arbor ramorum cortice lenticellato subsuberoso, ramulis jnvenilibns angulatis tuberculato- 

 lepidotis, lepidibus umbonatis umbone rufo margine breviter ciliato albido. Folia 1^—2 

 poll, longa i-f poll, lata longe petiolata ovata v. ovato-lanceolata v. oblongo-ovata versus 

 extremitates ambos attenuata apice obtusa basi late subcuneata obtusa margine obscure 

 crenulato-undulata subinvoluta pennivenia medio nervo subtus prominente, pagina 

 superiore canescente-viridi squamis rotundatis minutis centro rubro-glandulosis margine- 

 que albidis delicatim fimbriatis plus minusve tecta, inferiore nitida sub-metallica rufo- 

 maculata squamis adpressis centro umbonatis rubris sed margine albidis stellatim ciliatis 

 dense plurimisque squamis omnino rufis sparsim vestita; petiolus |-| poll, longus 

 canaliculatus lepidotus sub lamina glanduliferus glandulis stipitatis concavis. Stipules in- 

 conspiciue. Fl. J ignoti. Fl. $ iu umbellas parvas pseudoterminales 6-12-floras dis- 

 positi ; bracteolas minutse ; pedicelli validi ^ poll, longi subcompressi maculato-lepidoti. 

 Calyx \ poll, longus alte 5-partitus, lobis ovato-ellipticis concavis subcarinatis imbricatis 

 extus rufo-lepidotis margine tenuioribus iutusque villosis. Corollas lobi late elliptic! v. fere 

 rotundati interne margine villosi dorsaliter rufo-tuberculati. Stylus bis bifidus. Fructus 

 immaturus subglobosus squamis adpressis umbonatis rotundatis margine stellatim fimbriatis 

 vestitus. 



Nom. Vern. Mitra or Mittera. 



Socotra. On the Haghier hills. B.C.S. n. 492. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Another species of this section having affinity with the south African C. gratiss- 

 imus, Burch. (Trav. Afr. ii. 268 ; Mull. Arg. in DC. Prod, xv. 2, 516), and with 

 the west African C. amabilis, Mull. Arg. (in Flora 1864, 537, and in DC. Prod. 

 loc. cit.), but these are readily separated from it by the glabrous upper surface 

 of their leaves as well as by other characters. Although we have imperfect 

 specimens of our plant — neither fruit nor male flowers — there can be little 

 doubt as to its position and novelty. It is possible that like the first described 

 species it is dioecious. 



4. Oroton (Eluteria) socotranus, Balf. fil. in Proc. Eoy. Soc. Edin. xii. 

 (1883), 95. Tab. XCIII. 



Fruticosus; foliis penniveniis petiolatis ludentibus ab parvis ellipticis v. obovatis ad formas 



