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A. indica, Linn. Sp. 1424 ; Miill. Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 868 ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 877. 



Socotra. Near villages. B.C.S. nn. 8, 19. Schweinf. n. 342. 



Distrib. Widely spread in the old world tropics. Our specimen, n. 19, 

 which is the same as Schweinfurth's n. 342, is a much more hairy plant 

 throughout than the type, and the male spikes are short. 



11. ETCINUS. 



Ricinus, Linn. Geu. n. 1085 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL iii. 321. 



A monotypic genus now found everywhere in warmer regions. 



R. communis, Linn. Sp. 1430 ; Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 250 ; Miill. 

 Arg. in DC. Prod. xv. 2, 1017 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, iv. 1143. 



Socotra. Near Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 29. 

 Distrib. Of the genus. 



12. TRAGIA. 



Trayia, Linn. Geri. n. 1048 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL iii. 329. 



A considerable genus of often twining or climbing stinging plants dispersed 

 widely in the tropics, and also extending in some areas into subtropical zones. 



T. (Tagira) dioica, Balf. fil. in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1883), 95. 



Volubilis dioicus ; floribus masculis 3-meris ; flornm fcemineorum calycis lobis palmatim 5-fidis, 

 stylo fere ad basin trifido segmentis revolutis. 



Frutex late volnbilis nrentissimus caule tereti lignoso canescente, ramnlis juvenilibus pilosis 

 striatis. Folia 3-6 poll, longa 1^-2^ poll, lata in exemplis majoribus interdum multo 

 minora longe petiolata (petiolo srepe 2^ poll, longo) ovata v. oblongo-cordata v. triangulari- 

 cordata acuta basi cordato-rotuudata margine grosse dentata axillis dentium villoso- 

 hispidis pilosa et urentibus pilis venulas obtegentibus pagina inferiori pallidiore. Stipulce 

 caduca? lanceolatae longe acutae extus pubescentes. J — Spicce axillares 3-4^- poll, longa' 

 multiflorae, bracteis lanceolatis v. lineari-lauceolatis acutis v. obtusis subcoucavis extus 

 pubescentibus, pedicellis ^ poll, longis sparsim pilosis brevioribus . v. subaequi longis ; 

 bracteolpe plerumque miautae lanceolate ^ poll. long*. Calycis segmenta late ovata v. 

 subobovata v. subrotundata apice abrupte attenuata basi lata. Stamina 3. Ovarii 

 rudimentum 3-lobatum glanduloideurn. $ — Spicm longae floribus ad nodos subglomeratis 

 pedicellatis, pedicellis sub fructn \ poll, longis, bracteis obovatis £ poll, longis \ poll, latis 

 ciliato-hispidis. Calyx 5-6-lobatus accrescens subliguascens, lobis palmatim v. pedatim 5- 

 laciniatis laciniis (centrali maxima) lineari-obtusis v. oblanceolatis rarius lacinulatis intus 

 strigoso-pubescentibus extus hispidis. Ovarium, hispidum. Stylus fere ad basim trifidus 

 segmentis revolutis. Capsula hispida. Semina globosa \ poll. diam. areolato-marmorata. 



Nom. Vern. Zafak (B.C.S.). Safaga (Schweinf.). 



Socotra. Common on the slopes of Haghier. B.C.S. nn. 366, 626. 

 Schweinf. nn. 360, 479. 

 Distrib. Endemic. 



