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any good characters enabling me to define these as of a different species from 

 the others, and therefore, for the present at least, include them as a form of 

 this widely-spread species. 



3. Ficus sp. 



We have specimens of another fig showing foliage-leaves only, which I 

 have not been able to identify, and it is probably a new one. It belongs to the 

 set which includes F. Sycomorus, Linn. (Sp. 1513; Boiss. Flor. Orient, iv. 

 1155 ; and F. pseudosyeomorus, Dene. Flor. Sinaic. 4 ; Boiss. he. cit.). 



Socotra. B.C.S. n. 451. 



3. POUZOLZIA. 



Pouzolzia, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 503 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL iii. 387. 



A considerable genus distributed in the tropics of both worlds, though chiefly 

 in the old world. 



P. auriculata, Wight Ic. t. 1980, f. 2, t, 2099, f. 37 and tab. cit. in Wedd. 

 Monog. Urtic. 393, and in DC. Prod. xvi. 1, 225. 



Socotra. Not uncommon on the hills. B.C.S. n. 624. Schweinf. n. 

 675. 



Disteib. Indian Peninsula and Ceylon. 



This extremely variable species, for the extensive synomymy of which and 

 references to Wight's figures, Weddell's work must be consulted, occurs 

 frequently on the island, and j)resents foliage varying in form from widely 

 elliptical to narrowly lanceolate. 



4. FORSKOHLEA. 



ForsJcoJdea, Linn. Mant. n. 1262 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 393. 



A small genus of herbs spread through Africa, Arabia, and India, also occur- 

 ring in south Europe. 



F. viridis, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3, 347 ; Wedd. Monog. Urtic. 537, 

 t. xix. B. ff. 5, 13, and in DC. Prod. xvi. 1, 235 56 ; Franch. Sert. Somal. in 

 Miss. KeVoil 65. 



Socotra. Common. B.C.S. n. 58. Schweinf. nn. 309, 494. 



Distrib. Atlantic Islands, Abyssinia, and Arabia. 



5. AUSTEALINA. 



Australina, Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 505 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 394. 



A small genus of herbs limited hitherto to Australia and south Africa. The 

 Socotran plant is a south African form. 



