298 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



2. CYANOTIS. 

 Cyanotis, Don. Prod. Flor. Nop. 45 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 851. 

 A moderate genus of the hotter parts of the old world. 



C. cristata, Roem. et Schult. Syst. vii. 1150; C. B. Clarke in DC. Monog. 

 Phanerog. iii. 247, and Commel. et Cyrt. Beng. t. 36 ; Wight Ic. t. 2082. 

 Soeotra. Near Tamarida. B.C.S. n. 196. 

 Distrib. Indian Peninsula and Malay, and in Mauritius. 



Order LXXVIII. JUNCACE.E. 



A considerable order with the majority of its genera in the southern hemi- 

 sphere but with some cosmopolitan ones. 



JUNCUS. 



Juncus, Linn. Gen. n. 437, pro parte ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 867. 

 A considerable cosmopolitan genus. 



J. maritimus, Lamk. Ency. iii. 264 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 322 ; Boiss. Flor. 

 Orient, v. 354 ; Host. Gram. iii. t. 80. 



Soeotra. About Galonsir and elsewhere. B.C.S. nn. 132, 312, 316. 

 Schweinf. n. 630. 



Distrib. Subtropical and temperate regions of the north hemisphere 

 especially. 



Order LXXIX. PALM^. 



This large order chiefly of the tropics, has on Soeotra two generic represen- 

 tatives, both of which are, however, introduced. 



1. PHCENTX. 



Phcenix, Linn. Gen. n. 1224; Benth. et. Hook. Gen. PL iii. 921. 

 A small genus of palms inhabiting Asia and Africa. 



P. dactylifera, Linn. Sp. 1658 ; Kunth Enum. iii. 255 ; Mart. Hist. Palm, 

 iii. 257, t. 120. 



Soeotra. On the banks of streams everywhere planted. 

 Distrib. Generally cultivated in tropical and subtropical districts. 



2. BORASSUS. 

 Borassus, Linn. Gen. n. 1220 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 939. 



A monotypic African genus, but the species is found widely cultivated in 

 the east. The several species described in this genus are reduced by Bentham 

 and Hooker to one type. 



