31 G BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



12. HETEROPOGON. 



Ildavpogon, Pers. Syn. ii. 533; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PL iii. 1133. 



A genus of about two species universally met with in the tropics. 



H. hirtus, Pers. Syn. ii. 533. 



71. roniortus, Beauv. ex Poem, et Schult. Syst. ii. 830. 



H. hirsutus, Beauv. Agrostogr. 134. 



//. hispidissimus, Hochst. in herb. Schinip. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 1219. 



Andropotjon contorius, Linn. Sp. 1480 ; Kunth Enum. i. 486 ; Ach. Picb. Flor. Abyss, ii. 455. 



Socotra. Common on the hill slopes. B.C.S. nn. 220, 324. Schweinf. n. 

 481. 



Distrib. Widely spread in the tropics of the globe. 



13. ANDROPOGON. 



Andropogon, Linn. Gen. n. 1145 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 1133. 



A considerable genus of species, often difficult to diagnose, spread through- 

 out the warmer regions of the whole world, occasionally touching cooler 

 districts. The three Socotran species have an old world distribution. 



1. A. (Cymbopogon) hirtus, Linn. Sp. 1482 ; Kunth Enum. i. 492 ; Ach. 

 Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 459. 



A. pubescens, Visiani in Flora 1829, Suppl. 3 ; Kunth Enum. i. 492. 



A. papillipes, Hochst. in herb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 1055 ; Ach. Pich. Tent. Flor. Abyss. 



ii. 460. 

 A. fidvicomus, Hochst. loc. cit. nn. 935, 1118; Ach. Pich. loc. cit. 463. 

 A. fulvicomus, Hochst. var. approximedus, Hochst. loc. cit. nn. 928, 1114. 

 A. podtriclms, Hochst. loc. cit. n. 1056. 



Nom. Vern. Kasade (B.C.S.). 



Socotra. Abundant. B.C.S. n. 386. Schweinf. n. 482. 



Distrib. Widely spread in the tropics of the old world. 



2. A. (Cymbopogon) laniger, Desf. Flor. Atl. ii. 379 ; Kunth Enum. i. 493. 

 Gymnanthelia lanigera, Anders, in Schweinf. Flor. iEthiop. 300. 



Nom. Vern. Schahar (B.C.S.). 



Socotra. On the hills near Galonsir and Tamarida. B.C.S. nn. 275, 379. 

 Schweinf. n. 405. 



Distrib. North Africa and the dry plains of south-west Asia to northern 

 India. 



The roots and old stocks of this plant are very strongly scented. 



3. A. (Gymnandropogon) pertusus, Willd. Sp. iv. 922; Kunth Enum. i. 498. 

 A. pu-wctatus, Poxb. Flor. Ind. i. 264. 



A. insculptus, Hochst. in herb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. i. n. 80 ; Ach. Pich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, ii. 458. 



