338 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



refer this species equally to the section Haplostephanae and to Diplostephanse. 

 In Diplostephanse the stipules for each leaf appear in double pairs, only seldom 

 does it happen that one cell of the lower series hardens in its young con- 

 dition, and fails to divide into two cells, each of which forms a bristle. The 

 undermost cycle is always, so far as I have seen, directed downwards on 

 the stem in Diplostephanse, and for that reason I am inclined to place 

 this species in Haplostephanse rather than in Diplostephanas. It is inter- 

 esting to find this form, which connects two hitherto well-defined sections of 

 the genus. 



2. C. gymnopitys, A. Br. in Plant Mull, in Linnsea xxv. 708. 



Soeotra. B.C.S. nn. 748, 750 pro parte. 

 Distrib. India, New Zealand, Australia. 



Quite rare in India. 



3. C. gymnopus, A. Br. Schweiz. Char. 1849, p. 13 (char, emend. inEnum. 

 Frag. Char. 1882). 



var. angolensis, A. Br. Char. Afr. 



Soeotra. B.C.S. nn. 746, 750 pro parte. 



Distiub. Of the species, — Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, 

 New Caledonia. Of the variety, — Africa. 



One of the many varieties of this species. 



