444 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



Page 165, line 17 from bottom. Material has failed me, and I am not therefore able to 



add anything of value to what is already stated in the text. 

 Page 186, lines 18 and 17 from bottom, Cystistemon was printed in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. 



Cystostemon. 

 Page 187, line 13 from top, C. socotranus was printed in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. C. soco- 



tranum. 

 Page 191, line 12 from top, for north-west, read north-east. 

 „ 210, top line, for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 407. 



„ 210, line 10 from top, for xiii. (1883), read xii (1884), 407. 

 „ 215, „ 14 „ „ for N. aculeatus, read 1. N. aculeatus. 

 „ 222, line 16 from bottom, for T. orbiculatus, read 2. T. orbiculatus. 

 „ 223, „ 3 „ „ for two, read three ; and after Arabia, insert " another 



east tropical Africa;" and for other, read third. This alteration is necessary on 

 account of the discovery of a species in east tropical Africa by Mr H. H. Johnston (see 

 ' The Kilima Njaro Expedition,' p. 337). 

 Page 223, line 13 from top, delete 2. 

 „ 224, „ 5 „ „ for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 407. 



„ 224, lines 8 and 7 from bottom, Ancalanthus was printed in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. 

 Angkalanthus. 

 Page 233, lines 13 and 12 from bottom, Ccelocarpus was printed in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. 



Ccelocarpum. 

 Page 235, line 2 from top, C. socotranus was printed in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edin. C. socotranum. 

 247, top line, for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 407. 



247, line 16 from bottom, for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 407. 

 251, „ 6 „ top, for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 408. 

 251, „ 3 „ bottom,/or xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 409. 

 256, „ 11 „ top, for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 410. 

 265, „ 12 „ „ for xiii. read xii 



265, „ 13 „ „ for (1883). read (1884), 410. 



267, top line, for xiii. read xii 



267, line 2 from top, for (1883). read (1884), 410. 

 269, „ 5 „ „ for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 410. 



269, „ 10 „ „ for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 410. 



271, „ 14 „ „ for xiii. (1883). read xii (1884), 411. 



281, „ 18 „ „ I had hoped to give an account of the structure of this plant, 



but as there are only two small plants living in this country, it has not been possible 

 to get material for a complete examination, and an account of it is therefore deferred. 

 Page 281, line 19 from top, for 5, read 2. 

 „ 292, line 12 from top, for 107, read 197. I have given sufficient account in the 

 Introductory Chapter of the mode of collecting aloes. We brought to this country a 

 considerable quantity in a fluid condition, which, after being kept in stoppered bottle 

 for a short time, deposited a dense yellow sediment. I have not received an analytical 

 account of the aloes we brought. 



The origin of the designation ' Socotrine,' ' Soccotrine,' or ' Succotrine/ given to 

 the aloes is an interesting question. Three derivations have been suggested. There 

 is the evident one from the name of the island. Then there is one which sees in it 

 the words ' succus citrinus.' Lastly, there is one recently suggested by Mr Mowat in 

 'Alphita/ p. 67. He connects it with the Greek o-vkwtov = Lat. ficatus = It. fegato, 

 and Fr. foie. This word ' originally seems to have denoted the liver of a goose 

 fattened on figs,' and the word soccotrinum or succotrinum applied to the aloes would 

 therefore be the equivalent of epaticum. 



