of Edinburgh, Session 1883 - 84 . 
403 
CAEYOPHYLLE^. 
Gypsophila MONTANA, Bolf. fit, vai\ visciDA, Bolf. fil.: robustior 
iij florescenti80 ramis ulfcimis brevioribus et omnino pilis glandulosis 
vestita, 
Socotra, in montibus. B.C.S. l^o. 554. Schweinf. No. 658. 
Distrib. Somali Land. 
PoLYCARPiEA SPICATA, Am., var. CAPiLLARis, BoLf. fil. : tenuior 
pauciramosa ; folds panels filifonuibus ; bracteolis siccis rufis 
marginibus vix scariosis. 
Socotra, prope Galonsir, B.C.S. No. 211. Schweinf. No. 239. 
ZYGOPHYLLE^. 
Eagonia ORETiCA, Linii., var. socotrana, Balf. fil. : omnino 
inarmata glauca ramis striatis scabrido-hispidis ; folds unifoliatis 
crassis ovato-ellipticis v, ellipticis v. rotund atis v. suborbicnlaribns 
|-1J poll, longis pod- latis; stipnlis minutis — P^d. longis 
subulatis submembranaceis ; pedunculis sub capsnlis dilatatis et eis 
subaequdongis ; sepalis snbpapidosis ; petalis albidis v. piirpnreis } 
capsnlis pnbescentibns ; seminibus obsolete pnnctnlatis. 
Socotra, abnndans. B.C.S. No. 202. 
GERANIACE.E. 
Dirachma, Schweinf, 
Elores regnlares. Calyx 8-partitns, lobis valvatis. Petala 8, 
perigyna, imbricata. Glandnlse disci inconspienm. Stamina 8, 
libera, petalis opposita, omnia antherifera ; antheree magnae, oblongse. 
Ovarium Sdobuin, Sdocnlare, rostratnin ; stylus centralis, integer, 
obtusns ; ovula in loculis solitaria, adscendentia. Capsnla 84oba, 
in carpeda 8 ventral! ter dehiscentia intns ianata secedentia. 
Semina compressa, in loculis solitaria ; testa nitida ; albumen 
sparsum. — Frutex ramosus, plusminusve pubescens. Folia alterna, 
dentato-serrata, paudo revoluta, stipulata. Pedunculi axidares, 
1-fiori. Flores albi. Calyx 4-bracteatus. 
Genus monotypicum generibus Wendtise Balbisias et Vivianice 
Americanibus austral ibus maxime affine. 
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