of Edinburgh, Session 1881-82. 
503 
MALVACEAE. 
13. Hibiscus ( Ketmia ) Scotti, Balf. fil .: arborescens; foliis 
petiolatis ellipticis v. ovatis, obtusis, basi cordatis v. cuneatis, 
subtus pilis trifurcatis faciliter avulsis vestitis ; floribus in racemos 
axillares solitarios breves validos paucifioros dispositis ; calyce 
cyathoformi bracteolas 10 v. plnres lineares trinervias liberas 
aequante ; corolla magna ; capsulis 5-vaivis levibus ; seminibus 
pilosis. 
Socotra, in montibus Haggier rams. B.C.S. Ho. 705. Scliweinf. 
No. 535. 
14. Hibiscus stenanthus, Balf. fil. : suffruticosus ; foliis cor- 
datis obtusis dentato-crenatis, pilis trifurcatis dense subtus vestitis; 
pedunculis unifloris curtis solitariis petiolum breviter excedentibus ; 
calyce poculifonni bracteolas 8-12 lineares dimidio superante ; 
petalis infra anguste-convolutis, supra patentibus. 
Socotra, locos siccos calcareos incolans. B.C.S. No. 706. 
15. Hibiscus malacophyllus, Balf. fil. : arborescens; ramulis 
ferrugineo-tomentosis ; foliis late ovatis, obtusis, dentatis, crassis, 
dense pubescentibus ; pedunculis unifloris, solitariis, brevibus ; 
bracteolis 10-12 liberis, linearibus. 
Nom. vern. Dera foo. 
Socotra, infrequens in convalle prope Adho Dimellus, ad altitu- 
dinem ultra 2000 ped. B.C.S. No. 488. 
STERCULIACEiE. 
16. Melhania muricata, Balf. fil.: suffruticosa niolliter tomen- 
tosa ; foliis petiolatis variantibus ab formis linearibus ad ellipticas, 
apice truncatis v. retusis ssepe apiculatis, crenato-serratis, subtus 
glanduloso-punctatis ; cymis bifloris; bracteolis cordato-reniformi- 
bus accrescentibus membranaceis; capsulorum loculis bispermis ; 
seminibus muricatis. 
Socotra, circa Gollonsir abundans. B.C.S. No. 230, 
