Our last moments at Shukra were spent lying on the sand with our heads on a bag, and sheltered by a little bit of sacking on three sticks. The sultan sat over us on a high chair, saying very polite things. We were lifted on board our ship at three o'clock, and from the ship admired Shukra, which looked very picturesque in the evening haze, with its towers, its few trees, and its many-peaked Goddam mountains behind. We reached Aden at three next afternoon. This is all I can write about this journey. It would have been better told, but that I only am left to tell it.


APPENDICES


I

LIST OF PLANTS FROM DHOFAR MOUNTAINS, SOUTH-EAST ARABIA, COMMUNICATED BY J. THEODORE BENT, ESQ., TO KEW GARDENS, MAY 1895.

209.Farsetia near longisiliqua, Dene.102.Hibiscus micranthus, L.
12.Farsetia? (too young)142.Hibiscus Trionum, L.
193.Diplotaxis Harra, Boiss. 66.Senra incana, Cav. wild cotton
Dipterygium glaucum, Dene. var. 46.Malvaceæ, cfr. Senra
163.Ochradenus baccatus, Delile206.Cochorus antichorus, Raesch
195.Capparideæ Cochorus trilocularis, L.
132.Ionidium, n. sp. 80.Grewia asiatica, L.
186.Polygala near hohenackeriana, F.& M.181.Grewia populifolia, Vahl
114.Polygala near javana, DC. 54.Boswellia Carteri, Birdwood
201.Tammarix mannifera, Ehrenb.118.Acridocarpus orientalis, A. Juss.
5.Frankenia pulverulenta, L.194.Dodonæa viscosa, L.
155.Cleome brachycarpa, Vahl 92.Vitis quadrangularis, Willd.
1.Cleome quinquenervia, DC.137.Balsamodendron Opobalsamum, Kunth
65.Gynandropsis pentaphylla, DC. 93.Indeterminable
60.Capparis spinosa, L.128.Moringa aptera, Gaertn.
201.Cadaba (incomplete)3, 79.Zizyphus Spina-Christi, Lam.
136.Cadaba longifolia, R.Br.185.Celastrus senegalensis, Lam.
208.Polycarpea spicata, W. & A. 30, 199.Ruta tuberculata, Forsk.
156.Gypsophila montana, Balf. fil.116.Tribulus alatus, Delile
173.Gossypium Stocksii, Mast.4.Tribulus terrestris, L.
82.Pavonia Zygophyllum album, L.
Pavonia near glechomœfolia, Ehrenb. 17.Fagonia arabica, L.
39.Abutilon graveolens, W. & A. Fagonia Luntii, Baker
61, 225.Abutilon indicum, Don. 68.Fagonia, n. sp. near Luntii and latifolia
232.Abutilon near indicum, Don.157.Acacia Senegal, Willd.
127, 135.Abutilon fructicosum, G. & P.205.Acacia verugera, Schweinf.
212.Sida humilis, Willd. 69.Cassia, n. sp., near C. holosericea, Fres.
151.Hibiscus vitifolius, L.
22.Indigofera? (incomplete) 73, 150.Withania somnifera, Dunal (Muscat)
16.Indigofera arabica, J. & S. 16.Hyoscyamus muticus, L.? (Muscat)
36.Indigofera paucifolia, Delile140.Dæmia extensa, R.Br.
9, 103.Indigofera argentea, L. 71.Dæmia cordata, R.Br.
226.Psoralea corylifolia, L.230.Pentatropsis cynanchoides, R.Br.
213.Argyrolobium roseum, J. & S.154.Adenium obesum, R. & S.
170.Rhynchosia minima, DC.104.Azima tetracantha, Lam.
74.Sesbania punctata, Pers.141.Salvadora persica, L.
13, 84.Tephrosia purpurea, Pers. (Muscat)162.Plumbago zeylanica, Linn.
47.Papilionaceæ, not determinable 97.Vogelia indica, Gibs. (V. arabica, Boiss.)
146.Oldenlandia Schimperi, T. And.199.Anagallis latifolia, L.
122.Anogeissus106.Jasminum officinale, L.
143.Woodfordia floribunda, Salisb. 13.Statice axillaris, Forsk.
48.Pimpinella Tragium, Vill.115.Trichodesma
182?Cephalandra indica, Naud.168.Hyoscyamus n. sp.
200.Cucurbitaceæ (flowers racemosa, male) 15.Arnebia hispidissima, Forsk.
11.Cucumis prophetarum, L. (Muscat)126.Cordia Rothii, R. & S.
222.Mollugo hirta, Thunb. (M. Glinus, A. Rich.)1.Heliotropium undulatum, Vahl
15, 175.Trianthema near T. pentandra, L. 86.Heliotropium ovalifolium, Forsk.
158, 223.Eclipta erecta, L. 12.Heliotropium drepanophyllum, Baker
25, 232, 220.Vernonia cinerea, Less.121.Heliotropium zeylanicum, Lam.
51, 3.Vernonia atriplicifolia, J. & S. 21.Lithospermum callosum, Vahl
196.Conyza stricta, Willd.125.Ipomæa blepharosepala, Hochst.
37, 9.ex parte Blumea Jacquemonti, Clarke214.Ipomæa (indeterminable)
9.ex parte Pluchea112.Ipomæa purpurea, Lam.
7.ex parte Pluchea227.Ipomæa hederacea, Jacq.
190.Gnaphalium luteo-album, L.144.Ipomæa obscura, Ker.
40.Microrhynchus nudicaulis, Less.119.Ipomæa palmata, Forsk.
228.Pulicaria arabica, Cass. 61.Ipomæa biloba, Forsk. (Pescapræ)
171.Pulicaria leucophylla, Baker Ipomæa Batatas, Lam.
81.Pulicaria sp.229.Ipomæa near Lindleyi, Choisy
192.Carthamus (Kentrophyllum)147, 148.Ipomæa (Capitatæ) sp.
188.Echinops spinosus, L. 63.Convolvulus arvensis, L.
35.Centaurea near Calictrapa, L. 55.Convolvulus (Rectæ)
221.Lactuca (Ixeris) 64.Cressa cretica, Linn.
235.Lactuca orientalis, Boiss.113.Hypoestes verticillaris, R.Br.
233.Lactuca cretica, Desf.? 83.Ruellia?
160, 234, 109.Lactuca? (too incomplete)107.Ruellia patula, Jacq.
149.Solanum nigrum, L. 50, 184.Ruellia spp.
23.Solanum melongena, L.110.Acanthus sp.
6.Solanum xanthocarpum jacquinii, Dunal 87.Barleria acanthoides, Vahl
96.Barleria Hochstetteri, nus 95, 174.Barleria spp.
166.Neuracanthus?100.Neuracanthus?
108.Ruttya (Haplanthera speciosa Hochst.) 61.Halocnemum fruticosum, Moquin
224.Justicia debilis, Vahl Cornulaca monacantha, Delile
91.Justicia simplex, D. Don.101.Chrozophora obliqua, Vahl
145.Justicia sp.139.Dalechampia scandens, L.
14; 72.Lippia nodiflora, Rich. 57, 131.Acalypha indica, L.
187.Striga.231.Croton near C. sarcocarpus, Balf. fil.
11.Striga orobanchoides, Benth. 90.Euphorbia arabica, H. & S.
237.Striga hirsuta, Benth.120.Jatropha spinosa, Vahl
167.Scrophularia? Jatropha villosa, Mull. Arg.
2.Linaria macilenta, Dene. Jatropha lobata, Mull. Arg.
76, 85.Lindenbergia fruticosa, Benth.165.Phyllanthus sp.
78.Orobanche cernua, Loefl.9.Phyllanthus sp. (Muscat)
183.Lantana salviæfolia, Jacq.172.Phyllanthus, sp. rotundifolius, Linn.
111.Lindenbergia? (incomplete) 81.Phyllanthus (Muscat)
238.Herpestis Monnieria, H. B. K.180, 105, 133.Phyllanthus
164.Lavandula setifera, T. And.159, 210.Ceratopteris thalictroides, Brong.
Coleus aromaticus, Benth.? 75.Cheilanthes farinosa, Kaulf.
152.Orthosiphon near Kirkii, Baker 59.Adiantum caudatum, Linn.
79.Orthosiphon tenuiflorus, Benth. 59.Nephrodium odoratum, Baker
191.Ocimum menthæfolium, Hochst. 56.Pteris longifolia, Linn.
198.Teucrium (Stachyobotrys)?218.Chara hispida, Linn.
169.Teucrium (Pohlium) 71, 123.ex parte Commelyna Forskalie, Vahl
10, 27.Digera arvensis, Forsk.123.ex parte Commelyna albescens, Hassk.
177, 178.Celosia trigyna, L.203.ex parte Scirpus littoralis, Schrad
34.Achyranthes aspera, L.203.ex parte Juncellus laevigatus, C. B. Clarke
98.Pupalia lappacea, Moquin138.Eleocharis capitata, R.Br.
5.Boerhaavia ascendens, Willd. 41, 134.Cyperus rotundus, Linn.
14.Boerhaavia elegans, Choisy 28.Cyperus conglomeratus, Rottb.
24.Boerhaavia plumbaginea, Cav.189.Asparagus racemosus, Willd.
89.Boerhaavia (leaves only)217.Naias minor, All.
4.Cometes abyssinica, R.Br.219.Naias major, All.
67.Euphorbia n. sp. (cultivated at Kew from Hadhramout)153.ex parte Pancratium tortuosum, Herb.
236.Euphorbia cuneata, Vahl?153.ex parte Hæmanthus arabicus, Roem.?
42.Euphorbia cactus, Ehrenb. 94.Typha angustifolia, Linn.
197.Euphorbia adenenis, Deflers 31.Juncus maritimus, Linn.
129.Euphorbia sp.216.Potamogeton pectinatus, Linn.
2, 53.Euphorbia indica, Lam.211.Potamogeton natans, Linn.
37.Aristolochia bracteata, Retz. Panicum Crus-galli, Linn.
88.Forskohlea tenacissima, L.176.Cynodon Dactylon, L.
4.Ficus salicifolia, Vahl204.Phragmites communis, Trin.
51, 70, 130.Chenopodium murale, L. 52.Latipes senegalensis, Kunth.
38.Amarantus Blitum, L. 44.Salsola verrucosa, M. B.
161.Polygonum glabrum, Willd. 20, 215.Suæda fruticosa, Forsk.
4.Suæda baccata, Forsk.?
49.Aristida caloptila, Boiss.26.Panicum geminatum, Forsk.
45.Pennisetum cenchroides, Pers.18.Æluropus litoralis, Parl. var. repens.
32, 202.Sporobolus spicatus, Vahl32.Heleochloa dura, Pers.
29.Eleusine ægyptiaca, Pers.43.Apluda aristata, Linn.