gg) Flowers in spadices; trees or shrubs, the stems bearing thick
aerial roots.
=Pandanaceæ=
ggg) Flowers in dense cylindric spikes; aquatic herbs with linear
alternate leaves and creeping rhizomes.
=Typhaceæ=
dd) Ovary inferior:
e) Stamens 3-6:
f) Ovules parietal:
g) Leaves not divided; stigma not umbrella-shaped, flowers
hermaphrodite or unisexual.
=Hydrocharitaceæ=
gg) Leaves divided; stigma umbrella-shaped; leaves large,
divided.
=Taccaceæ=
ff) Ovules axile, basal or apical:
g) Perianth-lobes or segments 3-6:
h) Stamens 6 or 3; flowers very small, diœcious; stems climbing.
=Dioscoreaceæ=
hh) Stamens 6; flowers conspicuous, hermaphrodite; stems not
climbing.
=Amaryllidaceæ=
hhh) Stamens 3; inserted opposite the outer perianth-segments;
not climbing.
=Iridaceæ=
gg) Perianth-segment 1; stamens 5, rarely 6; leaves with pinnate
nervation; tall plants.
=Musaceæ=
ee) Stamen 1:
f) Flowers actinomorphic or nearly so:
g) Anthers 2-celled; ovules numerous; perianth-segments united
below.
=Zingiberaceæ=
gg) Anthers 1-celled; ovules solitary in each cell; petiole
thickened towards the apex.
=Marantaceæ=
ff) Flowers very zygomorphic; ovules numerous; andrœcium united
with the gynæcium into a column; anther sessile or subsessile on
the column.
=Orchidaceæ=
=GYMNOSPERMÆ=
=CYCADACEÆ.=
1 =Encephalartos septentrionalis= _Schwfth._ MURIEPAI—Zande; KOTTO—Krej
& Indogo.
Palm-like undershrub; stem fusiform or globose; up to 2 ft. high. Leaves
up to 5 ft. long, pinnate, pinnules up to 50 pairs, ovate-lanceolate,
falcate, 4-5 in. long, with 3-8 teeth in basal half, densely tomentose
on young fronds.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Golo; Deim Zubeir; Niamniam-land: Mambeli, Gumango
Hill near the Rye, on the Ibba (Tonj) River, east of the upper Hoo;
Bongo; Lessi River).
A kind of beer is made from the central portion of the stem.
=GNETACEÆ.=
2 =Ephedra Alte= _C. A. Mey._
Diœcious shrub, climbing or erect; branches more or less whorled on
upper nodes. Leaves scale-like in whorls of 2-3, connate at base. Male
spikes axillary, solitary or in dense glomerules. Fem. spikes solitary
or fascicled.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.).
=ANGIOSPERMÆ=
=DICOTYLEDONES=
=ANONACEÆ.=
3 =Uvaria bukobensis= _Eng._
Small tree. Leaves oblong-elliptic, obtusely acuminate, up to 6 in.
long, nearly glabrous. Flowers usually in pairs above the axils. Sepals
and petals warted and shortly tomentose.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=U. Schweinfurthii= _Eng._ & _Diels._
Leaves oblong cordate at the base, subacutely acuminate, 3-4 in. long,
with long weak hairs on the midrib. Flowers yellow, small. Petals ¾ in.
long. Fruiting carpels oblong with 3 or 4 transverse constrictions,
rusty-hairy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Ibba River near Nganye: Niamniam-land).
=U. near U. Schweinfurthii= _Eng._ & _Diels._ (small leaves).
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, acute, 2-2½ in. long, ¾-1
in. broad, covered below with soft stellate hairs. Flowers very small;
buds ovoid. Fruiting carpels oblong, with about 5 transverse
constrictions, rusty-tomentose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: Kuddu).
=U. verrucosa= _Eng._ & _Diels._
Branchlets scurfy. Leaves oblong-elliptic, subcordate, 6 in. long, with
numerous lateral nerves, closely stellate-tomentellous below; flowers
not known. Fruiting carpels long stalked, warted.
Congo Border by the Kambele.
4 =Meiocarpidium lepidotum= _Eng._ & _Diels._ WINGA—Jur.
Small to middle-sized tree. Leaves oblong, long-acuminate, up to 8 in.
long, densely scaly below. Flowers covered with scales. Fruiting carpels
terete.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Tonj).
5 =Hexalobus monopetalus= _Eng._ & _Diels._ M’BANDA—Golo.
Tree; fruit said to be edible. Leaves oblong, up to 5 in. long. Flowers
cream-coloured, sessile; 1-3 together, axillary; carpels 4-6.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Jur Ghattas and Kutshuk Ali, Mittu-land:
Mvolo, near Biri River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi & Bari countries).
=H. grandiflorus= _Benth._ BEJUGOLO & PORO—Golo.
Middle-sized tree, with handsome pendant cream-coloured petals. Leaves
narrowly oval or oblanceolate, glabrous, carpels 10-12; ovary pilose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Niamniam-land, Mittu-land & Dar
Fertit).
White wood used for carpentry.
6 =Popowia djurensis= _Eng._ & _Diels._
Scandent shrub. Leaves small, up to 2 in. long, obtuse, oblong. Flowers
in shortly stalked axillary clusters.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Bongo-land & near Biri River).
=P. Schweinfurthii= _Eng._ & _Diels._
Scandent shrub. Leaves up to 6 in. long, sub-acuminate. Flowers very
small, axillary, in pairs on slender pedicels.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Mbrwole River).
7 =Xylopia near oxypetala= _Eng._ & _Diels._
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, 2-4 in. long, 1 in. broad,
finely pubescent below. Flowers axillary, subsessile. Fruits tomentose,
glabrous, whitish.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River); Belgian
Congo (Niamniam-land: Mbrwole River).
=X. Vallotii= _Chipp._ CHUWEI (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
A middle-sized, straight tree. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 2-2½ in. long,
1 in. broad, rounded at base. Fruiting carpels up to about 1 in. long.
Nuba Mountains Prov. (J. Eliri).
8 =Anona senegalensis= _Pers._ KATEING (J. Eliri)—Nuba; APINROT—Dinka;
AMBALU—Jur; BAFI, DU, NDU & NU—Golo; BOGORA—Zande.
Small tree; fruit up to size of a small orange, edible, nearly smooth.
Flowers solitary, pedunculate. Leaves oblong-elliptical to broadly
elliptical, pubescent above. Petals 6.
Upper Nile Prov.; Nuba Mountains Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau,
Niamniam & Jur-land).
The fruit is edible; the boiled leaves are used as a perfume by Golo
women. In Western Africa the whole plant is used in native medicine.
=A. reticulata= _Linn._ Bullock’s heart—Introduced.
Small tree. Leaves narrow oval-oblong. Flowers 2-4 together; petals 3.
Fruit cordate or ovoid, faintly marked.
Khartoum Prov. (Khartoum North: Shambat).
=A. squamosa= _Linn._ Custard Apple—GISHTA—Arab; Introduced.
Shrub or small tree. Fruit ab. 2-3 in. across, green, marked with
somewhat rhomboidal adnate scales; pulp white, seeds black. Petals 3.
Grown in gardens in many parts of the country.
=A. Cherimolla= _Mill._ Cherimoyer. Introduced.
Shrub. Leaves acute to nearly obtuse. Flowers solitary or in pairs;
petals 3. Fruit sub-ovoid-cordate with obtusely tubercled areoles.
Khartoum Prov. (Khartoum North: Shambat).
The best of the Anonas.
9 =Monodora sp. nov.=
A fine foliage tree 20 ft. Leaves oblong-elliptic, obtuse, cordate at
the base, 10-12 in. long, with numerous lateral nerves; flowers not
known, but probably handsome and mottled.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=RANUNCULACEÆ.=
10 =Clematis inciso-dentata= _Hochst._ SHADDEIP—Hadendowa.
Woody climber. Leaves variable, pinnately or ternately divided. Flowers
in terminal or axillary panicles. Sepals petaloid, white, hairy inside;
petals 0. Fruiting head of silky white achenes.
Red Sea Province (Erkowit); Nuba Mountains Prov. (Khor Abu Habl,
Dilling).
=C. glaucescens= _Fresen._
Weak woody climber. Leaves ternately divided, softly hairy below.
Flowers in short terminal and axillary panicles. Sepals very silky.
Fruiting heads with silky achenes shortly tailed.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Doguddu & Sabbi). Darfur Prov.
(Kulme).
=C. cf. C. glaucescens= _Fresen._
As above, but much longer tails to the achenes.
=C. simensis= _Fresen._
Woody climber. Leaves pinnatisect; leaflets 1-5, ovate to ovate-
lanceolate, crenate-serrate. Panicles many flowered. Flowers white, ¾
in. diam.; sepals short silky within. Carpels hairy; tails 1 in. or
more.
White Nile Prov.; Darfur Prov. (Kulme & Jebel Marra; up to 9,500 ft.).
=C. grata= _Wall._
Climber. Leaves pinnatisect; leaflets 3-7, ovate, rounded or cordate at
base, broadly crenate, silky or pubescent beneath. Flowers ¾ in. in
diam.; sepals nearly glabrous inside.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
11 =Clematopsis Oliveri= _Hutchinson._
Erect semi-woody plant. Upper leaves usually 3-fol., lower often 1-fol.;
leaflets obovate to linear-oblong. Flowers white, solitary; petals 0.
Achenes silky with long plumose tails.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
12 =Ranunculus pubescens= _Thunb._
Herb. Stems erect 1-2 ft. high. Lowest pinnæ usually petiolulate, lobes
3-fid or 3-partite; uppermost leaves sessile, 3-fid or rarely entire.
Petals 5, yellow.
Darfur Prov. (Jebel Marra, 6,000 to 9,000 ft. Kulme).
13 =Nigella sativa= _Linn._
Erect herb. Sepals petaloid, blue; carpels connected together in the
middle, diverging above into 5 points.
Darfur Prov. (Melit & Jebel Marra, 6,500 ft.).
=CERATOPHYLLACEÆ.=
14 =Ceratophyllum demersum= _Linn._
Sea-weed-like aquatic herb with verticils of 2-fid or dichotomously
divided and toothed leaves. Flowers axillary, monœcious, minute.
Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (several places); Sobat River; Bahr El
Jebel (Mouth); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (above the mouth of the Jur River,
etc.).
=C. spp.=
White Nile Prov.; Sobat River; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel.
=NYMPHÆACEÆ (Water lilies).=
15 =Nymphæa micrantha= _Guill._ & _Perr._
Aquatic herb with broadly ovate sagittate leaves and hairy bulbil at the
apex of the petiole. Flowers about 2½ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Bongo-land: Kulongo).
=N. nubica= _Lehm._
Aquatic herb with large almost orbicular peltate leaves with undulate
margins. Flowers about 4 in. long.
Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol).
=N. cærulea= _Savign._ SUTEIB—Arab; TWAL—Nuer.
Aquatic herb. Leaves ovate-orbicular, very deeply cordate at the base,
glabrous, about 5 in. long. Flowers 2½ in. long, bluish. Sepals
lanceolate, subacute, lined with red.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: between Reggo & Kiro).
=var. Schweinfurthiana= _Gilg_ & _Muschl._
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Meshra El Rek, near Nuer villages).
=var. Rehneltiana= _Gilg_ & _Muschl._
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Jur Ghattas & Aggadi, & Bongo-land; Balu
Stream near Sabbi, Shambé); Upper White Nile Prov. (Tonga); Darfur Prov.
(Zalingei); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=N. cf. N. cærulea= _Sav._
As preceding, but leaves more widely cordate and with undulate margins
and inconspicuous nerves.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=N. Lotus= _Linn._ SUTEIB—Arab; RUNGAIME—Zande.
Leaves shortly peltate and deeply cordate at the base, coarsely toothed
and nervose below, shortly pubescent; flowers yellowish; stamens not
produced into an appendage beyond the anther cells.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Addai,
Mittu-land, Niamniam-land, Kero, Lake No).
The powdered root is used for piles, dysentery, and dyspepsia; the seeds
are used in skin diseases, leprosy, etc.
=MENISPERMACEÆ.=
16 =Tinospora Bakis= _Miers._ ERG EL HAGGAR (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Woody climber with thick fleshy bark. Leaves cordate, entire, glabrous.
Racemes axillary or at end of lateral shoots. Flowers small diœcious,
solitary or fascicled in the axils of minute bracts.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov. (Wadi El Ain, J. Kōn, J. Tellele,
Daragaza).
17 =Desmonema mucronulatum= _Eng._
Climber. Leaves rhomboid sub-cordate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: J. Baginze).
18 =Chasmanthera dependens= _Hochst._
Climber. Leaves rotundate ovate, more or less lobed; inflor. in pendent
racemes.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dinka-land: Lau, Jur-land: Wau, & Kutshuk Ali).
19 =Cocculus Leæba= _DC._ ZEGAI or ZEGAIN (Kordn.)—Arab.
Woody climber with red berries. Leaves alternate, oblong, ½ to 1 in.
long. Flowers green, diœcious, small. Male flowers in axillary panicles;
sepals, petals and stamens 6 respectively. Female flower solitary or in
pairs on axillary peduncles; style 3-armed.
Red Sea Prov. (Port Sudan to Soturba); Berber Prov. (Atbara); Blue Nile
Prov. (Abu Haraz); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr El
Ghazal Prov.
Used in native medicine in various parts of the world for intermittent
fevers. It contains two alkaloids and is similar to the official Pareira
Brava in properties.
=C. Holopeira-torrida= _Miers._ GUMALI (Fung)—Arab; LELINGA—Bari.
Pubescent, woody climber. Leaves sometimes very variable, from hastate-
lanceolate to deltoid rotundate, or hastately 3-7 lobed. Male flowers
fascicled, sessile or nearly so. Female flowers fascicled or solitary,
subsessile.
Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov.; Mongalla Prov. (Bahr El Jebel: Bor Mission,
Malik).
In Dar-Fung the pounded stem is given with Durra to donkeys for cough.
20 =Cissampelos Pareira= _Linn._ DERE—Golo.
Climber with reniform-cordate leaves. Flowers diœcious. Male flowers in
axillary, usually branched racemes, tetramerous; petals connate into a
4-lobed cup; stamens monadelphous. Female flowers in long, usually
simple racemes, with numerous broad foliaceous bracts.
Fung, & Bahr El Ghazal Provinces.
The Golo women wear the plant round their necks to bring luck. In India
it is used as a mild tonic and diuretic.
=C. mucronata= _A. Rich._
Climber with broadly ovate leaves widely cordate at the base and a
little peltate, laxly pubescent below. Male flowers in rather short
cymes.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli & Jongol’s Post).
=C. rigidifolia= _Eng._
Climber with very broadly ovate peltate leaves about 3 in. long, softly
tomentose below; male flowers in long slender racemes of umbels.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Ibba River, near Nganye, Nabambisso River in
Niamniam-land).
21 =Stephania abyssinica= _Rich._
Wiry climber with small broadly ovate leaves peltate and rounded at the
base, glaucous and strongly reticulate, glabrous; flowers small in
axillary cymes.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=ARISTOLOCHIACEÆ.=
22 =Aristolochia bracteata= _Retz._ ABU- and UM-GALAGEL (or ABJALAJEL),
ERG EL AKRAB (or AGRAB), UM GEREISAT—Arab; LEJIR (Meshra El
Zeraf)—Dinka; KĀWKAWL (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Trailing, glaucous herb, glabrous except inside the perianth. Leaves
alt., ovate-subcordate, ¾ in.-2 in. long, crenulate-undulate. Flowers
solitary, axillary; bracts cordate, about ½ in. long; per. tube green,
yellow inside, with short reflexed hair, dilated and globose at base,
tubular above, about ½ in. long; limb maroon-coloured, unilateral,
ligulate, 1 in. long; st. 6; styles 6. Caps. subglobose, about ½ in.
diam.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Sinkat, J. Waratab); Kassala Prov. (Goz Regeb);
Khartoum Prov.; White Nile Prov. (Wad Shallai, Salati, J. Arashkol);
Kordofan Prov. (Taiara to J. Eliri); Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El
Zeraf); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas); Bahr El Jebel.
The whole plant is very bitter and is said to have anthelmentic and
purgative properties. A portion made of pounded roots and water is used
to calm abdominal pains. The leaves and roots are also used as a cure
for boils and guinea-worm. It is believed to be an antidote to snake-
poison and scorpion bites; the Sudanese wear the plant as a charm to
avert scorpion stings, and also rub the charred roots on the site of the
sting.
=A. bongoensis= _Engl._
Glaucous twining herb. Leaves cordate, obtuse about 1½ in. long and
wide; basal nerves about 8; pet. 1 in. long. Infl. elongated; bracts
cordate-ovate, amplexicaul. Flowers not known. Caps. obovoid, about 2
in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: near Sabbi).
23 =Pararistolochia triactina= _Hutch._ & _J. M. Dalz._
_Aristolochia triactina_ Hook. f.
Woody climber; stem smooth, shining. Leaves deeply cordate, entire to 3-
or obscurely 5-lobed, ¾ in. long and wide; pet. 1-4 in. long. Flowers in
short axillary racemes; per.: lower part obliquely ovoid, 1½ in. long,
tube curved, 2 in. long, ½ in. diam., ciliate at throat, lobes 3, sub-
equal, patent, triangular-caudate, 2 in. long, anthers and stigmas 10.
Fruit about 1 ft. long and 1½ in. diam.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=HYDNORACEÆ.=
24 =Hydnora sp.= TARTŪS—Arab.
Parasitic, fungus-like plant with a fleshy, warted, subterranean
rhizome. Flowers large evil-smelling.
Kassala, Blue Nile & Fung Provinces.
Parasitic on roots of Acacia sp. The rhizomes contain a large percentage
of tannin and are used medicinally as an astringent in dysentery and
also for tanning skins.
=PIPERACEÆ.=
25 =Piper umbellatum= _Linn._
Erect shrub, 4-5 ft. high; branches jointed at the nodes. Leaves
reniform, 3-12 in. across, cuspidate, deeply cordate, basal nerves
11-13; pet. sheathing at base. Umbels of 2-7 spikes on short axillary
peduncles. Flowers minute 2-sexual; per. 0; stamens about 3; stigmas 3;
fr. trigonous; bracts suborbicular, ciliate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: near Nakofo River).
=P. guineense= _Schum._ & _Thonn._
Stout woody creeper, climbing by means of densely hairy adventitious
rootlets. Leaves ovate, acuminate, cordate to cuneate, 4-5 in. long,
glabrous except under the nerves; petals up to ¾ in. Spikes solitary,
leaf-opposed, in fruit up to 4 in. long; bracts rotundate, peltate; per.
0; stigmas 3. Fr. globose, mucronate, about ⅙ in. diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit: Deim Guju, Niamniam-land: Rivers
Boddo, Atasilli & Kalensho).
=P. capense= _Linn. f._ ADURAKA—Zande.
Erect or climbing shrub; branches swollen at the nodes. Leaves ovate,
shortly acuminate, about 4 in. long, base cordate or rounded, pellucid-
dotted, 5-7 nerved, villous beneath on nerves; petals about 1 in. long.
Catkins at end of short lateral branches appearing to spring from middle
of petiole, about 2 in. long; peduncles about ¾ in. long; bracts
peltate; per. 0; stamens 2-3, anther-cells with wide connective stigmas
2, recurved. Fr. obtuse, compressed, sessile.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
26 =Peperomia knoblecheriana= _Schott._
Succulent glabrous annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves, except 2 lowest,
alternate, rotundate-ovate, ⅛ in. long, subcordate. Spikes solitary and
terminal, lax, ¼ in. long; flowers 8-12; per. 0; stamens 2. Berry
subglobose, minute, blackish.
Banks of the Bahr El Jebel (5°-7° Lat. N.).
=PAPAVERACEÆ.=
27 =Argemone mexicana= _Linn._
Herb; leaves prickly; flowers yellow. Capsule with 4-7 placentas,
dehiscing at apex into short valves.
Red Sea Prov.; Khartoum Prov.
Introduced.
The seeds are acrid and possess emetic and cathartic properties, they
are poisonous in large doses. They yield an oil which has been suggested
for use in soap-making and as an illuminant, and which has been classed
as a drying oil.
=FUMARIACEÆ.=
28 =Fumaria officinalis= _Linn._
Pale, weak annual, with white, rose or purple flowers. Leaves much
divided.
White Nile Prov. (probably introduced).
=TURNERACEÆ.=
29 =Wormskioldia lobata= _Urban._
Herb, 18 in.; stems not bristly. Flowers dilute yellow. Petals clawed.
Stamens 5, unequal. Capsule linear, almost moniliform. Seeds pitted.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. (Bahr El Jebel).
=W. pilosa= _Schwfth._—_W. heterophylla_ Sch. & Thonn.
Stout herb; stems with numerous purplish bristles. Leaves alternate, 4-5
in. long, lanceolate, toothed or pinnately lobed. Peduncles axillary,
about 5-flowered. Flowers yellow. Petals clawed. Stamens 5, unequal.
Capsule moniliform.
Darfur Prov. (Kulme); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=CAPPARIDACEÆ.=
30 =Cleome chrysantha= _Dec._ SAFEIRA, ASIN (Dongola)—Arab.
Herb, up to 18 in. high. Leaves simple, oblong to rotundate-ovate.
Flowers in axils of upper leaves; stamens 10-14. Capsule oval-oblong,
about ¼ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., from sea level to 4,000 ft.); Halfa Prov.;
Dongola Prov.; Berber Prov. (Berber Desert & Wadi Aros).
=C. scaposa= _DC._
Hispid herb; flowers small. Leaves simple ovate to orbicular or cordate.
Stamens 6. Capsule linear, up to 1½ in. long. Seeds minutely pitted.
Nubia (between Suakin & Berber at Wadi Omarig); Red Sea Prov. (sea coast
22° Lat. N., J. Waratab); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land); Khartoum Prov. (J. Royan).
=C. monophylla= _Linn._ LISAN EL TEIR (Meshra El Zeraf—Arab; AKIA
(Meshra El Zeraf)—Dinka.
Erect herb, up to 2 ft. high. Flowers deep violet; pod on short
gynophore, linear, cylindrical, straight. Leaves simple, lanceolate.
Stamens 6.
Kordofan Prov. (Abu Haraza and J. Kurbaj); Upper White Nile Prov.
(Meshra El Zeraf); Mongalla Prov. (Sheikh Tombé); Darfur Prov. (Kulme);
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=C. arabica= _Linn._
Erect scabrous herb; leaves 3-foliolate. Racemes leafy; stamens 5-6.
Capsule linear-oval, pendulous.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov.; throughout Libya and the Sudan.
=C. tenella= _Linn. f._
Glabrous herb, 1-2 ft. high; leaves 3-fol., leaflets filiform. Stamens
6.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov.
=C. brachycarpa= _Vahl._ ABULIKEITA (N. Kordn.)—Arab; BERBA’A (Port
Sudan), & BERBERAN—Hadendowa.
Low herb, 4-8 in. high; leaves 1-5 fol. Stamens 6 (one sometimes
imperfect). Capsule elliptical, about ¼ in. long.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat.: at Ras Renai, near Saltpans);
Kordofan Prov. (at Helba & Hadfia).
=C. viscosa= _Linn._ RIHAN (Meshra El Zeraf), KOWAL (Blue Nile)—Arab.
Glandular pubescent herb, 1-2 ft. high; leaves 3-5 fol. Flowers yellow.
Pod without gynophore, linear, cylindrical.
Red Sea Prov.; Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.;
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El
Zeraf); Darfur Prov. (Barkin)
The seeds are used for removing impurities from the eyes. (Similar to
No. 37 below.)
=C. polyanthera= _Schwfth._ & _Gilg._
A slender branched herb with digitate leaves and 3 linear leaflets.
Flowers pink or white in lax racemes on very slender pedicels. Fruits
linear, stipitate, 2 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Jur-land: Gir and between Agada &
Kutshuk Ali).
=C. niamniamensis= _Schwfth._ & _Gilg._
Similar to above but dwarfer. Flowers subsolitary and fruits only ½ in.
long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Gumango Hills on gneiss).
=C. paradoxa= _R. Br._ NA’ANAA & MUFRAK EL ROWAIR (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Erect shrubby plant, 2-3 ft. high; leaves 3-6 fol.; corolla bright
yellow or rose. Capsule linear, 4 in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Sinkat & 21° N. Lat.); Kassala Prov. (J. Erimbat, Goz
Regeb); Between Suakin & Berber; Kordofan Prov.
=C. diandra= _Burch._
Glabrous or thin-glandular herb; leaves 3, 5 or 7 fol.; leaflets narrow.
Perfect stamens 2. Capsule narrow linear, 2-3 in. long.
Kordofan & Darfur Provinces.
=C. Hanburyana= _Penzig._
A rank herb; stems covered with gland-tipped hairs; leaflets 5,
glabrescent, gradually changing into bracts: flowers pink, racemose-
corymbose. Fruits 3½ in. long, glandular-puberulous.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., sea level to 3-4,000 ft.).
=C. cf. C. Hanburyana= _Penzig._
Similar to above but much more pubescent.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., sea level to 3-4,000 ft.).
31 =Gynandropsis gynandra= _(L.) Briq._ TAMALEIKA—Arab; AKAKI—Dinka;
KURE—Zande.
Erect herb; leaves 5-fol.; flowers white or purplish; stamens long,
inserted on the gynophore. Pod linear, slightly curved, 2-3 in. long.
Berber, Bahr el Ghazal, Khartoum, Kassala, Red Sea, Blue Nile, Fung,
White Nile, Kordofan, Darfur & Mongalla Provinces.
The seeds are anthelmintic, and together with the leaves, are used in
native medicine. The plant is also eaten as a vegetable.
32 =Dipterygium glaucum= _Dec._ SAFEIRA—Arab; WAKERIS-HAQ—Hadendowa;
ZEIBUG—Rashida.
Shrubby herb. Leaves small, oblong or ovate; capsule elliptical, with a
membranous wing, 1-seeded, strongly reticulate.
Nubia; Berber Prov.; Between Suakin & Berber; Kassala Prov.
A camel fodder plant.
33 =Cratæva Adansonii= _DC._ DABKAR & UM BUKHEISA—Arab; KLIEH (J. Eliri)
& BURURU (Kadugli)—Nuba; TIFTA—Bari; BIUT (Renk), KAI (Kaka), KAT, KAIT,
KIT or KOG (Mongalla)—Dinka; ABUDEH—Shilluk; AGAILI—Hameg; KÄICH—Nuer.