part heavily fringed with gland-tipped tentacles. Flowers white; styles
3.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Gumango).
=PODOSTEMONACEÆ.=
70 =Tristicha hypnoides= _Spreng._
Small moss-like herb, attached to boulders in streams or rivers. Leaves
very minute. Flowers solitary, terminal, on peduncles, ¾ in. long in
fruit; per. segments 3; st. 1; styles 2-3; caps. ellipsoid.
South Kordofan Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Wau & Biri River, Mittu-land: Woko River near Kero).
=ELATINACEÆ.=
71 =Bergia verticillata= _Willd._
Glabrous procumbent herb, about 1 ft. high, aquatic; stems succulent,
pink. Leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, tapering at both ends, 1 to 1½
in. long, opposite, stipulate. Flowers crowded in axillary, sub-
verticillate fascicles; stamens 10.
Kordofan Prov.
=B. suffruticosa= _Fenzl._ MIRMID or MIREMIT (Khartoum), RIMITH—Arab;
OKRIT—Hadendowa; SITA—Rashida.
Deep rooted, heather-like undershrub, rooting again where branches touch
the ground. Bark deciduous in papery rust-coloured flakes.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Dongola, Berber, Khartoum, White Nile &
Kordofan Provinces.
=B. ammanoides= _Roth._ RIMÏTH (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Herb under 1 ft. high. Leaves oblanceolate, pilose. Flowers in dense
axillary, sub-verticillate fascicles; stamens 3.
Kordofan Prov.
=CARYOPHYLLACEÆ.=
72 =Silene Macrosolen= _Steud._
Somewhat viscid perennial, branching from the base. Flowers pinkish in
forking panicles. Calyx 5-toothed, narrow tubular, up to 1½ in. long,
teeth short; petals much exserted, 5. Carpophore much longer than
capsule; styles 3.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,500-9,300 ft.).
73 =Cerastium vulgatum= _Linn._
Downy, somewhat viscid annual, branching at the base. Stem leaves
sessile, oblong to ovate. Flowers white in terminal cymes. Petals
shorter or hardly longer than sepals; styles 5; sepals free.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 8,600 ft.).
74 =Arenaria Schimperi= _Hochst._
Procumbent diffuse perennial. Leaves subulate, ¼ to ½ in. long. Flowers
in loose forking cymes, white; sepals 5, free, 3-nerved; petals 5, equal
to sepals; styles 3; capsule 3-valved.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, above 9,000 ft.).
75 =Spergula arvensis= _Linn._
Slender herbs. Leaves linear, in opposite clusters, appearing whorled.
Flowers small, white, in terminal forked cymes; stamens 5 or 10; styles
5.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., from sea level to 4,000 ft.).
76 =Polycarpon memphiticum= _Fenzl._
A diffuse, densely pubescent herb. Leaves petiolate, and spathulate-
oblanceolate, covered with stellate hairs. Stipules scarious. Flowers
small, crowded in leafy cymes, otherwise as in the next species.
Berber Prov. (Banks of the Nile between Khartoum and Shendi).
=P. Lœflingii= _Benth._ & _Hook. f._
A diffuse, prostrate or ascending, wiry, glabrous herb. Leaves sessile,
linear or linear-spathulate, glabrous. Flowers small, in dichotomous
cymes; sepals 5, with white, scarious edges; petals small, linear;
stamens 3-5; style 3-fid.
Khartoum Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Wau & Mittu-land: Mvolo,
& Bongo-land: Addai); Blue Nile Prov. (near Wad Medani).
77 =Polycarpæa corymbosa= _Lam._
Herb, 2-12 in. high, with a somewhat amarantaceous appearance. Leaves
linear, sessile. Flowers numerous, small, crowded in dense cymes,
forming large flat-topped heads; bracts scarious, silvery, bristle-
pointed.
Red Sea Prov. (Dongonab); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s
Post); White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Jur Ghattas,
Niamniam-land); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
Said to be a remedy for snake-bite.
=P. eriantha= _Hochst._
Diffuse, slender herb, with numerous flowers in lax cymes, spreading all
over the plant. Sepals loosely pubescent. Leaves linear, about ½ in.
long, with fine setose points.
Kordofan Prov. (El Obeid); Mongalla Prov., Bongo-land (Gir).
=P. spicata= _Arnott._
Small herb; leaves obovate or oblanceolate-spathulate, rosulate; flower-
heads densely fascicled; sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, scarious; petals 5,
shorter than sepals; stamens 5.
Red Sea Prov.: Lat. 21° N.
=P. fragilis= _Del._
Small herb. Leaves linear-lanceolate, hoary, margins revolute. Flowers
in small, densely fascicled cymes; sepals ovate-elliptic, with
membranous margin, longer than petals.
Red Sea Prov.: from sea level to 4,000 ft., Lat. 21° N.
=P. linearifolia= _DC._
Erect or decumbent herb. Leaves narrow-linear or linear-subulate.
Flowers in terminal, rounded or lax, silvery, many flowered cymes.
Sepals scarious acute, ⅓ to ⅔ longer than petals.
Blue Nile Prov.: White Nile Prov. (South of Lat. 14° N.): Kordofan Prov.
(Hillet Nu & El Obeid); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Jur Aweit).
=P. stellata= _DC._
Erect or diffuse herb. Leaves linear, with axillary tufts. Flowers in
small capitate, divaricate cymes; sepals very acute, much longer than
the petals.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
=P. prostrata= _Dec._ HAR, HARA & REYKHA—Arab.
Prostrate herb. Leaves linear-spathulate. Flowers solitary from the
forks. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, with broad membranous margin, hardly
longer than petals.
Nubia; Northern Sudan.
78 =Sphærocoma Hookeri= _T. Anders._
Undershrub, 1-2 ft. high. Branchlets glabrous. Flower heads dense,
globose, spinescent. Leaves fleshy, terete, fascicled.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (J. Hotarba: Soturba Range, Lat. 22° N.).
=S. Aucheri= _Boiss._
Leaves shorter than those of last-named. Branchlets pubescent.
Red Sea Prov.; 21° N. Lat.
=MOLLUGINACEÆ.=
79 =Orygia decumbens= _Forsk._
Decumbent herb, up to 2 ft. high. Leaves obovate or rotundate, cuneate,
fleshy, ½-1 in. broad, alternate, glaucous. Sepals 5; petals 0; stamens
12 or more; styles 5; capsules 5-valved.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, between hills & Sinkat); Mongalla Prov.
(Mongalla); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
80 =Mollugo Cerviana= _Seringe._
Annual; stems erect, slender; branches umbellate. Leaves verticillate-
linear, about ½ in. long. Flowers numerous on long filiform, axillary
and terminal peduncles. Seeds smooth.
Kordofan & Darfur Provinces, Uganda (Nile Province).
Used as medicine for fevers.
=M. Spergula= _Linn._
Diffused decumbent herb. Leaves fleshy, 3-9 in verticils, oval to
lanceolate, 1 in. long. Flowers fascicled; sepals 5; petals 0; stamens
5-10; capsule 3-valved.
Nubia; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Hoo River); Mongalla Prov.
(Bor).
Used medicinally it is stomachic, aperient and antiseptic.
=M. nudicaulis= _Lam._
Annual. Leaves radical, crowded, spathulate, entire, glabrous, about 1½
in. long. Flower stems erect, 4-6 in. long, leafless, trichotomously
branched. Flowers white in lax trichotomous cymes.
Nubia; White Nile Prov. (Jebelein); Kordofan Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov.
(Kadugli); Mongalla Prov. (Bor & Mongalla); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
81 =Glinus lotoides= _Loefl._ RABA’A (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab; GETAKI
(Meshra El Zeraf)—Dinka.
Annual, with stellate hairs, up to 2 ft. high. Leaves rotundate to
oblanceolate, 1 in. long, radical and pseudo-verticillate. Flowers in
axillary fascicles; sepals 5; petals 0; stamens 5 to many; stigmas 2-5.
Seeds verrucose.
Berber Prov. (Shendi); Kartoum Prov. (Khartoum); Blue Nile Prov. (Dried
pools); Darfur Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur
Ghattas); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
The plant is said to be a purgative. The tender shoots are eaten.
82 =Gisekia pharnaceodes= _Linn._
Prostrate or ascending, somewhat succulent annual. Leaves opposite,
exstipulate, oblong-spathulate. Flowers small, in axillary clusters;
petals none; carpels 5, distinct, surrounded by sepals.
Red Sea Prov. (littoral); Berber Prov. (Obak); Khartoum, Kordofan &
Darfur Provinces.
Said to be a useful medicine for tapeworm.
=G. rubella= _Hochst._ SHA’ERET EL BAHAYAM (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab.
Much like above but cymes in lax diffuse panicles.
Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov. (Abu Gerad); Upper White Nile Prov.; Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Shambe).
83 =Semonvillea pterocarpa= _J. Gay._
Erect, branched herb, glaucous, 1-2½ ft. high. Leaves alternate, fleshy,
linear, 1-2 in. long. Flowers small, greenish, in 10-12 flowered,
terminal and leaf-opposed cymes; sepals 5; petals 0; stamens 6-7. Fr.
compressed orbicular, separating in 2 broadly-winged cocci.
Kordofan Prov. (Obeid & Mulbes).
84 =Limeum viscosum= _Fenzl._ TARBA (Khartoum), RUBAA’, also HOMRA (N.
Kordn.)—Arab.
Prostrate, glandular-viscid herb. Leaves alternate, oblanceolate to
rotundate. Flowers small, in extra-axillary, compact cymes; sepals 5,
viscid; petals 0; stamens 7. Fr. dicoccous, bony.
Khartoum & Kordofan Provinces.
=L. indicum= _Stocks._
Diffuse, glandular, puberulous or glabrate herb. Leaves nearly or quite
opposite, rotundate, ⅓ in. long. Cymes sessile or subsessile, axillary;
petals clawed, toothed above; stamens 6-7. Fr. minute dicoccous, bony.
Nubia
=L. linifolium= _Fenzl._ HAREISH (Kordn.)—Arab.
Glabrous herb. Leaves alternate, linear, ½-2 in. long. Cymes compact,
sessile or subsessile; sepals 5; petals 0, 3 or 5, linear-spathulate;
stamens 7. Fr. dicoccous, bony.
Kordofan Prov. (El Murra).
=FICOIDACEÆ.=
85 =Aizoon canariense= _Linn._
Hairy, prostrate herb. Leaves obovate to spathulate, up to 3 in. long,
alternate. Flowers sessile, solitary or clustered in axils of leaves.
Calyx 4-5 partite; petals absent. Fruit pentagonal stelliform, ⅓ in.
long.
Red Sea Prov.
86 =Trianthema pentandra= _Linn._ RABA’A (Khartoum) & RAB’AH—Arab; LOM
(Kenissa)—Dinka.
Prostrate herb. Leaves opposite, oval-oblong to obovate-elliptical, ½-2
in. long. Flowers fascicled, axillary; calyx 5-fid; petals 0; stamens 5.
Capsule membranous or coriaceous.
North Sudan; Red Sea Prov.; Kassala Prov.; Dongola, Berber, Khartoum,
Blue Nile & Kordofan Provinces; Mongalla Prov. (Kenissa); Fung Prov.
(Jongol’s Post).
The plant is used as an astringent in abdominal diseases. The Sudanese
mix one spoonful of pounded roots with one rottl of Marissa and use the
mixture as a remedy for gonorrhœa, the doses being taken for three days.
=T. salsoloides= _Fenzl._ DEILU (N. Kordn.) & DALLE—Arab.
Hairy herb. Leaves opposite, linear, fleshy, ½ to 1 in. long, dilated at
base with membranous stipuliform teeth. Flowers axillary fascicled or on
short lateral leafy shoots. Petals 0; stamens up to 5. Capsule 1-seeded.
Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol).
The ashes mixed with Simsim oil and lime are used for making soap.
=T. polysperma= _Hochst._
Prostrate herb. Leaves opposite or nearly so, fleshy, glandular, ¼ to ½
in. long. Flowers dichotomously cymose, sessile in each fork. Calyx
5-lobed, with petaloid pink margin; stamens 4-6; styles 2; ovary
1-celled, ovules about 7.
Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov. (Rufaa); Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov. (Abu
Gerad).
=T. crystallina= _Vahl._ ARARIB (Atbara)—Arab.
Prostrate herb. Leaves fleshy, linear to rotundate, ¾ in. long. Flowers
axillary fascicled.
Red Sea Prov. (sea-coast); Berber Prov. (Abu Hashim & Atbara); Nubian
Desert; Kordofan Prov. (Debakh); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=T. triquetra= _Rottl._ & _Willd._
Diffuse, prostrate herb, covered with minute scales. Leaves opposite or
alternate, over ½ in. long, linear to linear-lanceolate, fleshy. Flowers
numerous, sessile in the axil. Style simple.
Between Kassala & Goz Regeb; Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (Geteina);
Kordofan Prov.
=PORTULACACEÆ.=
87 =Portulaca quadrifida= _Linn._
Prostrate, fatty herb. Flowers yellow. Leaves opposite, oval, numerous,
fleshy. Joints and flower-heads bristly.
Red Sea Prov. (Karora); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Khartoum, Upper White
Nile & White Nile Provinces.
=P. oleracea= _Linn._ RIGLA—Arab. The Purslane.
Succulent annual with obovate or oblong-spathulate, alternate, fleshy
leaves. Flowers in clusters, few together, yellow, open during a short
time in the morning.
Common everywhere. Wild in various parts, e.g., Red Sea, White Nile,
Bahr El Ghazal & Mongalla Provinces.
Used as a vegetable and salad, the seeds are demulcent, diuretic and
slightly astringent.
=P. Erythraea= _Schwfth._
Fleshy; leaves obovate-cuneate, about 1 in. long. Flowers axillary,
sessile, solitary.
No locality given (fide Mrs. Crowfoot).
=P. foliosa= _Kern._
Herb, woody below. Leaves fleshy, terete. Flowers yellow, solitary or in
few-flowered heads, with numerous setæ.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mvolo near Rōl River).
88 =Talinum Caffrum= _E._ & _Z._
Small herb, woody below, somewhat succulent above. Leaves linear-
lanceolate. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, yellow.
Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
=T. cuneifolium= _Willd._ DANAB EL TUT (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab;
KUGATABBA—Bongo.
Undershrub. Leaves thick. Flowers carmine; capsules size of a pea,
thinly crustaceous, nodding; seeds numerous.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov.; Kordofan Prov. (J. Dago &
Barku); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=T. crassifolium= _Willd._
Small herb, woody below. Leaves fleshy, elliptic or oblanceolate-oblong.
Flowers red in terminal, few-flowered panicles.
Red Sea Prov. (coast).
=POLYGONACEÆ.=
89 =Oxygonum atriplicifolium= _Martelli._
Herb; stem slender, pubescent on one side. Leaves alternate, deltoid to
lanceolate, ¾ in. long; petiole ¼ in. long, dilated into a membranous
sheath (_ochrea_), with long hairs. Racemes 6 in. long; bracts like
ochreæ enclosing 2-3 flowers; per. minute, pink, 5-lobed, becoming
3-spined in fruit; stamens 8; styles 3. Flowers polygamous.
Red Sea Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.
=var. sinuatum= _Baker._
Leaves thicker, pinnately lobed.
Red Sea Prov. (Khor Tamanib); White Nile Prov. (Hillet Abbas); Kordofan
Prov.; Darfur Prov. (Kulme); Mongalla Prov. (Bor & Mongalla).
90 =Polygonum plebeium= _R. Br._
Prostrate herb with short internodes. Leaves alternate, linear-oblong, ¼
to ½ in. long; ochreæ membranous, white, lacerate. Flowers clustered
2-5, axillary; per. white, small, 5-lobed; stamens 8. Fr. trigonous,
shining.
Khartoum Prov.; Banks of the Nile; Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=P. serrulatum= _Lag._
Slender procumbent annual, 2-3 ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate,
3-4 in. long, subsessile; ochreæ bristly. Spikes several to a stem;
1½-2 in. long; bracts ciliate; per. pink, minute; stamens 6-8, styles
and nut as above.
Darfur Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River);
Mongalla Prov. (Lado).
=P. limbatum= _Meisn._
Perennial 3-4 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, subsessile,
with stout adpressed hairs; ochreæ large, hairy sheathing below,
deflexed above. Racemes 3 to a branch, 2-3 in. long; per. pink, minute;
stamens 7; styles 2; nut lenticular, glossy, black.
Kordofan Prov. (Rahad); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=P. barbatum= _Linn._
Hairy perennial. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, up to 6 in. long,
subsessile, hairy both sides; ochreæ without limb. Spikes, 2-3 in. long;
bracts bristly on margins, per. pink, minute; stamens 6-8; styles 3; nut
trigonous.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Darfur Prov.
(Kulme & J. Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur
Ghattas).
A blue dye, like indigo, is said to be obtained from this plant in China
and Japan. The root is used as an astringent and cooling remedy.
=P. lanigerum= _R. Br._
Hoary aquatic herb, 4-5 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate, up to 9 in. long;
ochreæ long, membranous, ciliate. Racemes dense, 1-3 in. long; bracts
orbicular; per. ⅙ in. long; stamens 6; styles 2; fr. lenticular, black.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Meshra El Rek & Ghabat El Arab, Bongo: Zariba Agad
Ngulfala); Mongalla Prov. (Kenissa, Yei River).
=P. tomentosum= _Willd._
Tall aquatic herb, more fulvous than the above; stamens usually 7;
bracts truncate, ciliate, otherwise as above.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov. (Rahad); Upper White Nile Prov.
(mouth of Sobat); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Bodumo swamps &
Nabambisso River); Bahr El Jebel (Sudd); Mongalla Prov. Yei River).
=P. senegalense= _Meisn._
Perennial, 4-5 ft. high. Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong-lanceolate,
narrowed both ends, 2-8 in. long; ochreæ large, truncate, not ciliate.
Racemes 2-3 in. long; bracts ovate, not ciliate; per. pale pink, minute;
stamens 7; styles 2; nut orbicular, flattened, shining, blackish.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,500 ft).
=P. acuminatum= _H.B._ & _K._ =var. microstemon= _Mart._
Pubescent herb. Leaves lin.-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 in. long, adpressed
hairy on both sides; ochreæ bristly. Spikes dense, 2-3 in. long, 2-4 to
a stem; bracts ovate, ciliate; per. pink, minute, 4-5 lobed; style
bifid; nut lenticular.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=P. glabrum= _Willd._ TIMSAHIYA (Khartoum)—Arab.
Glabrous marsh herb, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 8 in.
long; ochreæ large, membranous. Spikes dense, 2 in. long; per. pink;
stamens 6-8; styles 2; nut lenticular, orbicular.
Nubia; Dongola Prov. (Saikot); Between Khartoum & Shendi; Blue Nile
Prov. (Bagras, Dinder River); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile
Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, Wadi Gindi 7,300 ft.);
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau in Jur).
An infusion of the leaves is used to relieve pain in case of colic.
91 =Rumex abyssinicus= _Jacq._
Very tall herb with perennial root stock; stems hollow, reddish. Leaves
triangular or ovate, hastate, up to 8 in. long; petals up to 4 in. long,
red; ochreæ membranous, ¾ in. long. Panicle terminal, branched, 1 ft.
long; flowers polygamous; per. lobes 6, 3 inner enlarged in fr. to ¼
in.; stamens 6; styles 3, stigmas fimbriate; nut 3-gonous.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6-8,000 ft.).
=R. vesicarius= _Linn._
Branched herb. Leaves deltoid or ovate, 1¼ in. long, cordate, fleshy;
petals up to 1½ in. long. Panicles terminal; flowers 1-2 on jointed ped.
in the whorls; bracts as long as ped., scarious; per. segm. ⅓ in.
diameter in fr., reddish, winged; nut almost 3-winged.
Red Sea Prov. (Littoral); Darfur Prov. (J. Meidob, 4,000 ft.).
=R. nepalensis= _Spreng._
Stout perennial, 3-4 ft. high. Basal leaves long petioled, oblong,
rounded or cordate at base, 1 ft. or more long, cauline ovate-oblong,
cordate to lanceolate. Panicles long, lax, with reduced leaves below;
flowers many in a whorl; pedicels deflexed; inner per. segm. ⅛ in. in
fruit, ovate-cordate margined with hooked teeth; nut ovoid-triquetrous.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Guloberi Wadi, 8,000 ft.).
=ILLECEBRACEÆ.=
92 =Paronychia argentea= _Lam._
Densely tufted, pubescent herb, 3-6 in. high. Leaves opposite, lower
oblanceolate, mucronate, upper shorter, oblong; stipules and bracts
white-scarious, the latter completely hiding the flowers which are in
dense terminal clusters; per. very minute, 5-partite lobes hooded at
tip.
Dongola Prov. (Khandak).
93 =Cometes abyssinica= _R. Br._
Erect perennial, 6-12 in. high, pubescent and much branched. Leaves
opposite or verticillate, lanceolate, sessile. Flowers in terminal
clusters, bracts enlarged in fruit, silky, long, whitish, forming
globose, somewhat rotate heads about 1 in. diameter; per. ⅙ in. long,
green.
Red Sea Prov. (Soturba, Khor Tamanib, Khor Ashat, Has Has, Darfur Prov.
(J. Marra, 6,500 ft. and over).
=PHYTOLACCACEÆ.=
94 =Mohlana nemoralis= _Mart._
Erect annual, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves alternate, oblong, acute or
acuminate, up to 6 in. long. Racemes moderately dense, 2-5 in. long;
perianth small, dark green, obliquely campanulate, veined in fr.,
segments 4, unequal, lowest largest; stamens 4; anthers versatile
sagittate; fr. fleshy, lenticular.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Naporruporru).
95 =Phytolacca octandra= _Linn._
Erect perennial, 2-3 ft. high; stems stout. Leaves alternate, oblong,
3-4 in. long. Racemes very dense; per. green, 5-partite; stamens about
8; fr. globose, purple-black.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=CHENOPODIACEÆ.=
96 =Chenopodium album= _Linn._ FISS EL KELAB—Arab.
Erect herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 1-1½ in.
long, coarse-dentate, mealy. Panicles axillary; per. lobes 5,
triangular, incurved; stamens 5, filam. short; styles 2, seed globose,
black-brown.
Kordofan Prov.
The plant is eaten as a pot-herb. It is also said to have laxative
properties.
=C. murale= _Linn._
Erect herb, mealy all over. Leaves ovate, obscurely 3-lobed, coarsely
serrate, 1-4 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary, more spreading
than in above. Flowers as above.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N. Lat.); Berber Prov.; Khartoum Prov.;
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,500 ft.).
It is eaten as a pot-herb.
=C. Schraderianum= _Roem._ & _Schult._
Herb, 2-5 ft. high. Leaves pinnatifid, 1-4 in. long, covered with
stalked and sessile yellow glands. Panicle much branched and in zigzags;
per. segments 5; triangular, keeled, with stalked glands.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,500 ft.).
97 =Atriplex farinosa= _Forsk._
Undershrub, 3 ft. high. Leaves alternate, lanceolate-oblong, 1½ in.
long, short petioled, some cordate or auricled, densely white-tomentose
beneath. Flowers unisexual, in terminal spikes or panicles, male flower
per. 5-lobed; stamens 3-5; female flower enclosed in 2 orbicular,
tomentose bracts, 1/5 in. diameter in fr., per. 0, styles 2-branched.
Red Sea Prov. (Littoral).
98 =Kochia cana= _Boiss._
Undershrub; branchlets white, obscurely silky. Leaves alternate, oblong,
1/5 in. long, hairy. Infl. subglobose, embedded in long brown hairs,
axillary or terminal, 2-sexual or female; per. lobes 5, incurved and
enlarged in fr.; stamens 5; styles 2-3.
Red Sea Prov. (Littoral).
99 =Halopeplis perfoliata= _Schweinf._
Woody, branched undershrub, 1-2 ft. high, nodes approximate. Leaves
alternate, very small, sessile, decurrent, glabrous. Spikes small,
dense; per. 3-toothed; stamens 1-2.
Red Sea Prov. (Littoral).
100 =Arthrocnemum fruticosum= _Moq._
Undershrub, branches short-jointed. Leaves 0. Flowers 2-sexual, very
small, partially sunk in cylindric, dense spikes 1½-2½ in. long; per.
3-4 lobed; stamens 1-2.
Red Sea Prov. (Saline marshes, Er-Rih Island).
101 =Salsola fœtida= _Del._ DEBERRAH (Nubia) & MULLEY (Egypt)—Arab.
Evil-smelling undershrub, 1-4 ft. high. Leaves alternate, orbicular,
minute, fleshy, imbricate; bracteoles similar. Flowers in short, dense
axillary spikes; per. 5-partite, segments in fr. winged, scarious;
stamens 5; style 2-branched.
Wadi Halfa (on sandstone); Berber Prov. (Obeish); Between Berber &
Khartoum; Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & 21° N. Lat.).
=S. vermiculata= _Linn._
Pubescent undershrub. Leaves alternate or fascicled, ovate, up to ⅓ in.
long, keeled at base. Flowers in dense spikes, as above.
Nubia (banks of the Nile, near Tingur).
102 =Suæda fruticosa= _Forsk._ ADLIB—Arab.
Glabrous undershrub, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves alternate, scattered, linear,
fleshy, ¼-⅔ in. long. Flowers minute, axillary, solitary or clustered;
per. urn-shaped in bud; lobes 5; stamens 5; style short, 3-armed.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N. Lat & Littoral).
=S. monoica= _Forsk._
Similar to above; upper leaves larger; flowers larger and mostly
1-sexual.
Between Suakin & Berber (Khor Langeb); Kordofan Prov. (Maties).
=S. Volkensii= _C. B. Clarke._
Succulent undershrub. Leaves oblong, up to ⅓ in. long. Flowers clustered
on nearly continuous spikes. Per. larger than in _S. fruticosa_,
pentagonal, swollen in fruit.
Red Sea Prov. (saline soils on sea-coast).
=S. vermiculata= _Forsk._
Spreading, white tomentose undershrub. Leaves ovate, sub-globose, up to
⅙ in. long, mealy and glandular, tubercled at base. Flowers in dense
spikes; bracts spirally inserted, white-margined; filaments exserted.
Red Sea Prov.
=S. vermiculata= _Forsk._ =var. puberula= _C. B. Clarke._
Leaves linear, up to ⅓ in. long without tubercle.
Red Sea Prov. (Coast).
103 =Cornulaca monacantha= _Del._