=C. glutinosum= _Perr._
Small tree. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4. Fruit 4-winged. Flowers small,
pubescent, greenish-white, on small axillary spikes.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=C. cordofanum= _Engl._ & _Diels._
Leaves obovate-elliptic, acutely acuminate, 6 in. long, 2½ in. broad,
softly tomentose below. Fruits thinly winged, oblong, truncate at the
base, 1 in. long, ¾ in. broad, puberulous.
Kordofan Prov. (Um Dajog).
=C. gallabatense= _Schwfth._
Middle-sized tree. Leaves about 6 in. long, lanceolate, hoary pubescent.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma).
=C. Schweinfurthii= _Engl._ & _Diels._
Tree. Leaves variable, from 1½ in. long, obovate to 12 in. long, broadly
lanceolate, acute to acuminate. Fruit 4-winged.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Ngoli & Niamniam-land, by the
Gumango).
=C. verticillatum= _Engl._
Small tree, branchlets rusty tomentellous. Leaves in whorls of 4,
lanceolate-elliptic, long acuminate, about 8 in. long and 2 in. broad,
shortly pubescent and rather densely lepidote-glandular below. Flower-
spikes axillary, 2½ in. long. Fruits 4-winged, ¾ in. long, tomentose
between the wings.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land & Bongo-land: Gir).
=C. bongense= _Engl._
Shrub with sweet-smelling flowers. Leaves clustered ovate-lanceolate,
subacute, 3½ in. long, 1½ in. broad, very densely lepidote below, with
tufts of hairs in the axils of the leaves. Spikes simple, 3 in. long,
tomentose. Fruits broadly elliptic, 1¼ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Dakuttu); Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Debri).
=C. adenogonium= _Steud._
Tree. Leaves usually ternate, ovate to lanceolate, downy beneath,
leaving deep scars after falling off. Flowering branches leafless.
Flowers small on short woolly spikes. Fruit 4-5-winged, about 1 in.
long, shining.
Darfur Prov.
=C. populifolium= _Engl._ & _Diels._ BEMBU—Golo.
Shrub or tree, 20 ft. high. Leaves in whorls of 3, elliptic, sub-
acuminate, 3 in. long, 1½ in. broad, densely lepidote below. Fruits
suborbicular, 1 in. broad, densely rusty-lepidote.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land; S.W. of Old Wau).
=C. splendens= _Engl._
Branchlets softly pubescent. Leaves ovate, more or less slightly cordate
at the base, acute, about 5 in. long and 3 in. broad, softly pubescent
on both surfaces. Flowers crowded in short spikes, hairy. Fruits
elliptic, lepidote, 1¼ in. long.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, mid-zone).
=C. lepidotum= _Hochst._
Tree; branches compressed, scaly. Leaves opposite, ovate, acute, 2-4 in.
long, viscid, glandular above and densely scaly beneath. Flowers in
axillary spikes of the length of the leaves. Fruit lepidote.
Fung. Prov.
=C. collinum= _Fresen._ UM-SUMAIN—Arab; ARGADA—Hameg.
Small tree; fruit 4-winged. Leaves sub-opposite, 3-5 in. long, ovate to
elliptical, sparingly scaly above, densely so beneath. Flowers small in
simple axillary spikes shorter than the leaves.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
=C. parvulum= _Engl._ & _Diels._
Undershrub from a woody rhizome. Leaves oblong, rounded at both ends,
very mucronate, 3½ in. long, very strongly reticulate below, pubescent
between the veins. Flowers few and clustered at the ends of the
peduncle. Fruits broadly elliptic, with membranous wings 1 in. long,
puberulous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit).
=C. paniculatum= _Vent._
Climber with large panicles of small scarlet flowers. Leaves with
twisted stalks, elliptic, 5 in. long, 2½ in. broad, glabrous. Fruits
suborbicular, with broad membranous wings about 1 in. across.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: Kuddu).
=C. capituliflorum= _Fenzl._
Woody climber. Flowers in globose, densely woolly heads arranged in
short terminal and axillary panicles, dull yellow. Leaves opposite or
ternate, lanceolate, undulate 4-6 in. long. Fruit 1½ in. long; wings
narrow, woody.
Blue Nile Prov. (Fazoghli); White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Bongo-land); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=C. molle= _R. Br._
Shrub or small tree; young leaves densely hairy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (between Biri River & Deim Zubeir).
=C. racemosum= _Beauv._
Showy shrub, 20 ft. high. Young leaves and flowers carmine.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=C. mittuense= _Engl._ & _Diels._
Climber. Leaves oblong-elliptic, acute, about 4 in. long, 2 in. broad,
thinly papery, glabrous. Flowers paniculate, with coloured leafy bracts,
pale pink, tassel-like; calyx green; stamens carmine. Fruits obovate,
with very membranous wings, about 1 in. across.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: by the Roah River).
=C. near C. comosum= _Don._
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River).
=C. aculeatum= _Vent._ SHEKHEIT (Fung), SHUHEIT (Dongola) & SHEHEIT
(Kordn.) or SOGHEIT—Arab; MARTE (Dilling) & MINDIGIRI (Kadugli)—Nuba;
REGA—Bari.
Scandent shrub. Petioles of leaves persistent, forming decurved spines.
Flowers rather small, white; calyx 5-lobed; petals 5; stamens 10;
anthers orange. Fruit 4-5-winged.
Dongola Prov. (Wadi Id El Murakh); Berber Prov. (Atbara River: Goz
Regeb); Red Sea Prov. (Khors, Karora Hills); Fung. Prov. (Jongol’s
Post); Blue Nile Prov. (Upper); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol);
Kordofan, Darfur, Bahr El Ghazal & Mongalla Provinces.
=C. platypterum= _Hutch._ & _J. M. Diels._
Climber with large panicles of reddish long, tubular flowers, about 1
in. long. Leaves oblong, rounded at the base, 6 in. long, glabrous.
Fruits like “Honesty,” orbicular-obovate, broadly winged, about 1½ in.
broad.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River).
=C. sp. (cf. C. altum= _Guill._ & _Perr._). KUSI (J. Daier)—Nuba.
Small tree; fruit 4-winged; shoots sometimes twining. Leaves ovate-
lanceolate, acute, 4 in. long, 2 in. broad, glabrous.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Daier). 884 S.G.H.
=C. sp.= GOAK—Dinka; BOADUN—Burun.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz El Siada).
=RHIZOPHORACEÆ.=
192 =Rhizophora sp.= Probably =R. mucronata= _Lam._
Mangrove. Leaves obovate-elliptic, long-mucronate, leathery, about 4½
in. long and 2 in. broad. Flowers few. Sepals oblong, leathery. Petals
hairy inside. Seeds germinating before falling.
Muddy shores of Red Sea, south of Suakin.
193 =Bruguiera gymnorrhiza= _Lam._
Tree with smooth bark, marked on young branches with scars of leaves and
stipules. Leaves rather thick, oval, bright green. Fruit scarlet, 1 in.
long. Seeds germinating before falling.
Muddy shores of Red Sea, south of Suakin.
=HYPERICACEÆ.=
194 =Hypericum Lalandii= _Choisy._
Small tufted herb, under 10 in. high. Leaves lanceolate or linear-
oblong, about ¼ in. long, gland-dotted. Flowers yellow in dichotomous
cymes.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=H. perforatum= _Linn._
Somewhat woody plant with perennial stock. Leaves with translucent and
some dark dots; corolla yellow with black dots. Stamens polyadelphous.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, over 6,000 ft.).
195 =Psorospermum salicifolium= _Engl._
Leaves lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long, ½ in. broad, glabrous. Flowers in
small close cymes. Sepals and petals streaked with resin, the latter
densely hairy inside.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: Kutshuk Ali & Kuragera); Niamniam
(Tuhami).
=P. senegalense= _Spach._
Shrub; twigs and young leaves rusty tomentose. Flowers in dense corymbs,
white, streaked with brown; stamens 5-adelphous. Leaves opposite or
alternate, elliptic.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit).
=P. tenuifolium= _Hook. f._
Glabrous shrub. Leaves elliptic, opposite, opaquely punctate, 2-4 in.
long. Flowers in terminal corymbs; stamens 5-7-adelphous.
Fung Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
196 =Haronga madagascariensis= _Chois._ KAWA (Mongalla Prov.)—Makraka.
Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, entire, rusty tomentose when
young, ovate-oblong, connected by an interpetiolar ridge. Flowers small,
5-adelphous, in broad terminal corymbose cymes.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Khor Tela, between Wau & Tonj, and
near the Mongo-longbo stream); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
The fruit is edible; the seeds are used in French Guinea in cookery. The
wood is of great beauty, it works well and finishes without trouble. A
yellow dye is obtained from the inner bark of the tree. It is found in
Mongalla Prov., frequently associated with _Berlinia acuminata_.
=GUTTIFERÆ.=
197 =Garcinia sp.=
Branchlets angular, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, shortly acuminate, acute
at the base, 3½ in. long, 1½ in. broad, with numerous lateral nerves
prominent on both surfaces. Fruits clustered, ⅔ in. long; stalks ½ in.
long.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Mbrwole River).
=TILIACEÆ.=
198 =Christiana africana= _DC._
Tall tree; young parts, leaves, stalks, calyx and carpels covered with
dense yellow stellate tomentum. Leaf stalks 3-4 in. long; leaves
cordate-ovate or oblong, palmately 5-nerved, 6-12 in. long. Flowers in
terminal corymbose cymes. Calyx 3-lobed.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the River Hu).
199 =Grewia flavescens= _Burret._ GADDEIM (Darfur), UM KHALATOT (Goz El
Siada), KHELISAN & YABELAYUS—Arab; KINDAL (J. Eliri)—Nuba;
BAMBURTI—Golo.
Straggling shrub with quadrangular stems. Leaves sub-coriaceous, pilose,
ovate-oblong, subcordate, coarsely serrate, 2-4 in. long; stipules 2,
subulate-lanceolate, deciduous. Peduncles axillary, 2-3 flowered. Petals
emarginate. Drupe 1-4 lobed, pilose.
Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz El Siada);
Darfur Prov. (Kulme, & J. Marra, 4,000 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Khor
Niual: between Chak-Chak & Deim Zubeir & Bongo-land: Addai).
=G. venusta= _Fresen._ KURMUZ—Hameg.
Perennial or undershrub, white, stellately tomentose. Leaves roundish
oblong, palmately 3-5 nerved, 3-5 in. long. Cymes many flowered, extra
axillary. Drupe size of a large pea 2-4 lobed, crustaceous, copper-
coloured, pilose.
Blue Nile Prov.
=G. Kakothamnos= _K. Schum._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves obovate-elliptic, serrulate, about 1 in.
long, stellate-pubescent. Flowers axillary, subsolitary; pedicels ⅓ in.
long, bibracteate above the middle; sepals ½ in. long.
Darfur Prov.
=G. salvifolia= _Heyne._ BASHAM (Fung)—Arab; DILI—Burun; KEM (Goz El
Siada)—Dinka; BAIDI—Hameg.
Large shrub or small tree; fruit edible, usually 2-lobed. Leaves
lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, entire undulate or serrulate. Flowers
yellow in axillary fascicles.
Fung Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz El Siada).
=G. occidentalis= _Linn._
Small tree. Leaves obliquely ovate, acute, about 2 in. long and 1 in.
broad, crenate, nearly glabrous. Flowers 3-4 together in very small
umbels; sepals mauve inside, ½ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Has Has).
=G. ferruginea= _Hochst._
A small tree. Leaves obovate-elliptic, acute, very closely crenulate,
4-5 in. long and about 2 in. broad, closely covered with short stellate
hairs below. Flowers in threes the middle one opening first; sepals
linear-lanceolate, ½ in. long, tomentose; fruits reticulate.
Locality? (fide Mrs. Crowfoot).
=G. mollis= _Juss._ BASHAM (Kordn.)—Arab; KUAM (J. Eliri)—Nuba; ULUMBA
or EUWI—Golo; KAM—Nuer; POIGO—Zande.
Shrub or small tree, giving out long, semi-scandent shoots. Leaves
ovate-lanceolate, with 3 basal nerves. Flowers yellow, solitary. Drupes
indistinctly 4-lobed, dark yellow.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Nuba Mts. Prov. (J.
Debri & J. Eliri); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Niamniam-land &
Jur-land); Red Sea Prov. (Katai Geraita).
The bast yields a fibre; the wood ashes are used as a substitute for
salt; the fruit is edible; the wood is used for bows and arrows; it is
light red or pink, and very elastic.
=G. monticola= _Sond.?_ BASHAM (Baggara)—Arab.
Shrub. Leaves oblong, acute, 4 in. long, 1¾ in. broad, glabrescent
above, softly tomentellous below, 3-nerved at the base. Fruit the size
of a pea, whitish.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Um Durein & J. Fertangul).
=G. betulæfolia= _Juss._ GADDEIM—Arab; HEDDA—Rashida; TOMUT—Hadendowa;
KARII (J. Eliri) & ARUING (Rashad—Talodi)—Nuba; ANGALOA—Hameg; AFOR &
APOR (Kenissa) & AFWĀR (Renk)—Dinka; OFADOH—Shilluk.
Shrub. Leaves small, somewhat variable, irregularly crenate serrate;
flowers white, solitary; fruit orange coloured, 2-4 lobed, edible.
Almost throughout the Sudan, particularly south of Khartoum.
=G. erythræa= _Schwfth._
Shrub. Leaves rounded-obovate, 3-5 nerved at the base, repand-dentate,
about 1¼ in. long, slightly stellate-pubescent below. Flowers solitary;
calyx ⅓ in. long.
Kordofan Prov. (Darfur boundary on J. Sinin).
=G. villosa= _Willd._ TAMR EL ABID & TUKKU (Kordn.), ABU KHALAFOF &
GEREIGDAN (Goz el Siada), MUTRAK (Baggara)—Arab; EIGERA (Dilling), LUĪ
(J. Eliri) & TUMBU (Kadugli)—Nuba; ANTAMANA-WANSHU—Hameg; ATENDIT
(Renk), GUNKEIT & LUBLUB (Goz el Siada)—Dinka; DILMAN & KELAIIN—Burun.
Large shrub with cordate nearly orbicular leaves, 1-4 in. in diameter.
Flowers dull-yellow, in compact axillary clusters. Fruit globose, with a
brown, stellate hairy rind, edible.
Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov.
(Kulme); Nuba Mts. Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz El Siada);
Mongalla Prov.; Red Sea Prov. (Has Has).
Used for spear shafts (Aylmer).
=G. sp. (Glomeratæ)= No. 1168 _S.G.H._ TOMUT—Hadendowa.
Shrub, covered with short, stellate hairs. Leaves ovate-rounded, 1½ in.
long, 1¼ in. broad, serrate. Flowers clustered. Buds ¼ in. long,
tomentose.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
200 =Triumfetta lepidota= _K. Schum._
Erect shrub, 4 ft. high. Leaves suborbicular to oblanceolate,
subtrilobed, up to 6 in. wide. Cymes 2-4 to each node. Sepals scaly
outside, ¾ in. long. Fruit woody, globose, 8-10 celled, strongly
tuberculate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the River Lehsi).
=T. micrantha= _K. Schum._
Leaves lanceolate-oblong, 2½-3 in. long, ½-¾ in. broad, serrulate,
tomentose or pubescent below. Sepals stellate-pubescent outside. Fruit
with densely pilose prickles, the latter with 2-8 terminal spinules.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Sabbi).
=T. buettneriacea= _K. Schum._
Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, ⅓-1¼ in. broad,
sparingly pilose on both surfaces. Sepals stellate-pubescent outside.
Fruit with glabrescent prickles, much broadened at the base, terminated
by 1-4 spinules.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Jur Ghattas, & Bongoland: Gurfala).
=T. flavescens= _Hochst._ DERBAKE—Hadendowa.
Shrubby; stem pilose, black-dotted. Lower leaves stalked; blades
roundish, truncate or cordate, acute, irregularly toothed. Flowers
yellowish, numerous, in small clusters along the sides and ends of
branches. Capsule small, covered with grey down and small, hooked
prickles.
Red Sea Prov. (in several places).
=T. rhomboidea= _Jacq._ ALLOSEG, ALLUSEIG or LUSEIG—Arab.
Herb with variable, irregularly serrate leaves and small globose fruit
covered with prickles, downy. Flowers yellow, small, in spicate
inflorescence.
Fung Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land); Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla,
etc.); Red Sea Prov. (Karora).
Yields a soft, glossy fibre. The mucilage is used as an injection in
venereal diseases.
=T. annua= _Linn._
Erect, somewhat pilose, annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves ovate, acuminate,
dentate, 3-nerved, on very long stalks. Fruit size of a pea, smooth
between the glaucous hooked prickles.
Darfur Prov. (Zalingei).
=T. pentandra= _Guill._ & _Perr._
Erect, slightly downy herb. Leaves subcordate, slightly 3-5 lobed or
roundish-acuminate. Flowers minute, in lateral cymes. Stamens 5-8. Fruit
oblong, about ¼ in. long, hairy on the edges of the appressed prickles.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=T. tomentosa= _Bojer._
Softly hairy perennial or shrub; fruit globose, covered with straight,
black spines. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, slightly cordate,
passing gradually into bracts. Flowers small, yellow, numerous in
terminal panicles.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
201 =Honckenya ficifolia= _Willd._
Handsome-flowered shrub, with purplish branches. Leaves rather variable,
usually more or less deeply 3-7 lobed. Flowers large, violet, in
terminal racemose cymes. Capsules 1-2 in., 4-valved.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the River Yubbo).
A valuable fibre plant.
202 =Corchorus tridens= _Linn._
Annual 1-2 ft.; leaves oblong-linear, coarsely crenate-serrate, the two
lowest teeth often prolonged into filiform tails; capsule terminating in
3 spreading or reflexed points.
Between Suakin & Berber; Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov.
(J. Arashkol); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=C. acutangulus= _Lam._
Annual; leaves oval or ovate, crenate-serrate, the two lowest teeth
often prolonged into filiform tails; fruit 3-winged.
Kordofan Prov. (J. Kon); Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf); Bahr
El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Gir).
=C. olitorius= _Linn._ MOLOKHIA or MULUKHIA—Arab; MORAMBIDA—Zande.
Annual; leaves ovate-lanceolate, the two lowest serrations produced into
fine tails; capsule linear, with a long beak, altogether 1-3 in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Between Khartoum & Berber (El Mesherif); Fung
Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Mongalla Prov.
(Mongalla).
Cultivated and wild. It is used as a vegetable, the fibre is inferior to
that of the true jute. The plant is also used in native medicine.
=C. Antichorus= _Ræuschel._ SUTEIH (Atbara) & UM SHITEIH (N.
Kordn.)—Arab.
Prostrate or decumbent perennial. Leaves small, roundish, plicate-
crenate, palmately 3-nerved. Flowers solitary or in pairs. Capsule 1-1½
in. long, slender, beaked at apex, 4-valved.
Nubia; North Sudan; Berber Prov. (Atbara); Khartoum Prov. (Khartoum);
Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.
The plant is used as a demulcent.
=C. fascicularis= _DC._
Procumbent annual; leaves short-stalked, oblong or lanceolate, 1-2 in.
long, 3-nerved. Capsule about ¾ in. long, cylindrical, short-beaked.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Bunzaga); White Nile Prov. (J.
Arashkol); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Gir).
=C. trilocularis= _Linn._
Annual, erect or decumbent. Leaves 1-3 in. long, elliptic to oblong-
lanceolate. Pedicels short, 2-3 flowered; petals bright yellow. Capsules
2-3 in. long, 3-4 angled; beak short and straight.
White Nile Prov.
203 =Glyphæa grewioides= _Hook. f._
Slightly pilose shrub, 8-12 ft. high. Leaves ovate or oblong,
subcordate, 3-nerved. Flowers bright-yellow, in terminal cymes. Fruit
oblong or fusiform, indehiscent, 1-2 in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=STERCULIACEÆ.=
204 =Melhania ferruginea= _A. Rich._
Woolly herb or undershrub. Leaves longer than the stalks, subcordate
oval-oblong, velvety, palmately 3-5 nerved. Epicalyx of 3 broadly-ovate,
unilateral segments. Petals convolute, persistent. Capsule pointed;
seeds 10 in each cell.
Mongalla Prov. (Sheikh Tombé).
=M. Denhamii= _R. Br._ DUBAGHA (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Undershrub with a false likeness to _Senra incana_. Leaves as long as
leaf-stalks, about 1 in. long, ovate-oblong, velvety. Flowers on
axillary peduncles, red. Capsules subglobose, 5-celled, with 1-2 seeds
in each cell.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat.); Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov.
205 =Dombeya multiflora= _Planch._
Shrub. Leaf blades equal to stalks, 1-2 in. long, cordate-roundish or
oblong, palmately 5-7 nerved. Inflorescence appearing before the leaves,
in stalked axillary cymes. Styled deeply 5-cleft.
Fung & White Nile Provinces.
=D. multiflora= _Pl._ =var. (a) vestita= _Schum._ GREGDAN
(Baggara)—Arab; KINDAMOI (J. Eliri)—Nuba; DERDER—Hameg; POPWA, PURPUR
and METEMBOA—Zande.
Shrub or small tree, with palmate leaves and white flowers, which turn
pink after being fertilized, the corolla persisting.
Fung Prov.; South Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (J. Marra N.W. slopes
6,500 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
206 =Melochia corchorifolia= _Linn._
Erect herb or undershrub. Stem with a line of somewhat stellate hairs
down one side. Leaves variable in size, oblong-ovate to ovate, rounded
at base, serrate. Flowers pink, in terminal clusters, pentamerous.
Capsules 5-valved, 1 seed to each.
Kordofan Prov. (Rahad); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Upper White Nile
Prov. (Banks of the White Nile); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé).
Kordofan Prov.
=var. densiflora= _K. Schum._
The root-bark is chewed in Kordofan Prov. as a salve for sore lips. The
stem yields a fibre, and the leaves are eaten.
207 =Waltheria americana= _Linn._ ERG EL NĀL (Kordn.)—Arab.
Villose undershrub or tall woody herb; leaves plicate; flowers yellow,
in dense sessile axillary fascicles. Sepals 5, connate below; petals 5;
ovary 1-celled; ovules 2. Capsule small, enclosed in calyx, membranous,
1-seeded.
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (Kulme); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur
Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla).
208 =Hermannia modesta= _Planch._
Low growing annual, covered with glandular hairs. Leaves subsessile,
linear-oblong, obtuse up to 1½ in. long. Flowers in axillary peduncles.
Filaments dilated above; styles 5.
Red Sea Prov. (coast); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Gerad).
=H. tigrensis= _Hochst._
Erect, stellate hairy annual, about 1 ft. high. Leaves subsessile,
elliptic-oblong, acute; stipules falcate. Flowers solitary on solitary
axillary peduncles; filaments petaloid.
Kordofan Prov. (El Obeid).
209 =Leptonychia chrysocarpa= _K. Schum._
Small tree. Leaves oblong-elliptic, obtusely long-acuminate, glabrous,
about 6 in. long and 2½ in. broad, entire. Flowers not seen. Fruits
axillary, about 3-4 together, depressed globose, stellate-tomentellous,
¾ in. in diameter.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Linduku).
Wood carved for ornaments.
210 =Sterculia tomentosa= _Guill._ & _Perr._ UMTELEIH (Baggara)—Arab;
KULOWI (J. Eliri); HEIMOR (J. Heiban); FEIDER (Rashad-Talodi); BOKARAK
(Kadugli)—Nuba; DA or KANDI—Golo; M’BURU—Zande.
Fairly large tree. Leaves palmate, large. Flowers small, in drooping
panicles; petals none. Capsule large, hairy, 3-4 valved. Seeds numerous,
brown, with small orange aril.
White Nile Prov. (Jebelein); South Kordofan Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr
El Ghazal Prov.; Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
Wood white or pale pink, soft, light, perishable. The seeds yield a dark
orange-red coloured oil. A fibre is obtained from the bast, and a clear
gum exuding from wounds in the bark, partly soluble in water, is used in
Europe for dyeing silk fabrics.
=S. cinerea= _A. Rich._ TARTAR—Arab; OMFA—Hameg.
Large tree with palmate leaves and scaly bark. Flowers numerous in much-
branched axillary panicles. Fruit of 3-5 sessile, reflexed follicles
which are downy outside and bristly within. Seeds numerous, black, with
yellow aril.
Fung and Kordofan Provinces.
Wood of poor quality. A gum, similar in quality to that of the
foregoing, exudes from the bark. Strips from the young plants are used
as cordage.
211 =Cola cordifolia= _R. Br._ KUKUROKU—Zande.
Large tree, 120 ft. Leaves very large, widely rotundate-cordate, entire
or slightly lobulate, up to 1 ft. broad, softly stellate-pubescent
below, strongly 7-nerved at the base. Cymes fulvous-tomentose. Fruits
velvety-tomentose, with large red seeds.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Yei River).
According to Wood in his Report on the Bahr El Ghazal forests, 1922,
“this tree is confined to the Southern Bahr El Ghazal, where it is
fairly common on banks of streams in the evergreen zone. A very lofty
tree, up to 120 ft., with straight stem and large, dense crown. Does not
lose its leaves. Bark brown, not very rough; wood white, soft,
perishable. Most of the large trees (10 ft. girth) are hollow in the
centre.”
=BOMBACACEÆ.=