Prov. (Turra); Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov.
(Meshra El Zeraf).
=E. granulata= _Forsk._ LIBBEYN or LIBBEIN—Arab.
Hirsute prostrate weed. Leaves opposite, oblong or oblong-obovate,
oblique at base, under ½ in. long. Infl. in short, leafy axillary
racemes. Invol. campanulate, green, minute; rim-glands 4 or 3,
appendages 2-3 lobed.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Suakin); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Berber Prov.;
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Gerad); Darfur Prov.
=var. glabrata= _Boiss._ GONOIH (Halfa Prov.)—Arab.
Leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Rim-glands somewhat more
petaloid than in type.
Wadi Halfa (Islands); Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat.); Kordofan Prov.
=E. polycnemoides= _Hochst._
Bushy herb, glabrous. Leaves opposite, usually minute, up to 1 in. long,
linear to linear-oblong, often falcate, mucronate, base unequal, sharply
denticulate. Invol. solitary, axillary spaced along branchlets, green or
purplish, minute; rim-glands 4, with or without a minute notched or
2-lobed appendage. Seeds 4-angled rugose.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma & Goz Regeb: J. Erimbat); Kordofan
Prov. (Obeid); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dilling); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, Jur
Ghattas).
=E. ægyptiaca= _Boiss._ MALBEINA & UMLEBEINA (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Small prostrate herb. Leaves opposite, up to ½ in. long, oblong, unequal
at base, slightly toothed; stipules free usually. Infl. in short leafy
axillary racemes. Invol. minute campanulate, open down one side for
extrusion of capsules; rim-glands 4, appendages minute or obsolete.
Nubia (deserts & between Suakin & Berber); Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N.
Lat.); Dongola Prov. (Dongola to Merowe); Berber Prov. (Abu Hamad, banks
of the Nile & Mesherif); Khartoum Prov. (Khartoum & Wad Shellai); Blue
Nile Prov.; Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol);
Kordofan Prov.
Used in native medicine as a purgative.
=E. sanguinea= _Hochst._ & _Steud._
Prostrate weed. Leaves opposite, under ½ in. long, oblong or obliquely
elliptic, very oblique at base, rounded at apex, often with a red spot.
Infl. as above; invol. campanulate, minute; rim-glands 4, appendages
narrow, usually 2-3 lobed.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N. Lat.).
=E. prostrata= _Ait._
Small prostrate weed, puberulous on upper side. Leaves up to ⅓ in. long,
oblong to elliptic, more or less toothed, rounded at apex. Infl. as
above; invol. campanulate, minute; rim-glands 4, minute, with appendage
just exceeding the margin or obsolete.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N. Lat.).
=E. crotonoides= _Boiss._
Erect herb, 1-2 ft. high, with narrow wings decurrent from short, flat
petioles. Leaves alternate, except at forking of flowering branches,
linear to lanceolate, ¾-3 in. long, irregularly serrate. Flowering
branches raceme-like, 1½-8 in. long. Invol. sessile or subsessile,
solitary, woolly, pubescent; rim-glands 4, distinctly stalked, entire,
red or purple. Capsules with long, soft, spreading hairs.
Kordofan Prov. (El Obeid); Kordofan Prov.
=E. bongensis= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._
Bushy herb, up to 1 ft. high, with perennial rhizome. Leaves alternate,
linear, ½-1½ in. long. Invol. solitary, terminal, minute, subsessile;
rim-glands 4-5; 2-lipped or obliquely funnel-shaped. Capsules velvety.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur River, Kutshook Ali’s Zariba).
=E. arabica= _Hochst._ & _Steud._
Erect, glabrous annual. Leaves opposite, short petiolate, linear, ½-1
in. long, straight or curved. Infl. on axillary peduncle-like branchlets
or on peduncles, up to ⅓ in. long, with 2-3 invol. and sometimes one in
axil at base; invol. minute; rim-glands 4, minute, appendages
inconspicuous or none.
Red Sea Prov. (J. Waratab & 21° N. Lat.); Kassala Prov. (Goz Regeb).
=E. dracunculoides= _Lam._
Erect, glabrous annual, 3-12 in. high. Leaves opposite above, alternate
below, sessile linear or linear-lanceolate, ⅓-2 in. long. Invol.
solitary at forks or ends of branches, minute; rim-glands minute,
narrowly oblong or half-moon shaped, 2-horned.
Red Sea Prov. (Soturba, Suakin 21° N. Lat.).
It yields a clear oil, used as drying-oil and for burning. The fruit is
said to remove warts.
=E. acalyphoides= _Hochst._
Annual, 6-15 in. high. Leaves alternate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong,
¾-1¾ in. long; petals ¼-1¼ in. long. Peduncles axillary, shorter than
petals, bearing 1-3 sessile invol., which are minute; glands elliptic or
elliptic-oblong, pubescent.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan & Darfur Provinces.
=E. macrophylla= _Pax._
Perennial, 18 in. high. Leaves alternate, 3-5 whorled at base of umbels;
stem-leaves obovate to elliptic, 3-6 in. long, whorl-leaves varying from
oblong to rhomboid or lanceolate. Umbels terminal, 3-5 rayed, compound
or simple by abortion, with 2-3 distant flowering nodes; invol. ⅓ in.
diameter; glands 5, ⅙ in. diameter, elliptic-oblong, shortly 2-lipped.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas).
=E. schimperiana= _Scheele._
Erect herb, ½-4 ft. high. Leaves alternate, or with a whorl of 3-5 under
the umbel, ¾-3½ in. long, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, narrowed to
base, sessile, glabrous. Cymes terminal, 3 to many times forked,
sometimes terminating in a 3-5 rayed umbel; bracts opposite, sessile,
¼-1 in. long, triangular-ovate. Invol. solitary sessile or nearly so,
minute, cup-shaped; glands 4, minute, somewhat half-mooned shaped,
2-horned.
Fung Prov. (Bunzaga).
=E. arguta= _Soland._
Herb, 3-15 in. high. Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate or
oblanceolate, serrate. Umbels 3-5 rayed, terminal or axillary near the
apex; rays up to 5 in. long, cymosely 2-4 times divided. Invol.
solitary, sessile, or nearly so, minute; glands 4, minute, transversely
oblong, entire.
Nubia (Wadi Halfa).
=E. agowensis= _Hochst._
Undershrub, with herbaceous branches. Leaves alternate, with a whorl of
3 at base of umbel and opposite on its branches, elliptic-obtuse, ½-1¼
in. long, denticulate. Umbels terminal, 3-branched, 1-3 times forked or
lateral and axillary, 1-10 in. long. Invol. in cymes of 3 at ends of
umbel branches, minute; glands 4, transversely oblong, minute.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli).
=E. cyparissioides= _Pax._
Bushy, glabrous herb, about 1 ft. high. From a perennial root stock.
Leaves alternate on stem and branches, whorled or opposed under the cyme
or umbel, sessile, linear, ⅓-1¼ in. long. Invol. solitary or in
subcapitate cymes, terminal, minute. Glands 5, rarely 7, minute, margins
straight or creniculate. Capsules much exserted.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit, Deim Gudju, Niamniam-land, at River
Ibba).
=E. cuneata= _Vahl._
Woody shrub, up to 10-12 ft. high; branches horizontal, often spine-
tipped, glabrous or at first puberulous. Leaves alternate, scattered
and, on short secundary branches, tufted, usually ⅓-1 in. long, linear-
cuneate to cuneate-spathulate. Cymes umbel-like, ⅓-⅔ in. long, axillary
or terminal, with 1 or 3-5 invols. with reduced leaves under cymes and
invols. Invol. 1/5-1/4 in. diameter, broadly cup-shaped; glands 5,
peltate, concave, elliptic or suborbicular, about 1/12 in. diameter.
Capsules erect, ¼ in. diameter, puberulous.
Red Sea Prov. (J. Kuureb, J. Waratab, sea coast, 21° N. Lat., Karora).
=E. nubica= _N.E. Br._ JAGIA (J. Daier)—Nuba.
Unarmed green, early-leafless shrub, up to 6 ft. high; branches
alternate, cylindrical; leaf-scars prominent. Leaves not seen. Umbels
terminal of 5-7 simple rays, about ½ in. long; bracts early deciduous,
oblong, acute, ½ in. long, whorled at base of umbel, and orbicular-
obovate, ⅙ in. long, paired below the invols. Invol. ¼ in. diameter,
shallowly cup-shaped; lobes scarcely toothed or ciliate, but sometimes
bifid; glands 4, transversely elliptic or orbicular. Capsules ¼ in.
diameter, much exserted.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat.); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Nuba Mts. Prov.
(J. Daier); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Duli Konga, 7,500 ft.).
=E. consobrina= _N.E. Br._
Shrub of habit much as above. Leaves soon deciduous, sessile, linear-
lanceolate, acute, ⅙-¼ in. long. Umbel of 3, or less, simple rays, up to
½ in. long, terminal, based by a whorl of leaves. Invol. solitary, about
⅙ in. diameter, shallowly cup-shaped, the 5 lobes subquadrate,
subentire, slightly ciliate; glands as above. Capsules slightly
exserted, curved to one side.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit, Wadi Teeke, between Suakin and Berber).
=E. scoparia= _N.E. Br._ KURKABAN & SHAGAR EL SIM (Baggara)?—Arab;
IMGEIL (Dilling)?—Nuba.
Unarmed tree, 15-25 ft. high; branchlets alternate, abundant, green,
cylindrical, fleshy, ¼-½ in. thick, marked with leaf scars. Leaves
caducous, alternate, scattered below, clustered at ends of branchlets,
linear, sessile, about ½ in. long. Invols. in dense sessile clusters,
about ⅙ in. in diameter at tips of branches, cup-shaped, minute; lobes
5, ovate subciliate; glands 5, minute, transversely elliptic, entire.
Ovary erect on stout pedicel as long as invol.
Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov. (Dakhila, south of Roseires); Nuba Mts.
Prov. (Dilling)?
=E. venenifica= _Trém._ SHAGAR EL SIM—Arab; RIS (Tagele)—Nuba;
JIANGO—Zande.
Bushy shrub, up to 7 or 8 ft. high, with fleshy, cylindrical branches
armed with conical prickles. Leaves deciduous, 3-11 in. long, narrowly
lanceolate to oblong-cuneate, tapering into the short petiole. Cymes
solitary in axils of spine tubercles, ½-¾ in. long including the short
peduncle, once or twice forked, the branches bearing 3 invols.; central
invol. sessile, lateral short pedicellate, about 1/7 in. diameter, cup-
shaped, lobes 5, broadly cuneate, fringed at top, rim-glands 1/12 in.
diameter, transversely oblong. Capsules deeply 3-lobed, erect, about ⅓
in. diameter.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur
Ghattas & Abu Gurun’s Zariba, Mittu: Dukutu, Niamniam-land); Mongalla
Prov. (Yei River).
Used by natives for poisoning arrows.
=E. Teke= _Schweinfth._
Very large tree; young branches fleshy, 4-angled, about ½-¾ in.
diameter, armed with geminate, diverging stipular spines, about ⅙ in.
long, blackish. Leaves glabrous, elongated cuneate-obovate, 3-12 in.
long, tapering into the ⅓-1 in. long petioles. Cymes axillary, sessile,
of 2-4 peduncle-like branches, 1½-2½ in. long, each with 2, about ½ in.
long branches, each end ending in a solitary sessile invol.; bracts
under invol. nearly ¼ in. long, ovate, deciduous. Invol. under ½ in.
diameter, broadly cup-shaped; lobes 5, broadly cuneate, fringed; glands
5, transversely elliptic-oblong; ovary erect, glabrous.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Yuru and Diagbe Rivers).
=E. triaculeata= _Forsk._ =var. triacantha= _N.E. Br._
Spiny, succulent, leafless bushy plant, 5-20 in. high; stems with
branches about ½ in. thick, usually 3-5 angled, angles often prominent,
with deep notches forming triangular teeth, each margined with a horny
shield bearing 1 straight needle-like spine up to 1 in. long and 2 small
prickles at its base. Cymes small, solitary in axils of teeth, with 3
invols.; bracts scale-like. Invol. minute; lobes 5-6 transversely
rectangular, fringed; glands united into a 5-lobed spreading rim; ovary
not exserted.
Red Sea Prov. (J. Waratab & Khor Seterra).
=E. monacantha= _Pax._
Succulent, much branched, very spiny, leafless plant, 4-8 in. high;
stems about ½ in. thick, with several spiral series of tubercles or
tuberculate angles, each tubercle bearing 1 spreading spine ⅓-¾ in.
long, with or without a pair of minute prickles at its base on a 3-lobed
horny shield. Leaves scale-like, deciduous. Invols. 3 together in axils
of the shields, sessile or nearly so, with a pair of oblong toothed
bracts, cup-shaped, about 6⅛ in. diameter, lobes 5, cuneate; glands
variable contiguous or separated; ovary sessile.
Red Sea Province (Suakin).
=E. Thi= _Schweinfth._ ANKHAU—Hadendowa; DAMBOTIT—Rashida.
Succulent, spiny, leafless bush, 2-4 ft. high; branches erect, up to
about 2 in. diam., 4-6 angled, constricted at intervals of 1-2½ in.;
angles compressed, lobed by the constrictions with continuous horny
margins; spines varying from ⅙-¾ in., in pairs, diverging, ⅙-½ in.
apart. Cymes solitary in axils of spines, subsessile, with 3 invols.;
bracts small, ovate. Invol. ⅙ in. diam., lobes 5, cuneate, fringed;
glands 5, transversely oblong. Caps. ⅛ in. diam., partly exserted.
Nubia (Wadi Teeke, between Suakin & Berber); Red Sea Prov. (Sinkat).
=E. abyssinica= _Gmelin._ SHAGAR EL SIM—Arab; HEID—Hadendowa.
Tree with succulent, leafless branches, which are ascending, forming a
large crown and up to 8- (usually 6-) angled; angles scolloped or
crenate owing to frequent constrictions; spines continuous on top of
angles, in groups of 5 or 2, divaricate, about ½ in. long. Cymes crowded
at top of branchlets; invol. with 5 transversely-elliptic, yellow
glands. Capsules with a distinct 3-lobed calyx at base, crimson streaked
with white when ripe.
Red Sea Prov.: Between Suakin & Berber; Bahr El Jebel (Sudd country?).
=E. Murieli= _N.E. Br._ SHAGAR EL SIM—Arab.
Large tree with ascending, leafless and spineless branches, forming a
large crown; branches slightly constricted at regular or irregular
distances; constrictions all of same diameter; angles 4, sometimes 5,
margins even; spines 0; spine shields horny, oblong, ¼-½ in. apart, not
connected by horny border. Leaves rudimentary, minute. Cymes numerous at
top of branchlets; pedicels ½-1 in. long bearing, on branches ¼-⅓ in.
long, 3 invols.; bracts minute, suborbicular; invol. ¼ in. diameter;
lobes 5, short; glands 5 erect, contiguous or nearly so, reniform,
forming a lip. Capsules exserted, curved to one side, ⅓ in. diameter.
Bahr El Jebel.
=E. Erythrææ= _N.E. Br._
Small, leafless, succulent, spiny tree; branches ascending, candelabrum-
like, 3-4 or 5-7 angled, irregularly constricted; angles wing-like, up
to about 1 in. broad, straight or wavy; spines in pairs up to ⅓ in.
long, on suborbicular shields close together but not connected. Flowers
and fruit not known.
Nubia (between Suakin & Berber: Harassa valley).
=E. calycina= _N.E. Br._
Succulent, spiny, leafless tree, 30 ft. high; branches 4-angled, wing-
like, faintly sinuate, with small central core; constrictions slight,
5-7 in. apart or more; spines up to ⅙ in. long, in pairs ½-¾ in. apart,
on oblong or suborbic. shields which are not connected by horny border.
Leaves scale-like. Cymes on peduncles ½-¾ in. long, bearing a central,
sessile, male invol. and 2 lateral hermaphr., on short branches. Invol.
about ¼ in. diameter, shallowly cup-shaped; lobes 5, broad, fringed;
glands 5, subcontiguous, transverse reniform, 2-lipped with ends
decurved. Ovary exserted.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Meshra El Rek, Mittu-land: at Legbi).
=E. Candelabrum= _Trémaut._ SHAGAR EL SIM—Arab; AURI (J. Daier)—Nuba;
BAKUNGI & FUFUMI—Bari; KAKOB—Bongo; BOL & BUAL (Bahr El Jebel)—Dinka;
BULL—Nuer.
Armed tree with stem up to 3 ft. diameter, forming a large crown of
candelabrum-like habit; branchlets fleshy, 3-4 or 5-angled, not wing-
like, constricted at intervals; core thicker than in preceding; spines
geminate, diverging, up to ⅙ in. long, on rounded horny cushions which
are not decurrent. Flowers and fruit not known.
Southern Sudan (on poor soil or rock).
The milky juice is used for poisoning arrows.
230 =Bridelia scleroneuroides= _Pax._ APIAT (Bahr El Ghazal)—Dinka;
INZI—Golo.
Shrub or small tree; branchlets yellowish hairy. Leaves alternate,
oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 1-5 in. long, pubescent above when
young, softly and densely pubescent beneath; lateral nerves straight to
the margin. Flowers monœcious; male flowers small, numerous, subsessile
in leaf-axils; sepals 5, ovate; petals 5, broad-ovate, toothed at apex;
stamens 5; female flowers fewer or solitary: sepals as in male; petals
elliptic-ovate, thick, slightly bifid; styles 2, bifid. Drupe globose, ¼
in. diameter, 2-celled.
Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas; Khor Tela).
=B. ferruginea= _Benth._ =var. orientalis= _Hutchinson._
Shrub or small tree; branchlets rusty, hairy. Leaves elliptic, short-
acuminate, 2-4 in. long, pubescent on nerves and veins below; lateral
nerves 11-13, unbranched to margin. Male flowers: sepals 5, ovate-
lanceolate, slightly hooded, pubescent outside with long adpressed
hairs; petals 5, minute, obovate, toothed; stamens 5; disk thick,
wrinkled. Female flowers: sepals as in male; petals lanceolate, acute;
disk bottle-shaped, enclosing ovoid ovary, pubescent; styles 2,
bipartite. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 1-celled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Okel; Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River);
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=B. micrantha= _Baill._
Densely crowned tree, 20-40 ft. high; branchlets rusty-tomentose when
young. Leaves oblong-elliptic to obovate, 2-7 in. long, shining above;
lateral nerves 8-16, ascending and finally forming a marginal nerve.
Male flowers small, short-stalked; sepals 5, triangular, pubescent at
base; petals 5, obovate-cuneate, 3-lobed or toothed. Female flowers
sessile; sepals as above; petals ovate entire; disk almost enclosing the
ovoid ovary, densely pilose outside; styles 2, 2-lobed. Fruit ovoid, ⅙-¼
in. diameter, 1-celled.
Mongalla Prov, (Yei River).
A food plant of the African Silk Worm (_Anaphe infracta_) in Uganda. The
timber is white and very durable.
231 =Megabaria ugandensis= _Hutchinson._ KAPAH—Kaliko.
Tall tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, clustered towards ends
of branchlets, broadly elliptic, 3-11 in. long, glabrous. Infl.
diœcious; male in glabrous panicles at ends of branchlets, axis 6-8 in.
long, bracts ovate-triangular, up to ⅙ in. long; spikelets up to ½ in.
long, each with a membranous bract at base; calyx 5-partite, lobes
broad-ovate; petals 5, small, elliptic; stamens 5; disk-glands 5. Female
infl. a panicle of racemes; calyx and petals as in male; disk cupular;
ovary and fruit ovoid.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Deim Guju in Dar Fertit); Mongalla Prov. (Yei
River).
232 =Amanoa Schweinfurthii= _Baker_ & _Hutchinson._
Monœcious, glabrous shrub, about 10 ft. high. Leaves alternate,
oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, slightly emarginate, shining above, 3-4
in. long. Flowers in axillary spicate clusters on short lateral leafy
branches. Male flowers several in each head; sepals 5, ovate; petals 5,
short, scale-like. Female flowers solitary in each head.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mayob).
233 =Andrachne aspera= _Spreng._
Monœcious diffuse, scabrous herb, about 1 ft. high, from a perennial
root stock. Leaves alternate, orbicular or sub-reniform, ¼-¾ in. broad.
Flowers axillary; male flower fasciculate; sep. ovate-lanceolate,
minute, 5-6; pet. 5-6, equalling sep., lanceolate; disk-glands 5-6,
opposite petals; female flower solitary; sepals longer than in male,
oblong-lanceolate; pet. very small, lanceolate; disk-glands 5; styles 3,
2-partite; ovary 3-celled. Capsule globose, ⅛ in. diam.
Red Sea Prov. (Soturba, Suakin, 21° N. Lat.).
234 =Antidesma venosum= _Tul._ YUKDASHI—Golo.
Diœcious, willow-like shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, elliptic or
oblanceolate, up to 6 in. long, glabrous or pubescent above and thinly
pubescent to tomentose below. Male spikes up to 6 in. long, silky; calyx
3-5 partite; pet. 0; stamens 3-5. Female racemes 1-5 in. long. Flowers
pedicellate, ellipsoid, glabrous about ⅓ in. long.
Damp places; Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dar Nuba); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (moist ground near Khors: Dar Fertit, Niamniam-land and
Jur); Mongalla Prov. (Gigging).
The juice is said to be substitute for collyrium.
235 =Mæsobotrya floribunda= _Schweinfth._
Diœcious tree or shrub. Leaves alternate, elliptic, 3-6 in. long,
shortly acuminate, margin remotely repand denticulate; pet. ½-1¼ in.
long, stout. Male racemes crowded in leaf-axils, about 2 in. long; calyx
5-6 lobed, minute; pet. 0; stamens 5-6 free; disk-glands large, fleshy.
Female racemes solitary or geminate, axillary, about 3 in. long; cal.
lobes ovate, imbricate; disk cupular, short ovary ovoid, styles 2,
short, bilobed. Flowers ovoid, ¼ in. long, purple.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land, Assika River).
Wood yellowish white, works well, density 0.651; suitable for joinery.
236 =Hymenocardia acida= _Tul._ GARE & GERE—Bongo; KWANGE & GARA—Golo;
AKAN—Jur; BAGBODI—Zande.
Tall, diœcious, apetalous shrub; branchlets rusty puberulous. Leaves
alternate, oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong, up to 3½ in. long. Male
flower in catkin-like spikes, up to 2½ in. long; cal. cupular, shortly
5-lobed, pinkish; stamens 5; anthers with a golden gland on the back
near the top. Female flower in axillary short racemes; calyx 5-8
partite, pubescent; ovary glabrous, winged; styles 2. Fruit 2-winged,
much like that of a small maple.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Gurgus forest); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, Dinka &
Mittu-lands); Bahr El Jebel (Mongalla Prov. southwards).
The bark yields a red tan; it is also used by the Bongos as an
antiseptic.
237 =Drypetes (Cyclostemon) Mildbrædii= _Hutchinson._
Large diœcious, apetalous shrub; bark light-grey; branchlets angular,
puberulous. Leaves alternate, oblong or elliptic, shortly acuminate, 4-8
in. long, midrib and lat. nerves pubescent. Flowers fasciculate on
2-year-old wood; pedicels very short. Male flower sep. 4, suborbicular,
⅙ in. diam.; stamens 10, free, inserted round the fleshy, lobed disk.
Female flower sep. 4, a little larger than male; disk annular, thick;
ovary slightly bilobed; stigmas flat, 2-fid.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Yuru River).
238 =Phyllanthus inflatus= _Hutchinson._ =sp. nov.=
Leafy branchlets arising from short scaly branchlets. Leaves ovate-
elliptic, 1¼ in. long, ¾ in. broad, glaucous. Fruit large, bladder-like,
1½ in. long, crustaceous; stalks ½ in. long.
Mongalla Prov. (Lado District: Kagi Ko, Yei River).
=P. reticulatus= _Poir._ KOROPONGO—Golo.
Erect or scrambling, monœcious, apetalous shrub, at length nearly
glabrous. Leaves alternate, oblong or elliptic, ½-1¼ in. long; stip.
lanceolate, acute. Male flower small, axillary, fascicled; sep. 5,
ovate-elliptic, 1-nerved; stamens 5, 2 or 3 of the filaments connate,
the others free and shorter; disk-glands 5, obovate. Female flower
solitary or few; sep. as in male and disk also; ovary depressed globose;
styles 3 short, erect. Fruit ¼ in. diam., fleshy or coriaceous.
Berber Prov. (Atbara: El Leya, Zeidab); Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.
(Wad El Haddad); Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Kodok); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Wau, Mittu-land: Mvolo, Niamniam-land); Fung Prov.
(Jongol’s Post); Mongalla Prov. (Kenissa).
The roots yield a red dye. The leaves have diuretic and cooling
properties.
=P. floribundus= _Muell. Arg._
Armed monœcious trailing or climbing shrub. Leaves alternate, ovate or
ovate-elliptic, mucronate, ¾-3 in. long. Racemes fascicled in axils of
branchlets, up to 2 in. long, bearing clusters of 2-3 male and 1 female
flower. Male flower sep. 5, oblong, minute, disk-glands 5, fleshy;
stamens 5, free. Female flower sep. soon deciduous; disk cupular; ovary
ellipsoid; styles 4-5, bilobed. Fruit depressed globose, small.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land); Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Diagbe
River).
=P. discoideus= _Muell. Arg._
Shrub to tall tree, diœcious. Leaves ovate-elliptic to obovate-
oblanceolate, 1-4 in. long. Male flowers numerous, in axillary
fascicles; bracts large orbicular, deciduous; sep. 4, obovate-oblong,
very small; disk fleshy entire; stamens 4, free. Female flower axillary,
geminate; sep. 4, larger than male; disk fleshy; ovary ellipsoid.
Capsule 3-4 lobed, ⅓ in. diam.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=P. capillaris= _Schum._ & _Thonn._