elliptic-obovate, ⅓-1 in. long, glaucous beneath. Male flower axillary,
fascicled; pedicels ¾ in. long; sep. 5, minute, obovate; glands 5,
fleshy; stamens 5, free. Female flower mostly solitary; sep. 4-5, ovate-
elliptic, minute; disk saucer-shaped; styles 3, bipartite. Fruit
depressed, globose, minute.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=P. nummulariæfolius= _Poir._
Small monœcious shrub. Leaves obovate or rounded-obovate, ¼-¾ in. long,
otherwise as above.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land): Sueh River & Mt. Baginze); Bahr El
Jebel (Madi).
=P. pentandrus= _Schum._ & _Thonn._
Woody monœcious herb, 18 in. high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or
lin.-lanc., up to ¾ in. long. Male flower axillary in lower leaves, 2-3
together; sep. 5, ovate, glands 5, flat; stamens 5, free. Female flower
solitary in axils of upper leaves; sep. and disk as male; styles shortly
bifid. Capsule depressed-globose, minute.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin 21° N. Lat.); Kordofan Prov. (Rahad, Obeid, etc.);
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé).
=P. amarus= _Schum._ & _Thonn._
Monœcious herb, 1 ft. high. Leaves oblong or elliptic, ⅙-½ in. long; one
male and one female flower in each leaf axil. Male flower sep. 5, ovate,
minute, glands small; stamens 3, filaments connate. Female flower sep.
larger than male; disk 5-lobed; styles 3, short, bifid. Capsule
depressed 3-lobed.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas).
=P. maderaspatensis= _Linn._
Erect monœcious herb or undershrub; flower branchlets almost winged.
Leaves lin.-lanceolate or oblanceolate, up to 1½ in. long; stip.
lanceolate and auricled about ⅛ in. long. Male and female flower
sometimes together in leaf axils, or female solitary, much larger than
males; ped. 1/12 in. Male flower, sep. 6, oblong-lanceolate, minute;
disk-glands 6, flat; stamens 3, filaments connate. Female flower, sep.
6, 2-seriate ovate-elliptic; disk of 6 flat glands; styles 3, bifid.
Capsule 3-lobed, ⅛ in. diam.
Nubia (between Suakin & Berber); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: woods north of
Matamma); Fung Prov. (Roseires & Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov. (J.
Arashkol); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Haraza); Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra
El Zeraf southwards); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
An infusion of the leaves is used for headaches. Cattle eat the leaves.
=P. prostrata= _Welw._
Small prostrate, monœcious herb. Leaves elliptic, spinescent at apex, ¼
in. long. Male flower axillary and geminate in lower parts; sep. 6,
oblong, minute; glands 6, orbicular; stamens 3, filam. connate. Female
flower solitary in upper parts; sepals 6, in 2 rows oblong; disk
annular; styles 3, bifid. Capsule depressed globose, ⅙ in. diam.
Khartoum Prov.
=P. odontadenius= _Muell. Arg._
Monœcious annual, 2-3 ft. high; branches winged. Leaves oblong, ⅓-¾ in.
long. Male flower axillary in lower leaf-axils, few together; sep. 6,
oblong, minute; glands minute; stamens 3, filam. connate. Female flower
solitary in upper leaf axils; sep. 6, biseriate, larger than male; disk
annular crenate; styles 3, bilobed. Capsule enclosed by whitish
persistent sepals.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=P. Niruri= _Linn._ ERGANA (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Erect branched monœcious herb, 1 ft. high, with fine feathery foliage.
Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, ¼-½ in. long. Male flower solitary in
lower parts of branchlets; sep. and glands 6 resp., small; stamens 3,
filaments connate. Female flower solitary in upper parts of branchlets;
sep. 6, larger than male; disk flat, about 10-toothed. Capsule globose-
trilobed, 1/10 in. diam.
Khartoum Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol): Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El
Ghazal Prov.; Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla).
The leaves are used medicinally for various disorders.
=P. rotundifolius= _Klein._
Monœcious herb, 1 ft. high. Leaves rounded-obovate, under ½ in. long.
Two or three male and one female flower together in each axil. Male,
sep. 6, glands 6; stamens 3, filaments connate. Female, sep. larger than
male, ovate; disk crenulate, small; ovary depressed globose.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin 21° N. Lat.).
239 =Fluggea microcarpa= _Blume._ DABALAB (Blue Nile)—Arab; MALI—Hameg;
BUGGULTYEN (Dilling)—Nuba.
Diœcious, apetalous shrub or small tree, growing in moist ground. Leaves
alternate, elliptic or obovate, obtusely pointed or emarginate, up to 2½
in. long. Male flowers numerous in axillary fascicles; ped. ⅙ in.; sep.
5, unequal, largest 1/12 in. long, obovate; disk-glands large and fleshy
with 3 or 4 depressions on outside; stamens 5, free. Female flower also
in axillary fascicles, numerous; sep. as male; disk annular; ovary
ovoid; styles 3, connate at base, bilobed, rarely absent. Fruit white,
depressed globose about ⅙ in diam.
Kassala Prov. (Gendua River & Goz Regeb); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post);
Upper White Nile Prov. (Tonga & Kodok); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-
land); Bahr El Jebel.
Wood reddish-yellow, close-grained, strong and durable. The bark is
astringent and is used as a fish poison.
240 =Croton lobatus= _Linn._ UMDILEIDMĀN (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Tall monœcious woody herb. Leaves digitately 3-5 partite, 1-4 in. long,
alternate, crenate, pet. up to 4 in. long. Racemes axillary and
terminal, up to 5 in. long, bearing female flower below, male above, 2
ft. to each bract. Male flower, sep. 5, greenish, minute; pet. 5;
stamens 10-13. Female flower, sep. 5, ¼ in. long, lin.-lanceolate,
glandular-hairy; pet. 5, represented by a minute hair each; disk shortly
5-lobed; styles 3, free, 6-7 lobed. Capsule ¼ in. long.
Fung Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri); White Nile Prov. (rocky hills);
Kordofan Prov. (between Taiara & Gefil).
=C. polytrichus= _Pax._
Shrub? Monœcious; branchlets rusty tomentose. Leaves oblong-ovate or
obl.-elliptic, acuminate, biglandular at base, 1-2 in. long, stellate
pubescent. Racemes stellately pubescent terminal, 4 in. long, upper ⅔
male, female below. Male flower, sep. 5, minute; pet. 5, minute; disk-
glands fleshy, suborbicular; stamens 15. Female flower, sep. 5; pet. a
tuft of hairs; disk undulately lobed; styles 3, bilobed.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Abu Gurun’s Zariba).
=C. niloticus= _Muell. Arg._
Diœcious shrub; stems and branches clothed with scaly pubescence. Leaves
dimorphic—of the young branchlets broadly ovate or ovate-rhomboid, 2-4
in. long, digitately 5-nerved; of the older branches 1 ft. long and
broad deeply cordate, 7-nerved; pet. 1-6 in. long. Male flower not
known; female racemes axillary and terminal, 3½ in. long; sep. 5,
minute; pet. 0; disk saucer-shaped, fleshy; styles deeply bilobed.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=C. gratissimus= _Burch._ NIMARDAK (J. Daier)—Nuba.
Large monœcious shrub, twigs and under surface of leaves covered with
silvery scaly tomentum. Leaves alternate ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 in. long.
Racemes terminal, up to 2½ in. long, bisexual. Male flower, sep. and
pet. 5, ovate 1/10 in. long, scaly; disk-glands thick, opposite the
sepals; stamens 10-5. Female flower, sep. and pet. 5; disk minute; ovary
densely clothed with fringed scales. Capsule ⅛ in. long, slightly
3-lobed.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Daier, Talodi: Um Qualeet).
A decoction is drunk for malaria, and also used as a massage lotion in
cases of fever.
=C. leuconeurus= _Pax._
Monœcious tree, 15-20 ft. high. Leaves ovate or elliptic-ovate, 2-5 in.
long, crenate-serrate with short stipitate glands between the teeth.
Racemes terminal, interrupted. Female flowers few, mixed with males.
Male flower hairy; sep. and pet. 5, 1/10 in. long; glands small and
fleshy; stamens about 18. Female flower, sep. 5, pet. rudimentary,
pilose; disk fleshy; ovary globose densely tomentose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: Mvolo).
241 =Jatropha tuberosa= _Pax._
Monœcious, 1-2 ft. high; root tuberous. Leaves sessile, upper deeply
3-lobed, 6 in. long, lower lanceolate, 3-5 in. long, serrulate. Cymes
terminal, dichotomous. Female flower terminating each axis, male
lateral; bracts ¼ in. long, glandular-toothed; sep. 5, pet. 5, all
minute; glands 5; stamens 8 in 2 series, 3 inner filaments connate.
Female flower, sep. and pet. 5, larger than male; disks 5-lobed, lobes
toothed; styles bifid.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Mangob).
=J. melanosperma= _Pax._
Monœcious herb, 18 in. high. Leaves deeply 3-lobed to subentire 2½-6 in.
long, serrulate. Cymes small; flowers crowded, much as above; seeds
black, shining ¼ in. long; the bracts are smaller and eglandular.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas, Niamniam-land).
=J. lobata= _Muell. Arg._
Monœcious undershrub, about 1 ft. high. Leaves digitately 3-5 lobed,
1½-3 in. long and broad, serrate. Cymes few-flowered, 1 in. diam.;
bracts ¼ in. long, gland-toothed; sep. and pet. minute, gland-toothed;
glands small; stamens 8. Female flower, sep. and pet. larger than male;
disk 5-lobed. Capsule ½ in. long, buff-coloured.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, etc.); Kordofan Prov. (Katul Gumbara).
=J. aceroides= _Hutchinson._
Small shrub. Leaves digitately 5-lobed, 1-4 in. long, coarsely dentate.
Cymes few-flowered. Male flower, sep. 1/10 in.; pet. 1/5 in. long;
glands large round contiguous; stamens 8; filaments partially connate.
Female flower, sep. larger than male; pet. 0; disk deeply 5-lobed. Fruit
not known.
Red Sea Prov. (Khor Ashat, Khor Gwob).
=J. Curcas= _Linn._ HABB-EL-MELUK (Egypt)—Arab.
Sappy shrub. Leaves 5-lobed or entire, ovate-rounded, 3½-5½ in. long and
wide; pet. 3-7 in. long. Cymes shorter than leaves. Male flower, sep.
1/7 in. long; pet. 2/9 in. long, pilose within, connate below; disk-
glands cylindric; stamens 8, 3 inner connate. Female flower, sep. larger
than male; pet. ¼ in. long, pilose; disk deeply 5-lobed. Capsule
ellipsoid, 1 in. long.
Introduced: Khartoum Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Renk); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Deim Zubeir, planted by Marchand); Bahr El Jebel.
It is used as a hedge-plant. The seeds are poisonous and act as a
violent purgative. An oil is extracted from the seeds which is used for
making soap.
=J. glandulosa= _Vahl._
Shrub, 3 ft. high. Leaves 3-lobed, orbicular in outline, 1-2½ in. long
and wide, hairy, glandular-dentate; stip. reduced to a mass of sessile
glands. Cymes 2 in. diam.; bracts glandular-toothed. Male flower, sep.
pubescent, glandular-toothed, minute; pet. 1/5 in. long, connate lower
⅔; disk-glands fleshy; stamens 8, filaments connate half-way. Female
flower, sep. pubescent, gland-toothed; pet. 0; disk 5-lobed, fleshy.
Between Suakin & Kassala (J. Iskeneib).
=J. gallabatensis= _Schweinfth._
Shrub, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves simple to 3-lobed, 2-3 in. long; fimbriate-
glandular-serrate; stip. fimbriate, glandular. Cymes terminal, 1¼ in.
diam.; bracts ¼ in. long, stipitate-glandular. Male fl.: sep. toothed,
minute; pet. ⅙ in. long; disk-glands flat; st. 8, 3 inner connate. Fem.
fl.: sep. glandular-fimbriate, ⅙ in. long; pet. 5, ¼ in. long; disk
5-lobed. Seeds pale, ⅓ in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma).
=J. Schweinfurthii= _Pax._
Densely tomentose herb. Leaves 3-lobed to middle, 3-6 in. long, serrate.
Cymes corymbose; peduncle up to 3 in. long. Male fl.: crowded; sep. and
pet. 5, small, obovate; disk-glands obovate; st. 8, 3 inner connate.
Fem. fl.: sep. lanceolate, pubescent outside, small; pet. free, ⅙ in.
long, disk 5-lobed. Caps. tomentose, ½ in. long; seeds ⅓ in. long,
shining.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas, Bongo: Gir); Bahr El Jebel
(Madi).
=J. æthiopica= _Muell. Arg._
Soft, fulvous-haired herb, 9 in. high. Leaves 3-partite, up to 4 in.
long and broad, sharply serrulate; stip. glandular-fimbriate. Cymes 1½
in. diam. on 1½ in. long, stout peduncles. Male fl.: sep. small, toothed
above; pet. free, small; st. 8, free. Fem. fl.: sep. ⅙ in. long,
fimbriate; pet. 1/5 in. long, free; disk 5-lobed, ovary ellipsoid.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur).
242 =Manniophyton africanum= _Muell. Arg._
Diœcious shrub or climber; branches scabrous-stellate. Leaves alt., from
ovate to 2-3 lobed, 3½-6 in. long; basal nerves 5; pet. up to 4 in.;
stip. rigid, subulate, small. Male panicles solitary or 2-3 together in
upper axils, up to 10 in. long, rough stellate-hairy; fl. clustered;
calyx lobes 5 triangular, ⅛ in. long; pet. 5 connate, glabrous, 1/7 in.
long; disk glands small; st. 17-20, free. Fem. panicle smaller and fewer
flowered than male; cal. as male; cor. tomentose outside; disk absent.
Caps. deeply trilobed, ab. 1 in. long, rusty hairy.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: near Um Yuru River).
243 =Caperonia serrata= _Presl._ LASAKWA (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab.
An erect, monœcious, hispid annual. Leaves narrow-lanceolate, sharply
serrate, 2-4 in. long, glabrous or nearly so. Racemes axillary 2-4 in.
long, nearly glabrous; upper fl. male, lower fem., all solitary to a
bract. Male fl.: calyx lobes 5, ovate-triangular; pet. 5, spathulate-
oblong, subequal; st. 10, connate below, 2-seriate above, disk 0. Fem.
fl.: sep. 8-10, unequal, inner larger; pet. 5, shorter than inner sep.
Caps. ¼ in. wide; accrescent sepals 1/10-1/8 in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White
Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov.; Sobat
River (Nasser); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Abu Gurun’s Zariba).
244 =Chrozophora plicata= _A. Juss._ =var.= (α) =typica= _Prain._ TERBA
(Blue Nile), AKASA (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab; GHANEM (Meshra El
Zeraf)—Dinka.
Prostrate branching herb, with thick root stock. Leaves nearly orbicular
or subtrilobed, margin undulate, plicate, ab. 1 in. long, woolly.
Racemes monœcious, axillary dense, upper fl. male. Male fl. calyx
5-lobed valvate; pet. 5, pink; st. 12-15 connate below, 3-seriate above.
Fem. fl.: calyx 5-lobed, pet. 5; disk-glands alt. with petals. Caps.
3-coccous, red-purple, ⅓ in. wide, pubescent.
Nubia; Dongola Prov.; On river banks and depressions on cotton soil in
most parts of the Sudan; Blue Nile Prov. (Wad Medani, Sennar, Abu
Surga); White Nile Prov. (Geteina & Salati); Kordofan Prov.; Fung Prov.
(Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Nuer District).
=var.= (β) =obliguifolia= _Prain._
Leaves up to 2 in. Petals yellow.
Nubia; Dongola Prov.; Berber Prov. (near Shendi); Khartoum Prov.; Blue
Nile Prov.; White Nile Prov.; Kordofan Prov.
The fruit yields a blueish dye. A strong fibre is yielded by this plant
but it is not easily detachable. The seeds and leaves have purgative
properties.
=C. oblongifolia= _A. Juss._
Bushy white or tawny herb or undershrub. Leaves ovate-rhomboid or oblong
to lanceolate, margins sublobed, 1-4 in. long. Racemes as above. Male
fl.: calyx as above; pet. yellowish-white; st. 5-10, 1-2 seriate. Fem.
fl. much as above, but pet. linear. Caps. 2-coccous, blue-purple, ½
wide, scaly and with fringed margins.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (hills & sea-coast).
=C. brocchiana= _Vis._ =var.= (α) =typica= _Prain._ AGASSIR (Kordn.) &
TARBA (Darfur)—Arab.
Woolly herb or undershrub. Leaves rhomboid or ovate, ¾-1½ in. long,
margin undulate, often 3-lobed, velvety. Racemes very dense, sessile.
Male fl.: calyx pubescent; pet. yellow; st. 5-10, 1-2 seriate. Fem. fl.:
sep. and pet. ¼ in. long. Caps. 3-coccous, white, tinged violet, ⅓ in.
wide, scaly.
Nubia; Dongola Prov. (Debba); Kassala Prov.; Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile
Prov. (Sennar); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Garad, Goghan); Darfur Prov.; Upper
White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf).
=var.= (β) =Hartmanni= _Schwfth._ ATTARR (Kordn.)—Arab.
Leaves rather larger, 1-2 in. long, margin distinctly 3-lobed; long
spreading stellate hairs on both surfaces.
Berber Prov. (Saggaddi); Between Atbara & Red Sea Prov.; Kordofan Prov.
245 =Manihot utilissima= _Pohl._ BABWA (sweet var.) & BAZMANGI (bitter
var.)—Zande.
The Manioc or Cassava.
Shrub or tall woody herb with tuberous roots and 3-7 lobed leaves.
Cultivated on the Bahr El Jebel and the southern portion of the Bahr El
Ghazal.
It is cultivated for its tubers which are eaten when cooked. The juice
of the uncooked tuber is poisonous. The tubers also yield tapioca.
246 =Cephalocroton cordofanus= _Hochst._
Monœcious undershrub, highly aromatic when young. Stems and leaves
stellate- and often glandular-pubescent when young. Leaves alternate,
ovate-cordate, dentate, ½-2 in. long. Male perianth 4-lobed, hairy, st.
8; fem. perianth 4-lobed, lobes bi-tri-pinnatipartite, ovary 3-lobed,
tomentose, styles 3, many times divided.
Nubia; Kassala Prov. (North of Meharrakat & Gedaref, Matamma); Atbara
River (Hillet Idris); Fung Prov. (Roseires, Jongol’s Post); Kordofan
Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Jebel.
247 =Erythrococca bongensis= _Pax._
Diœcious, apetalous shrub, 2-6 ft. high. Leaves alt., short-petioled,
ovate, base cuneate, margin obscurely crenate, 1-2 in. long; stipules
accrescent, usually spinulose. Male fl. minute, in sessile glomerules;
per. 3-lobed; sta. 9-12; fem. fl. not known.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Gurfala).
=E. africana= _Prain._
Diœcious shrub; bud-scales persistent. Leaves alt., short-petioled,
ovate, acuminate, 2-2½ in. long, margin faintly crenate; stipules
minute, scarious. Fl. small, in slender-peduncled racemes. Male fl. per.
4-lobed, green; st. 24, filaments shorter than anthers. Fem. fl. per.
deeply 2-lobed. Ovary usually 2-celled; stigmas connate at base,
papillose. Caps. didymous, rarely 3-coccous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land).
=E. flaccida= _Prain._
Shrub or small tree; bud-scales persistent. Leaves ovate, acuminate,
base cuneate, denticulate, pubescent; stip. scarious, minute. Fl. small,
in slender-peduncled racemes, male up to ½ in. long, female 1¼ in. long,
12-16 flowered.
Male per. 4-lobed; st. ab. 34; fem. per. 2-lobed; ovary 2-celled,
stigmas linear-ovate, at length recurved. Caps. didymous; seeds with red
aril.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River); Fung
Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
248 =Micrococca mercurialis= _Benth._
Sparingly hirsute annual, ½-2 ft. high. Leaves alt., except the lowest,
petioles ½-⅔ in. long; limb oblong or ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 in.
long, margin bluntly toothed. Racemes slender, axillary, 2-3 in. long.
Male fl. minute, per. 3-lobed; st. usually 6, 2-seriate, sometimes up to
20, multiseriate; fem. per. 3-partite; styles short, fimbriate. Caps.
2-4-coccous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Mbomo on the River Lessi).
249 =Acalypha Grantii= _Baker_ & _Hutchinson._
Shrub ab. 6 ft. high, probably diœcious. Leaves alt., ovate, acuminate
to caudate, rounded or subcordate, digitately 5-nerved at base, 2-2½ in.
long, coarsely serrate; pet. ½-1¼ in. long; stip. linear, deciduous.
Male fl. not known. Fem. spikes terminal, ab. ¾ in. long; bracts small,
minutely toothed; sep. 3, ovate, ciliate above; ovary 3-celled, pilose
above; styles 3, purple, deeply laciniate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Sabbi); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=A. paniculata= _Miq._
Monœcious herb, 2-5 ft. high; stems densely pilose above. Leaves ovate,
subcordate or truncate and 5-nerved at base, sparingly bristly on both
sides, coarsely crenate-serrate, 1½-3½ in. long; pet. 1-3½ in. long;
stip. subulate. Male racemes solitary, axillary, 2½-5 in. long; buds
small, 4-lobed; st. 8? Fem. fl. in terminal oblong panicle 6-8 in. long;
branches simple up to 2½ in. long, a few male fl. at the base of each;
sepals 5; ovary slightly 3-lobed with wart-like lumps; styles deeply 4-6
partite.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River); Mongalla Prov.
(Yei River).
=A. senensis= _Klotzsch._
Monœcious shrub or undershrub; stems angular or deeply grooved, usually
hirsute. Leaves linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, gradually acuminate,
cordate and 5-nerved at base, serrate, 1¼-7 in. long; pet. ½-1¼ in.
long. Male spikes axillary, ¾-2½ in. long. Fem. spikes terminal, ¾-1¼
in. long; bracts suborbicular, deeply 7-10 toothed; sep. 4; ovary 3-4
lobed; styles 3-4, slightly connate at base, purple, slightly laciniate,
ab. ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas, Niamniam-land; Mongalla Prov.
(Yei River).
=A. ornata= _Hochst._
Monœcious undershrub or woody herb; branches somewhat grooved and
hirsute. Leaves ovate, caudate, 5-nerved at base, coarsely serrate,
sparingly pilose on nerves, 2-4½ in. long; pet. ½-2½ in. long; stip.
subulate. Male infl. axillary, solitary, slender, 1½-2 in. long. Fem.
infl. terminal, solitary, 2-3½ in. long; bracts ovate-rhomboid,
acuminate, ¼ in. long, 1-flowered, toothed. Ovary 3-lobed, pilose above;
styles 3, laciniate.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Gindua River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-
land: Kulenjo).
=A. villicaulis= _Hochst._
Monœcious herb from a woody root stock; stems angular hirsute. Leaves
linear-lanceolate to ovate, hirsute, acuminate, cordate and 5-7 nerved
at base, crenate-serrate, 1½-4½ in. long; pet. ½-2½ in. long, hirsute,
often with 2 glands at apex. Male infl. axillary, solitary, peduncled,
1½-2½ in. long. Fem. spikes 1-3 together at end of each shoot; bracts
small, toothed, pubescent; sep. coriaceous ovate, pilose on back. Ovary
densely pilose; styles 3, laciniate, ab. ⅓ in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: on the banks of the Gendua River); Darfur Prov.
(Kulme 3,600 ft.); Upper White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur
Ghattas).
=A. fruticosa= _Forsk._ RIKTUDA—Rashida; MŪT—Hadendowa.
Shrub. Leaves alt., ovate, shortly acuminate, usually abruptly cuneate,
also 3-5 nerved at the base, crenate to serrate, up to 4 in. long and
bearing golden-coloured glands on lower surface. Infl. axillary, up to ½
in. long, consisting of 2-3 unilateral dentate bracts each containing a
solitary fem. fl. and of a very short terminal male spike; ovary with
golden glands; styles 3, much branched.
Red Sea Prov. (Karora); Bahr El Jebel.
The leaves are used in India as a stomachic in dyspepsia and in cholera.
=A. brachystachya= _Hornem._
Slender monœcious annual, 6-12 in. high. Leaves ovate, shortly
acuminate, cordate or rounded and 5-7 nerved at base, serrate, ½-1½ in.
long; pet. ½-1¾. long. Infl. bisexual, short, axillary, solitary or
geminate, of 6-9 fem. fl. below, and male fl. in short, dense terminal
cluster; axis pubescent. Fem. bracts tripartite; sep. 3; ovary bristly;
styles slender, laciniate.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=A. psilostachya= _Hochst._
Herb or undershrub; stems hirsute when young. Leaves ovate or rhomboid,
acutely caudate, rounded or cordate and 5-7 nerved at base, 2-3½ in.
long, serrate, bristly on both surfaces. Infl. bisexual, axillary,
solitary, 1-3 in. long, of 3-4 fem. fl. near the base, otherwise male.
Fem. bracts 5-lobed; sep. 3, ovate; ovary hirsute; styles 3, ¼ in. long,
laciniate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land).
=A. hochstetteriana= _Muell. Arg._
Monœcious annual, up to 2 ft. high, sparingly hairy. Leaves lanceolate
or elliptic, slightly acuminate, 3-5 nerved at base, ¾-3 in. long,
crenulate, pellucid-dotted. Male spikes solitary in each leaf axil
together but separate from a solitary fem. fl. Male fl., sep. 4. Fem.
fl., bract small, saucer-shaped; sep. 3; ovary warted; styles short,
laciniate.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.
=A. ciliata= _Forsk._
Monœcious herb, ab. 3 ft. high; stem grooved, shortly pubescent. Leaves
ovate, caudate, 5-nerved at base, 1½-4½ in. long, crenate-serrate,
slightly scabrous; pet. 1-3½ in. long. Infl. bisexual, axillary,
solitary or in pairs, ¾-1 in. long, with ab. 10 fem. fl. in the lower
part, upper part male, spicate. Fem. bracts suborbicular, laciniate-
toothed, ribbed; sep. 3, small; ovary slightly pubescent; styles 3,
slender, laciniate.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White
Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River).
=A. glomerata= _Hutchinson._