or yellowish, tube densely reddish-hairy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
A handsome decorative plant.
475 =Anthospermum pachyrrhizum= _Hiern._
Heath-like undershrub with fascicled, scabrid, linear leaves, ⅔ in.
long; stipules subulate. Calyx minute, 1-2 lobes enlarged, leaf-like.
Cor. funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Fruit obovoid, dicoccous.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 8,200 ft.).
476 =Stipularia elliptica= _Schwfth._
Small, somewhat cottony shrub. Leaves elliptical, apiculate, wedge-
shaped or obtuse at base. Flowers white in solitary axillary heads
enclosed in 1 or 2 red or purple bracts.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land).
477 =Tarenna nilotica= _Hiern._
Shrub, 20 ft. high. Leaves oval or obovate, papery. Flowers ½ in. long,
white, 5-merous, in dense sessile corymbs; cor. salver-shaped. Berry
globular.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
478 =Randia nilotica= _Stapf._ KHARUM or TAKIRNI (Baggara), ABU MARFEIN
(Bahr El Ghazal), SIMEIN & SHIDR EL MARFEIN (Baggara), UMKALOL,
UMSHALALO & YAU (Jongol’s Post)—Arab; UMDAMUN (Dilling) & RŪT
(Tagele)—Nuba; KULUJI—Bari; AGHEI (Goz El Siada)—Dinka; DIG—Burun.
Stiff, spinous shrub; spines opposite or alternate. Leaves usually
obovate, cuneate at base, 3 in. long. Flowers usually creamy white,
sometimes orange or greenish-yellow, solitary or few together, almost
axillary or on short lateral shoots, pentamerous. Fruit subglobose,
crowned by calyx lobes, up to 1½ in. long.
Fung, Kordofan, Upper White Nile (Goz El Siada), Bahr El Ghazal &
Mongalla Provinces.
The fruit is said to act as a fish poison and as an antidote to arrow
poison. It is a useful emetic.
=R. genipæflora= _DC._
Straggling shrub to small tree, unarmed. Leaves oval or oblong, thin in
texture, cuneate at base up to 6 in. long. Flowers white, stellate, ¾
in. long, in short dense axillary cymes. Fruit globose, ⅓ in. diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit).
=R. sp.= KIRKIR (Baggara) & SOGHEIT (Fung)—Arab; MAINTU (Dilling & J.
Ghulfan) & TINTURING (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Tall shrub or small tree with large light green leaves and fruit size of
a small orange. Flowers not seen.
Fung Prov. (Roseires, edges of Khors); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dar Nuba).
By the Nubas the fruit is said to be edible.
=R. malleifera= _Benth._ BIRKWA—Jur; BLIPPO—Zande.
Ornamental puberulous shrub, 8-15 ft. high. Leaves obovate-oblong,
acuminate, opposite or apparently 3 together at end of twigs by
suppression of the node, the solitary pendulous flower replacing the
missing leaf. Corolla tawny hairy outside, white inside; tube 3 in.
long, slender; lobes ab. 2-3 in. in diam., fragrant. Fruit globose,
obscurely ribbed, 1½ in. across, crowned by calyx lobes; style long,
clapper-shaped.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shady Khors).
Yields a black sap with which the Niamniams paint their bodies.
=R. sp.=
Large shrub, no flowers seen; branchlets tomentose. Leaves ovate-
orbicular, softly pubescent on the nerves beneath, about 3 in. broad.
Young fruits ellipsoid, glabrous.
Mongalla Prov. (Kagi Ko, Yei River, Sillitoe 333).
=R. macrantha= _DC._
Climbing shrub. Leaves oval or obovate-oblong, deciduous, crowded at
ends of branches. Flowers solitary, pentamerous, fragrant. Cor. green
and white; tube slender; limb 2½ in. diam.; style long. Fruit globose or
pear-shaped, 1½ in. diam.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
479 =Morelia senegalensis= _A. Rich._ KUUM—Dinka; MUNDONGO or
YAMALA—Golo; BAKIWE—Zande.
Large shrub to small tree. Leaves oval or oblong, 2-7 in. long. Flowers
up to ½ in. long, white, fragrant, clustered in axillary cymes. Fruit
globose, ½ in. diam., green.
White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (watercourses).
The straight stems are used for lance-shafts.
480 =Gardenia Jovis-Tonantis= _Welw._ BAGGIS—Arab; MAMELE-BA—Bongo;
CHII—Golo; AKANJA—Jur.
Shrub. Leaves ternate, oval or obovate. Flowers solitary, terminal,
aromatic, yellowish, 6-11-merous, 1-3 in. across. Fruit more or less
spindle-shaped, when ripe subtranslucent, yellow.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Mongalla Prov. (Moru territory, near Ayi River).
Shrub very similar to _G. lutea_, very ornamental. Fruit is edible and
tastes like an inferior apple.
=G. Aqualla= _Stapf_ & _Hutchinson._
Shrub, 4-7 ft. high. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches,
elongate-obovate, about 6 in. long, scabrid above, pubescent below.
Flowers white, at length yellow; corolla appressed-tomentose. Fruit
ellipsoid, beaked, ribbed, 1½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
=G. erubescens= _Stapf_ & _Hutchinson_ (= =G. Tinneæ= _Vig._).
Tree, 15-20 ft.; branchlets softly tomentose. Leaves verticillate,
broadly obovate, glabrous, 4-6 in. long, often reddish, Flowers yellow;
corolla sparingly pubescent. Fruit edible.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land, near Reggo).
=G. lutea= _Fresen._ ABBAKA, ABU GAWI & BAGGIS—Arab; MAGAL (J.
Daier)—Nuba; KUGO—Bongo; DAUNG (Bahr El Ghazal) & DONG (or ADONG)
(Mongalla) & DUNK—Dinka; DUFITI—Bari; AKLIMBO or CHII—Golo; RUNDA—Hameg;
ADWANG—Jur; M’BEGGE—Zande.
Shrub, often spiny, the spines formed by abortive branches. Leaves oval
or obovate, up to 6 in. long, opposite or 3-4 together. Flowers
solitary, terminal, 6-10-merous; calyx often spathaceous, slit on one
side; cor. white or yellow, lobes up to 1½ in. long, contorted. Fruit
ovoid or globose, up to 4 in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Jur & Niamniam-lands); South of Lat. 13° N.
The roots, boiled with Dura flour are taken by the natives as a cure for
Blackwater fever. Wood hard, dense, even-grained, light-yellow, used for
knife handles. Yields a fragrant resin called ABU BEKA by Arabs. The
fruit is a fish-poison.
=G. Vogelii= _Hook. f._ BIANGA—Zande.
Shrub to small tree. Leaves dark-green, oval or obovate, up to 10 in.
long, opposite. Flowers solitary, terminal, white, fragrant, 5-merous,
ab. 6 in. long. Fruit spindle-shaped.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Niamniam-land).
The fruit yields a blue-black dye, used by the Azande for staining their
faces.
=G. urcelliformis= _Schwfth._
Shrubby. Leaves opposite or ternate, elliptical, 3-5 in. long. Flowers
solitary, terminal; ovary urn-shaped. Fruit ovoid, 2 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River).
481 =Amaralia heinsioides= _Wernham._
Scandent shrub. Leaves broadly elliptic, subcordate at the base, 7-8 in.
long, about 4 in. broad, thin, glabrous. Corolla bell-shaped, tubular at
the base, white outside; lobes rose, tomentose outside. Berry red.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Diamvonu River).
=A. bignoniæflora= _Welw._
Scandent shrub or tree. Leaves evergreen, opposite, oval, up to 9 in.
long. Flowers axillary, solitary or geminate, under 3 in. long; cor.
white outside and purple inside, or orange blotched with purple. Fruit
oblong, 4 in. long, red.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
482 =Macrosphyra longistyla= _Hook. f._
Scandent, tawny, hairy shrub. Leaves opposite, hirsute, oval, ovate or
obovate, up to 7 in. long, deciduous. Flowers 2-3 in. long with style
exserted by as much again, subsessile and clustered at extremities of
branches. Cor. cream-coloured; style green. Berry pear-shaped or
globose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
483 =Oxyanthus formosus= _Hook. f._
Glabrous shrub, 10 ft. high. Leaves oval-oblong, subauriculate, 8-11 in.
long. Fl. 5-8 in. long, white, in axillary ebracteolate panicles, not
longer than the leaves.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=O. unilocularis= _Hiern._
Shrub or small tree. Leaves oblong, auriculate-cordate, 10-20 in. long.
Flowers 4-6 in. long, white, in branched axillary panicles shorter than
leaves. Fruit globose, 1 in. in diam., crowned with persistent calyx
limb, 1-celled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Khors near Deim Zubeir).
=O. macrophyllus= _Schwfth._
Tree, 50-60 ft. high. Leaves oval or ovate-oblong, subauriculate, 12-16
in. long. Flowers 6 in. long, white, in dense axillary panicles. Fruit
globose, fleshy, 2-celled with 1 seed in each cell.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land, Jur-land).
484 =Feretia apodanthera= _Del._
Shrub, 10 ft. high. Leaves opp., oval, papery, 1½ in. long. Flowers
white, ¾ in. long, subsessile, clustered on short lateral shoots;
anthers sessile at the mouth of the corolla. Fruit ¼ in. in diameter.
Kassala Prov. (Matamma); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Bongo-land & Dar Fertit; between Wau & Deim Zubeir).
The fruit can be used as a substitute for coffee (fide A. Rich).
485 =Tricalysia niamniamensis= _Schwfth._
Puberulous shrub with straight branches. Stipules intrapetiolar, broad-
deltoid, apiculate, connate. Leaves elliptical or lanceolate, narrowed
to base, with tufts of hairs on axils of veins, up to 3½ in. long.
Flowers 3-10 together, ⅓ in. long, subsessile, axillary. Berry
pubescent, minute.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Niamniam-land); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=T. djurensis= _Hiern._
Puberulous shrub. Differs from above by leaves being rounded or slightly
hollowed at the base. Cor. greenish. Fruit 1-seeded, red.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
=T. okelensis= _Hiern._
Shrub, 20 ft. high. Leaves elliptical or lanceolate, papery. Flowers in
axillary clusters, 5-7-merous; style somewhat hairy above, 2-3-cleft.
Berry ¼ in. diam., at first yellow, then red.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Khor Okel).
486 =Guettarda sp.=
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
487 =Pentanisia Schweinfurthii= _Hiern._
Dwarf herb, 3-6 in. high. Leaves oval or oblong, obtuse; stipules 2-3
cuspidate. Flowers ½ in. long, lilac, sessile, in branched heads. Fruit
subglobose, puberulous, minute.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit).
488 =Cremaspora africana= _Benth._
Pubescent subscandent shrub, with supra-axillary spreading branches.
Leaves dimorphous, oval to oblong, 4 in. long, acuminate, or below the
base of the branchlets auricled, subreniform, up to 1½ in. in diam.
Flowers 5-merous, white, fragrant, under ½ in. long, subsessile, 2-6 in
short axillary clusters.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Khor Tela, Bongo, Niamniam & Jur lands); Mongalla
Prov. (Yei River).
Fruits yield a blue colour like Indigo.
489 =Polysphæria parvifolia= _Hiern._
Shrub, 7 ft. high, with supra-axillary branchlets. Leaves dimorphous,
oval to ovate, rounded or subcordate at base, or below the branchlets
suborbicular and cordate. Flowers small, 4-merous, axillary, 3-5
together in sessile clusters. Berry ¼ in. in diam.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Sobat).
=P. Schweinfurthii= _Hiern._
Much branched shrub, 20 ft. high. Leaves oblong-ovate, rounded or
subcordate at base, up to 4 in. long. Calyx persistent, 4-toothed.
Berries 1-2 together, ¼ in. diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Malgo Stream).
490 =Canthium zanzibaricum= _Klotzsch._
Unarmed shrub, sometimes scandent; branches at first green, turning
white. Leaves coriaceous, oval to ovate, obtusely acuminate, rather
unequal, under 5 in. long. Flowers minute, white, in dense axillary
panicles. Fruit 2-lobed, ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam and Bongo lands).
=C. polycarpum= _Schwfth._
Tree, 40 ft. high, in habit not unlike a tree-fern. Leaves oval,
acuminate, papery. Fruits numerous, 2-lobed, ¼ in. long, wrinkled; seeds
horse-shoe shaped. Panicle sub-globose, axillary, 2-3 in long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=C. venosum= _Oliv._
Unarmed shrub, tree or climber; young parts rusty-hispid. Branches ashy;
leaves oval-ovate to lanceolate, subcoriaceous, with hairy depressions
in axils of veins, up to 5 in. long. Flowers minute, white, axillary, in
globose panicles, 1 in. in diam. Fruit globose, hard, ⅓ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo & Jur lands and near Badari’s); Bahr El
Jebel (Madi).
=C. crassum= _Schwfth._
Unarmed shrub, 5-15 ft. high; bark corky-white. Leaves subcoriaceous,
obovate or oval, 6-9 in. long, opposite. Flowers 4-5-merous, ¼ in. long,
in lateral and axillary panicles, below the young leaves.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Mittu lands).
=C. nitens= _Hiern._
Glossy, unarmed shrub; branches ashy, thickened at nodes. Leaves
coriaceous, shining, oval acuminate, up to 4 in. long. Flowers axillary,
numerous, umbellate. Fruit obovoid-oblong, under ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
=C. Schimperianum= _A. Rich._
Nearly glabrous arborescent shrub. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, cuneate
at base, subcoriaceous, glossy above, up to 2½ in. long. Flowers small,
yellow, axillary, umbellate. Fruit ¼ in. long, obscurely wrinkled.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
491 =Vangueria venosa= _Hochst._
Large shrub or small tree. Leaves opp., deciduous, elliptical, narrowed
to both ends, glabrous. Fl. greenish, in lax lateral and axillary
panicles, 1-2 in. in diam. Fruit subglobose, 4-5 sided, 1 in. in diam.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo & Jur lands).
Fruit is eaten.
=V. abyssinica= _A. Rich._
Unarmed shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptical, velvety, 2-5 in. long;
stipules caudate, from a broad connate base. Fl. small, yellowish-green,
in branched panicles, 1 in. in diam.; cor. velvety outside. Fruit
subglobose, 4-5 channelled.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli and Abu Sugra on the left bank of the Blue Nile).
=V. apiculata= _K. Schum._
Scandent shrub. Leaves ovate, gradually acuminate, 3 in. long, 1-1½ in.
broad, glabrous. Cymes axillary, very shortly pedunculate; pedicels
softly tomentose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
492 =Meyna tetraphylla= _Robyns._
Subscandent puberulous shrub, 20 ft. high, with opposite spinous
branches; spines ½-1 in. long, decussate or opposite a spine-like
branchlet. Leaves crowded on short shoots, pseudo-verticillate in fours,
oval, chartaceous. Fl. in short axillary clusters on hairy stalks,
4-5-merous, very small; cor. hairy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Abu Gurun’s Zeriba); Bahr El Jebel
(Madi).
493 =Rytiginia pauciflora= _Robyns._
Spinous shrub up to 15 ft. high; spines supra-axillary, opposite, up to
⅓ in. long. Leaves ovate, obtusely acuminate. Flowers small, solitary or
2 together; cor. glabrous with 6-8 tailed lobes. Fruit ⅓ in. long, 3-4
ribbed.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Niamniam lands).
=R. euonymoides= _Blume._
Unarmed shrub, up to 20 ft. high. Leaves oval or ovate, obtusely
acuminate, obliquely narrowed at the base, chartaceous with small tufts
of hairs in axils of the lateral nerves beneath. Fl. 2-3 together,
minute; cor. throat hairy. Fruit ⅓ in. long, 3-5 ribbed.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land).
494 =Fadogia leucophlœa= _Hiern._
Unarmed shrub. Leaves ovate-elliptic, obtusely acuminate, shortly
cuneate, about 2 in. long and 1 in. broad, glabrous, bright green. Fl.
clustered, crowded; calyx and ovary pubescent; corolla 6-lobed; disk
hairy. Fruit 2-3 lobed or oblique, ⅓ in. long, minutely pubescent.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land; Bongo-land).
=F. agrestis= _Schwfth._
Herbaceous, hairy undershrub, 2 ft. high, branching from the base.
Leaves ternate, oval. Fl. hairy, in short axillary panicles. Fruit
ribbed, tipped by persistent calyx, ½ in. broad.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=F. Cienkowskii= _Schwfth._
Hirsute undershrub, 2 ft. high. Leaves 3-4 together, oval, obtuse,
chartaceous; stipules apiculate. Fl. 1-3 on a short axillary peduncle;
cor. short, funnel-shaped; lobes 5-6. Drupe globose.
Fung Prov. (Fadoga).
=F. glaberrima= _Schwfth._
Glabrous undershrub; branches ternate. Leaves ternate, oval, subsessile.
Fl. minute, 3 together on an axillary peduncle; cor. greenish-white;
lobes 5-6.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
495 =Temnocalyx ancylanthus= _Robyns._
Puberulous undershrub, 5 ft. high. Leaves ternate, oval, chartaceous,
glabrous, 1-3 in. long; stip. apiculate, covering a ring of caducous
white hairs. Fl. nearly 1 in. long, greenish-white, 1-4 together on a
short peduncle; cor. funnel-shaped, 5-lobed; stigma 5-lobed at the tip.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Niamniam lands).
=var. puberula= _Robyns._
Leaves pubescent on the nerves below.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
496 =Craterispermum laurinum= _Benth._
Shrub. Leaves yellowish-green on both sides, opposite, obovate-oval, 2-9
in. long. Fl. ¼ in. long, in stalked clusters, 1 in. in diam.; cor.
white, funnel-shaped, ¾ in. diam. Berry obliquely globular, ab. ¼ in. in
diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=C. Schweinfurthii= _Hiern._
Undershrub. Leaves pale yellowish-green on both sides, oval acuminate,
coriaceous, 5-6 in. long; stipules broadly ovate, connate at base. Fl.
white, ⅓ in. long, in somewhat supra-axillary pedunculate heads. Berry
black-purple, ⅜ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
497 =Ixora radiata= _Hiern._
Large shrub, up to 20 ft. high. Leaves opposite, evergreen, oval to
narrow-elliptic, undulate, glossy, up to 12 in. long. Fl. 2-3 in. long,
rose-coloured, crowded in branched clusters; cor. tube slender, lobes ¼
in. long. Berry subglobose or subdidymous, ¼ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=I. sp.?= TURA (Baggara)—Arab; KURUWI (J. Eliri) & TIMLEIRRUK
(Kadugli)—Nuba.
Shrub. Fl. not seen. Fruit a globular berry.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (on rocks).
498 =Pavetta subcana= _Hiern._ PALANJEKE—Golo.
Small, hoary shrub. Leaves opp., oval, pubescent, 1-2 in. long, rounded
or emarginate at apex. Fl. ¾ in. long, crowded, many together at ends of
short naked branches; cor. tube slender, pubescent, lobes 4. Berry
fleshy, pea-shaped.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
=P. genipæfolia= _Sch._ & _Thonn.?_
Shrub. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, chartaceous, at first hirsute-
pubescent, 3-9 in. long. Fl. ⅔ in. long, in dense, globose panicles, 2-4
in. diam.; calyx-lobes obovate-oblong, foliaceous, ½ in. long; cor. tube
slender. Fr. globose, ⅓ in. diam., crowned by persistent calyx, shining,
with scattered hairs.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River).
=P. gardeniæfolia= _Hochst._
Glabrous shrub, 10 ft. high. Leaves narrowly elliptical or obovate,
often marked with immersed glands, 1-3 in. long; stip. ovate, apiculate,
covering caducous hairs. Fl. 4-merous, white, ½ in. long, in drooping
corymbs, up to 1½ in. long. Berry fleshy, ¼ in. in diam.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra 6,800 ft.).
=P. Oliveriana= _Hiern._
Velvety-hairy shrub. Leaves oval, subacuminate, up to 4 in. long. Fl.
white, 4-merous, 1½ in. long, in dense terminal corymbs, 5 in. in diam.
Berry fleshy.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=P. Baconia= _Hiern._
Large shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptical, acuminate, 3-8 in. long.
Fl. white, 4-merous, ab. ¼ in. long, in dense terminal corymbs 2-3 in.
across, with 2 foliaceous bracts at the base; cor. throat bearded. Berry
2-channelled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Bongo-land).
=P. ruwenzoriensis= _S. Moore._
Shrub. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, thinly pubescent on both sides, 5 in.
long. Flowers in dense terminal corymbs. Calyx lobes linear. Corolla
nearly 1 in. long, pure white. Anthers dark.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=P. near P. ruwenzoriensis= _S. Moore._
Like the preceding, but corymbs axillary and terminal and leaves
narrowly obovate, glabrous.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
499 =Coffea sp.= (= =C. liberica= _Hiern?_).
Shrub. Leaves broadly elliptic, acute at the base, about 10 in. long and
5 in. broad, papery, glabrous. Flowers large. Corolla about 1¼ in. long.
Anthers exserted, ⅓ in. long.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
500 =Rutidea olenotricha= _Hiern._
Climbing shrub with opposite, shortly tomentose branches. Leaves opp.,
obovate-oval, with hairy tufts beneath in axils of lateral nerves, up to
5½ in. long. Flowers 5-merous, in little heads collected in terminal
pyramidal panicles; cor. whitish, hairy outside, with unpleasant smell.
Fruit pea-shaped, fleshy.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=R. sp.=
Climbing shrub. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rounded at the base, 4 in. long,
1¾ in. broad. Fruits globose, ¼ in. diam., glabrous.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land, Schwfth. 3113).
501 =Morinda lucida= _Benth._
Small tree; branchlets rounded. Leaves elliptic, 6 in. long, 3 in.
broad, shining. Peduncles in pairs, slender. Fruit a deeply lobed
syncarpium.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (between Meshra El Rek & Tonj).
=M. longiflora= _G. Don._
Shrub, often scandent. Leaves opp., oval, acuminate, 2-6 in. long;
stipules short, broad, connate and sheathing. Fl. 1-2 in. long, 3-8
together in terminal heads; cor. white or copper-coloured, 6-lobed. Fr.
a succulent syncarpium, 1½ in. in diam., orange-coloured.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land).
502 =Psychotria sulphurea= _Schwfth._
Puberulous undershrub, 5 ft. high. Leaves ovate or oval, 5-6 in. long;
stip. broadly ovate, 3-pointed. Fl. ⅛ in. long, sulphur-coloured,
crowded in terminal, simple or branched cymes. Berry 2-lobed, ¼ in. in
diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo & Niamniam lands).
=P. cristata= _Hiern._
Shrubby. Leaves oval or elliptical, acuminate, 3-7 in. long, margins
revolute. Fl. minute, 5-merous, in dense corymbose cymes; cor. white
with yellow throat, lobes keeled and crested on back. Fr. subglobose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. & Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land).
=P. Schweinfurthii= _Hiern._
Shrubby creeping plant. Leaves opp., oval or elliptical. Fl. ¼ in. long,
in crowded terminal panicles; cor. funnel-shaped, throat thinly hairy.
Fr. subglobose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=P. mucronata= _Hiern._
Glabrous undershrub, 3 ft. high. Leaves oval; stip. ovate, longer than
the petiole, bifid. Fl. cymose; cor. white, 5-lobed, sweet-scented like
the Elder. Fruit subglobose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=P. nubica= _Del._
Glabrous shrub, 7 ft. high. Leaves elliptical, 3 in. long; stip.
triangular. Fl. ½ in. long, 5-merous, 3-6 together, in 3-branched
terminal cymes. Fruit subglobose.
Fung Prov. (Singa).
503 =Geophila uniflora= _Hiern._
Creeping perennial, rooting at the nodes. Leaves reniform, cordate, 1-2
in. long, opposite; stip. ovate or rounded, 1 line long. Fl. solitary,
white, ⅓ in. long, bracteate at base; cor. throat densely bearded. Fr.
ovoid, ⅙ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Hoo River).
=G. involucrata= _Schwfth._
Creeping puberulous herb. Leaves almost round; stip. semicircular. Fl.
enclosed in cup-shaped involucre of oval bracts, white, ⅓ in. long. Fr.
fleshy, pea-shaped.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land).
504 =Cephaëlis suaveolens= _Schwfth._
Undershrub, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves opp., oval; stip. broadly oval, connate
at base, bifid, puberulous. Fl. ab. ¼ in. long, 5-merous, white, sweet-
scented, crowded in subterminal and axillary, solitary heads, 1 in. in
diam., with 4 involucral bracts. Berry oval, 12-grooved.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: near Okel).
505 =Diodia breviseta= _Benth._
Trailing or scandent herb, with scabrid, quadrangular branches. Leaves
opp., elliptical, 1-2 in. long, margins scabrid or serrulate; stipules
of 5 bristles arising from a short truncate base. Fl. white, 4-merous,
sessile, few or several together, axillary. Fr. dicoccous, ⅙ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: near the Boddo River).
506 =Gaillonia calycoptera= _Jaub._ & _Spach._
Rigid undershrub, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves opp. linear, fleshy, sessile, ¼-1
in. long; stipules sheathing, each with 2 bristles and adnate to the
base of the leaves. Fl. small, sessile, or nearly so, solitary or few
together, sheathed at base by a pale, calyx-like, 6-cleft involucre, in
simple or alternately branched terminal spikes. Fruit dicoccous.
Red Sea Prov. (Soturba).
507 =Spermacoce tenuissima= _Schwfth._