oval-ovate or oblong, 1-4 in. long. Capit. homog., orange, cymose or
subsolitary on 2½ in. long pedicels; invol. bracts 1-seriate; florets
hermaphr.
Fung. Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov.; Darfur Prov. (J. Marra:
Wadi Gindi, 7,500 ft.); Upper White Nile Prov.
565 =Notonia Schweinfurthii= _O._ & _H._
Glabrous, fleshy perennial, 1 ft. high. Leaves narrow-elliptic, sessile,
1-2 in. long. Capit. homog., purple, solitary, many-flowered, on 6-8 in.
long bracteate peduncles; invol. bracts 1-seriate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit: Pongo River).
566 =Senecio arabicus= _Linn._
Annual, ab. 1 ft. high. Leaves alt., pinnatifid or partite, oval in
outline 1-3½ in. long, upper amplexicaul, auriculate. Capit. homog., in
broad corymbose cymes; invol. bracts 1-seriate.
Nubia (Islands of the Nile); Kordofan Prov.
=S. abyssinicus= _Schultz Bip._
Herb, 3-16 in. high. Leaves alt., spathulate, ½-2½ in. long, somewhat
hairy. Capit. heterog., yellow, 4-12 together, cymose; invol. bracts
1-ser.; fem. fl. ligulate.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=S. discifolius= _Oliv._
Annual, 12-15 in. high. Leaves alt., orbicular, ¾-2 in. diam. (upper
ones obovate spathulate), suddenly narrowed into a winged petiole.
Capit. heterog., orange, 1-3 on 3-7 in. long peduncles, terminal; invol.
bracts 1-ser.; fem. fl. ligulate.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.); Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land).
=S. picridifolius= _DC._
Perennial 1-2 ft. high. Leaves alt., oval-oblong or ovate, auriculate,
toothed, puberulous, 1½-4½ in. long. Capit. homog., 1 or few together,
on 3-6 in. long peduncles; invol. bracts 1-seriate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Papyrus Swamp, Meshra El Rek).
=S. tuberosus= _Schultz Bip._
Glabrous herb 7-18 in. high, with white, fleshy tuberous root 1-3 in.
diam. Leaves alt., elliptic to ovate, coarsely toothed or 3-lobed, 4-8
in. long including petiole. Capit. homog., yellow, 5-flowered, in a
dense subumbelliform cyme. Invol. bracts-seriate.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Khor Koki, Matamma).
Root edible.
=S. Schweinfurthii= _O. Hoffm._
Herb. Leaves crowded, linear-oblanceolate, serrate, 4 in. long, shortly
pubescent. Heads few, discoid. Bracts ⅓ in. long, viscid. Pappus longer
than corolla, white.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jurland).
=S.? emilioides= _Schultz._
Glabrous annual, branched from the base. Capit. discoid; invol. bracts
1-seriate.
Fung Prov.
567 =Tripteris Vaillantii= _Decaisne._
Scabrous herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves alt., linear to narrow-elliptic,
dentate to subpinnatifid, 1-4½ in. long, semi-amplexicaul. Capit.
heterog., yellow-purplish, in a lax corymb on 1-7 in. long pedicels;
invol. bracts sub 1-ser.; fem. fl. ligulate; disk fl. tubular, sterile.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit, 21° N.L. sea level to 3-4,000 ft., Has Has).
=T. Lordii= _O._ & _H._
Scabrid decumbent or ascending herb, 4-6 in. high. Lower leaves opp.,
upper alt., oval or narrow-elliptic repand-denticulate, 1½-2½ in. long.
Capit. heterog., yellow, solitary or few in a lax cyme; ligule of fem.
fl. ⅙ in. long, linear.
Red Sea Prov. (near Erkowit & Khor Tamanib).
_C. More or less spinescent herbs, sometimes thistle-like. Capitula
either heterogamous (outer florets usually neuter, ligulate or dilated
tubular) or homogamous, hermaphrodite and tubular. Leaves alternate._
568 =Berkheya Spekeana= _Oliv._
Tall, erect, prickly herb. Leaves alt., linear-oblong, semiamplexicaul,
remotely toothed, apiculate at tip, spinose-hispid above, white-
tomentose beneath, 1-6 in. long. Capit. heterog., yellow, 1 in. diam.
excl. ray, solitary or few together; invol. bracts many, spinous
acuminate; ray fl. 1-ser., ligulate, neuter; ligule ab. 1 in. long.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Niamniam-land).
569 =Echinops longifolius= _A. Rich._
Erect, thistle-like herbs, ab. 2 ft. high. Leaves linear, amplexicaul-
auriculate, intensely spinose white tomentose beneath, 6-12 in. long.
Capit. 1-flowered collected into a dense globose head; cor. purple;
inner invol. bracts 20-25 lanceolate or spathulate, serrate aculeate.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Bahr El Jebel (Madi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Niamniam-land).
=E. amplexicaulis= _Oliv._
Erect thistle-like, 4 ft. or more; stems cottony. Leaves pinnately-
lobed, ovate or elliptical, white-tomentose beneath, 3-9 in. long,
spinose-dentate and tipped. Capit. 1-flowered in a dense globose cluster
3-4 in. diam.; fl. pink; inner invol. bracts 20-25, ciliate-spinulose,
linear-lanceolate or subulate, the innermost connate half-way.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Sabbi).
=E. macrochætus= _Fresen._ KWANAB—Hadendowa.
Erect, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves semi-amplexicaul, oblanceolate or
elliptical, up to over 8 in. long, more or less deeply pinnately lobed,
spiny, white-tomentose beneath. Capitula not very numerous in clusters,
1½ in. diam.; inner invol. bracts spathulate, apiculate, ab. 18 in
number, innermost connate into a tube more than half-way up.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Ghulfan); Darfur Prov. (J.
Marra 8-10,000 ft.).
=E. spinosus= _Linn._
Erect, 3-5 ft. high, white-woolly. Leaves sessile, ovate, pinnatisect,
2-8 in. long, spinose-incised; heads about 1 in. long, in clusters 3-4
in. diam.
No locality given (fide Mrs. Crowfoot).
=E. sp.=
Leaves not seen. Heads very large on a cone-like axis, pedicellate,
pedicels covered with very long hairs.
Mongalla Prov. (Donka’s village, Sillitoe No. 202).
570 =Centaurea Calcitrapa= _Linn._ Star-thistle Centaurea.
Scabrid branched herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves from simple to pinnatisect,
lobes linear, denticulate. Capit. heterog. (outer fl. 1-ser. larger and
neuter), solitary, lateral or terminal; invol., bracts glabrous or
arachnoid ending in a spreading, yellowish spine, ¾ to 1¼ in. long with
a few smaller lateral ones; fl. purple.
Kordofan Prov.
=C. senegalensis= _DC._ ABU SHWEIKA (N. Kordn.)—Arab.
Coarse scabrid herb, 2 ft. high. Leaves oval, ovate or lanceolate,
apiculate, denticulate, semi-amplexicaul. Capit. ovoid-globose, ½-⅔ in.
thick, solitary, terminal; invol. much as above; fl. purple.
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (Melit & J. Marra).
The flower-heads are made into a poultice to reduce swellings.
=C. rhizocephala= _O._ & _H._
Erect hirsute herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves oval-oblong, sessile, 3-5 in.
long. Capit. 1-1½ in. long, 3 to 9 together in trichotomous cymes
terminating short radical shoots; invol. bracts ending in 3-5 short
spines; outer fl. white, inner rose-coloured.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Sabbi).
=C. papposa= _Schultz Bip._
Leaves ovate-oblong, sessile, scabrid-glandular, 1½ in. long. sharply
denticulate. Heads few. Bracts long-spine-tipped, pectinate at base.
Kordofan Prov. (Takari, south of Rahad).
571 =Carthamus tinctorius= _Linn._ GURDUM or ASFAR, QORTOM (Egypt)—Arab.
Erect, thistle-like herb, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves ovate-oblong, sessile,
1-3 in. long, spinulose-denticulate. Capit. ab. 1 in. thick, homog.,
solitary or cymose; invol. bracts foliaceous and spinescent (in wild
forms); fl. orange.
Khartoum, Blue Nile and Kordofan Provinces.
Cultivated for the flowers which yield an orange dye, called safflower,
and for the seeds which yield a clear, yellow, esculent oil. Poultry
fatten on the seeds.
=C. leucocaulos= _Sibth._
Glabrous, white-stemmed, prickly herb, 1-1½ ft. high. Leaves pinnatifid,
1-4 in. long, lobes ovate ending in a sharp spine. Capit. terminating
the end branches; inner invol. bracts lanceolate.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Soturba, 22° N.L.).
572 =Dicoma tomentosa= _Cass._
Cottony erect herb, 6-24 in. high. Leaves narrow-elliptic or spathulate,
½-2½ in. long. Capit. homog., ab. 14 fl., on short axillary branches and
terminal; invol. bracts lanceolate with 1 spine, arachnoid or cottony;
fl. white or pale yellow.
Fung Prov. (Sheik Talha); Kordofan Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J.
Arashkol).
The plant is used as a febrifuge, especially in fevers after childbirth.
=D. sessiliflora= _Harv._
Silvery cottony rigid herb, ab. 2 ft. high. Leaves narrow-elliptic, 3½-8
in. long. Capit. homog., sessile, on short lateral branches and
terminal, solitary or few together in dense cymes; invol. bracts
lanceolate with a sharp, pointed tip; fl. pale-yellow.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Abu Gurun).
573 =Hochstetteria Schimperi= _DC._
Tall, angular-branched herb. Leaves oval, with narrowly-winged petiole,
½-2 in. long, minutely crenate. Capit. homog.; pedunculate, terminal;
invol. bracts spiny, lanceolate, subtended by shorter foliaceous bracts.
Red Sea Prov. (21°-22° N.L.).
_D. Acaulescent herb. Capitula solitary on scapes, heterogamous; ray
florets ligulate, female; disk florets bilabiate, hermaphrodite._
574 =Gerbera abyssinica= _Schultz Bip._
Cottony herb; leaves oval, sinuous denticulate, 1-4 in. long. Petiole up
to 1 in. long. Scapes 1-3, up to 15 in. long, shaggy. Capit. ab. 1 in.
long, ligules longer than invol.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
_E. Herbs, usually with milky sap. Capitula homogamous; florets all
ligulate, hermaphrodite, or a few barren; ligule 5-toothed. Leaves
alternate or radical._
575 =Scolymus maculatus= _Linn._
Coarse spinescent herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves alt., oblong, sinuous-
pinnatifid, decurrent, 2-3 in. long; radical leaves spathulate, spinose
dentate. Capit. yellow, sessile, terminal or lateral; invol. bracts
linear-lanceolate, pointed; outer ligules black-pilose.
Kordofan Prov.
576 =Crepis Ruepellii= _Schultz Bip._
Small herb, up to 8 in. high. Leaves rosulate, oblanceolate,
denticulate, ¾-4 in. long. Capit. yellow, in lax open cymes; inner
invol. 8, lanceolate, glandular hairy.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra 6,500-9,000 ft.).
577 =Lactuca taraxacifolia= _Schum._ & _Thonn._ KINTARA (Khartoum)—Arab.
Glaucescent herb, 2-6 ft. high. Leaves saw-toothed, 6 in. long by 4 in.
broad; stem-leaves amplexicaul, decurrent. Capit. yellow, 20 fl., in
panicled racemose cymes; inner invol. bracts 5.
Red Sea Prov.; Khartoum & Fung Provinces.
=L. goræensis= _Schultz Bip._
Erect glaucescent herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves pinnatifid, often saw-
toothed, up to 8 by 4 in., amplexicaul, lowest decurrent. Capit. yellow
in panicled racemose cymes; inner invol. bracts 8.
Kordofan Prov.
=L. Schweinfurthii= _O._ & _H._
Herb, 5 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, denticulate,
up to 8 in. long, semi-amplexicaul. Capit. 5-flowered, in an elongated
cyme; inner invol. bracts 5.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land).
=L. capensis= _Thunb._
Glabrous herb, ½-2 ft. Leaves linear or oblong, the lower toothed-
pinnatifid or entire, 3-5 in. long, the upper entire, amplexicaul-
sagittate. Capit. white, yellow or blue, 11 fl., in panicled cymes.
Mongalla Prov. (Gondokoro); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=L. abyssinica= _Fresen._
Robust glabrous herb, 3 ft. or more high. Lower leaves pinnatifid or
sinuate-dentate, upper l. linear-lanceolate, amplexicaul-auricled, up to
6 in. long. Capit. violet, fl. 10-13, in elongated cymes.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,500-9,000 ft.); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land & Niamniam-land).
=L. virosa= _Linn._
Herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves obovate-oblong, toothed, sagittate-
amplexicaul, 1-4 in. long. Capit. yellow, fl. ab. 11, in a spreading
cyme.
Kordofan Prov.
=L. sativa= _Linn._ Lettuce.
Generally cultivated.
578 =Heterachæna massaviensis= _Fresen._
Branched annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves toothed or pinnatifid, auricled-
amplexicaul, 1½-4½ in. long. Capit. blue, fl. 9-10, in panicled
corymbose cymes.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat).
579 =Picridium tingitanum= _Desf._ MALOT, MALAITA (Gezira)—Arab; AMAGAK
(Renk)—Dinka.
Erect annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate to obovate, undivided or
pinnatifid, denticulate, sessile, cordate, 1½-6 in. long. Capit. yellow,
on long peduncles dilated at the top; invol. bracts broadly ovate.
Nubia; Blue Nile Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Renk); Darfur Prov.
(Kulme & J. Marra).
580 =Sonchus oleraceus= _Linn._
Coarse annual, 1½-3 ft. high. Leaves oval or oblong, undivided, toothed
or pinnatifid, 1-6 in. long, denticulate, upper ones sessile-
amplexicaul. Capit. yellow, many-flowered, in corymbose cymes.
Nubia; Blue Nile Prov.
The roots and leaves are used, in infusion, as a tonic and febrifuge.
=S. Bipontini= _Aschers._
Glabrous perennial; 2-4 ft. high. Leaves linear, denticulate, up to 6
in. long, auricled, sessile. Capit. yellow, fl. ab. 20, in corymbose
cymes; inner invol. bracts ab. 8, linear, ultimately reflexed.
Khartoum Prov.; Fung Prov. (Singa); White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Jur-land); Bahr El Jebel (Sudd).
Is eaten as spinach.
=S. cf. S. Bipontini= _Aschers._ =var. pinnatifida= _O._ & _H._
Darfur Prov.
=S. cornutus= _Hochst._
Erect herb, ½-2 ft. high. Leaves crowded near the base, obovate,
spathulate or pinnately-toothed, sessile, 1-8 in. long.
Capit. yellow, fl. 20-27, in lax cymes; inner invol. bracts 8-10,
obtuse.
North Sudan (between Suakin & Berber); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung
Prov. (Fazoghli); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol, Wad Shellai).
=S. prenanthoides= _O._ & _H._
Glaucous perennial, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves more crowded at the base,
subentire, pinnatifid-dentate, lower ones amplexicaul, upper ones
sessile, auricled. Capit. yellow, 20-25 flowered, cymose; inner invol.
5, scarious.
Kordofan Prov.
=LOBELIACEÆ.=
581 =Lobelia inconspicua= _Rich._
Dwarf annual, ½-1½ in. high. Leaves alt., small, oval to round. Fl.
solitary, axillary, longer than leaves. Cor. 2-lipped, upper 2-lobed,
lower 3-fid; st. 5, filaments united at top, 2 lower anthers bearded.
Fruit a capsule.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
=L. sp.=
Herb, leafy towards the base. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long, ¾
in. broad, serrate and densely ciliate. Flowers few, cymose. Calyx lobes
⅙ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.).
=L. sp. near L. senegalensis= _A. DC._
Much branched slender herb. Leaves narrowly lanceolate serrate, about 1
in. long, glabrous. Flowers on long slender pedicels, 1¼ in. in fruit.
Calyx-lobes about 1/12 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=L. trierarchi= _R. Good._ sp. nov.
Herb. Leaves linear, denticulate, 1-1½ in. long, glabrous. Flowers few,
lax, pale blue, ⅓ in. long. Calyx-lobes 1/12 in.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 5,000-9,000 ft.).
=CAMPANULACEÆ.=
582 =Lightfootia sp.=
Erect, slender but rigid herb. Leaves lanceolate, with wavy denticulate
margins, ⅔ in. long. Flowers shortly pedicellate. Fruit obconic, 1/10
in. long.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=L. abyssinica= _Hochst._
Shrubby perennial, ab. 2 ft. high. Leaves alt., lanceolate, 1½-3 in.
long. Fl. small, in narrow, cymose, branched panicles, 1 ft. or more
long. Cor. deeply 5-lobed, ¼ in. long. Stamens 5, free, filaments
dilated at base. Capsule subglobose, 5-ribbed.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
583 =Wahlenbergia etbaica= _Vatke._
Annual, 10 in. high, hispid below. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 2
in. long. Fl. small, white, terminal or lateral, distant. Cor. lobes 5,
short and broad; stamens 5, free; capsules 5-valved.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Soturba).
584 =Sphenoclea zeylanica= _Gærtn._
Glabrous annual, 1-4 ft. high; stem fleshy. Leaves alt., linear-
lanceolate, 1-6 in. long. Fl. small, greenish-yellow, in dense bracteate
spikes, 1-3 in. long; cor. campanulate, 3-lobed; anthers free; capsule
depressed globose.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Upper White Nile Prov. (Kio); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Shambé, Niamniam-land: Atasilla River).
585 =Campanula dimorphantha= _Schwfth._
Pubescent annual, 6-9 in. high. Leaves alt., crenulate-dentate, ovate to
linear-lanceolate, 1 in. long. Fl. dimorphic, fertile ones minute,
apetalous, cymose, sterile ones solitary, ½ in. long; cor. blue; stigma
3-5-fid. Capsule crowned by persistent calyx lobes.
Nubia (Farek); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra).
=C. rigidipila= _Steud._ & _Hochst._
Perennial herb, 6-12 in. long, with long rigid hairs. Leaves crowded,
elliptic-lanceolate to obovate, ¼-1 in. long. Fl. blue, solitary and
terminal, 5-merous, ab. ½ in. diam.; stigma 3-5-fid; capsule as above.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra 6,500-9,000 ft.).
=GENTIANACEÆ.=
586 =Belmontia sp.=
Tiny herb, 3 in. high. Leaves very small, opposite. Flowers on long
stalks, white.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
587 =Faroa pusilla= _Baker._
Dwarf herb, ab. 1½ in. high. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, ¾-1 in.
long, lower in a rosette, cauline opposite. Fl. minute, white, 4-merous,
in dense terminal or axillary clusters. Capsule small, subglobose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Gir).
588 =Enicostema littorale= _Blume._
Herb, 4-8 in. high. Leaves opp., linear or lanceolate, ¾-3 in. long,
sessile. Fl. in axillary clusters along the stem, minute, 5-merous.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (towards Takale).
Possesses much bitterness and is used as a stomachic. It is also tonic
and laxative.
589 =Canscora decussata= _Roem._ & _Schultes._
Erect herb with 4-winged stem. Leaves opp., lanceolate, ½ in. long.
Cymes lax, terminal; cor. white or pale pink, small, lobes 4; stamens 4,
1 perfect. Capsule ¼-in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land).
The plant is a laxative and alterative, much praised as a nervine tonic.
=C. diffusa= _R. Br._
Erect herb with 4-angled stems, ½-2 ft. high, less robust than above.
Leaves opp.; upper ovate, acute, short, lower narrowed to base, ⅓-1½ in.
long. Fl. numerous, in a lax, cymose panicle; cor. pink, small; st.
unequal. Capsule small.
Nubia; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: Kuddu).
590 =Neurotheca loeselioides= _Oliv._
Small annual with 4-angled stem. Leaves opp., lower lanceolate or ovate-
lanceolate, ⅓-¾ in. long, upper linear to lanceolate, shorter. Fl.
solitary, rarely 2, in each axil; calyx 8-ribbed, ⅙ in.; cor. pale blue,
ab. ¼ in. long; lobes 4, short; st. 4, unequal. Capsules small.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
591 =Limnanthemum niloticum= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._
Aquatic herb; stems erect or runner-like with alt. or sub-opp. leaves or
resembling petioles (false petioles). Leaves orbicular with a deep sinus
at base, 1-4 in. diam.; false petiole bearing a cluster of 4-8 fl. a
little below the leafblade; cor. yellow; tube with 5 tufts of hair at
the middle, lobes long ciliate. Fr. subglobose, 7-10 seeded.
White Nile Prov. (near Abba Island); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land,
Jur-land, etc.).
592 =Swertia cf. S. abyssinica= _Hochst._
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 9,000 ft.).
=PRIMULACEÆ.=
593 =Anagallis arvensis= _Linn._ SABUNGHEYT, AIN EL JENEL & LUBBUN—Arab.
The Common Pimpernel.
Diffuse glabrous herb. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate or elliptic-
lanceolate. Fl. solitary, axillary, red, rose or blue, 5-merous; capsule
globose, splitting transversely round the middle.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Khors Gwob & Tamanib, Erkowit & Has Has); Fung
Prov.
The plant is used in cerebral affections, leprosy, hydrophobia, dropsy,
etc. Said to be poisonous to dogs.
594 =Samolus Valerandi= _Linn._
Glabrous herb, up to 3 ft. high, with radical and cauline obovate
leaves. Fl. in terminal and axillary panicles, small, white, 5-merous;
stamens nearly sessile in cor. tube; capsule 5-valved.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
=PLUMBAGINACEÆ.=
595 =Statice axillaris= _Forsk._ Sea Lavender.
Low, seaside undershrub. Leaves alt., oblanceolate to spathulate,
fleshy, 1-2 in. long; flowering-stem ½-1 ft. high. Fl. purple and pink,
in unilateral bracteate panicled spikes.
Red Sea Prov. (Littoral).
596 =Plumbago zeylanica= _Linn._ TERMIS—Hadendowa.
Scandent undershrub. Leaves alt., ovate-lanceolate, 1½ to 4 in. long.
Fl. in terminal spikes; calyx tubular 5-toothed, covered with stalked
viscous glands; cor. white, salver-shaped; tube exserted; capsule
membranous, enclosed by persistent calyx.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Kordofan Prov.
(valleys near Turra); Nuba Mts. Prov. (El Mareikib); Darfur Prov. (J.
Burkin: Suruj District & 35 m. N.E. of El Fasher); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Bongo-land: Dukuttu & Niamniam-land).
It is cultivated in gardens as an ornamental plant. The root is said to
have vesicant and tonic properties. In the Congo the macerated leaves
and lime juice are used for blisters.
=PLANTAGINACEÆ.=
597 =Plantago lanceolata= _Linn._
Herb. Leaves lanceolate in a radical rosette. Peduncles long, slender;
heads globose or oblong; bracts ovate, as long as calyx; sepals 4, 2
outer hairy; cor. lobes 4, ovate, spreading; st. 4, twice as long as
cor.; anthers versatile. Caps. 2-seeded.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N.L.).
=P. stricta= _Schousb._
Herb, 6-12 in. high. Leaves opp. or whorled, narrowly linear. Heads many
to a stem, globose, on ascending peduncles; bracts ovate, longer than
calyx; sepals 4, oblong, ⅛ in. long; cor. lobes small, ovate; st. 4,
short; caps. 2-seeded.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N.L.); Between Atbara & Red Sea.
=P. ciliata= _Desf._
Herb, about 1½ in. high, with radical obovate-oblanceolate acute leaves
softly woolly all over. Peduncles half as long as the leaves, about ¾
in.; heads oblong or ellipsoid, ⅓-½ in. long; bracts ovate.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N.L.).
=HYDROPHYLLACEÆ.=
598 =Hydrolea floribunda= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._
Branched riverside herb. Leaves alt., linear, ½-2½ in. long. Fl. in
dense cymose, 6-8 in. long panicles, 5-merous; cor. blue; lobes ¼ in.
long; filaments dilated at base into 2 upcurved auricles. Capsule
ellipsoid, 1/7 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Dar Fertit, Banks of the Jur River).
=H. graminifolia= _A. W. Bennett._
Marsh herb, 2-4 ft. high. Leaves alt., linear, 2-3 in. long. Flowers
corymbose, cymose panicles 3-8 in. long; cor. blue, lobes ¼ in. long;
stamen filaments dilated to a deltoid-ovate base. Capsule globose or
ellipsoid, ⅙ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (near Badari’s).
=H. macrosepala= _A. W. Bennett._
Marsh herb, 8-24 in. high. Leaves alt., lanceolate to linear, 1-2 in.
long. Panicles lax, few-flowered, 3-12 in. long; sepals cordate-ovate, ¼
in. long, enlarged in fruit; cor. blue, shorter than calyx. Capsule ⅙
in., subglobose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=BORAGINACEÆ.=
599 =Cordia abyssinica= _R. Br._ AZANAYA (Baggara), TUMBAREIB (N.
Kordn.), INDERAB, or INDERAB ENTAYA (Fung), GAMBIL & GIMBIL
(Gallabat)—Arab; KWAKELANG (Dilling), ZAN (Rashad-Talodi) & KUII (J.
Eliri)—Nuba; BANJAM—Hameg.
Medium-sized to large tree. Leaves alt., ovate or suborbicular, up to 7
in. long. Cymes scorpioid (as in all this family) forming a terminal
panicle; calyx tubular, 10-furrowed; cor. white, funnel-shaped, ¾ in.
long; style twice forked; fruit ovoid, ½ in. diam., smooth.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: near Gendua River); Blue Nile Prov. (near Abu
Shendy); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov. (Bara); Darfur Prov. (J.
Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé & Deim Zobeir).
Heartwood yellowish brown, polishes well, known in Khartoum as Sudan
Teak and used for cabinet work. Fruit edible.
=C. Holstii= _Gürke._
Tree, 20 ft. high. Leaves alt., suborbicular, subcordate, 3-5 in. long,
densely yellow-tomentose beneath. Cymes 3-5 flowered, in lax terminal
panicles; cor. white, ¾ in. long; calyx 4-5 toothed, shallowly
10-furrowed; stamens 4-5; style twice-forked.
Fung Prov. (Roseires).
=C. ovalis= _R. Br._
Shrub or small tree; outer bark crustaceous, peels off exposing young
green-coloured bark. Leaves ovate to suborbicular, 2-3 in. long, reddish
pubescent beneath. Panicles terminal, dense, shorter than leaves; calyx
irregularly toothed, not furrowed, ¼ in.; cor. 4-5 lobed, nearly ½ in.
long; style bipartite nearly to base.
Darfur Prov. (J. Serg); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Gigging).
=C. crenata= _Del._ INDERAB—Arab; BIZU—Hameg.