below, 1-2 in. long. Fl. axillary, solitary on ¼ in. pedicel; cor.
purplish, hairy, funnel-shaped, ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=I. blepharophylla= _Hallier f._
Trailing herb with short yellowish spreading hairs. Leaves linear to
lin.-oblong, 1½-3 in. long, margins densely ciliolate. Fl. solitary,
axillary; cor. reddish, funnel-shaped, 2 in. long. Caps. glabrous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s
Post).
=I. coscinosperma= _Hochst._
Trailing, slightly hairy annual. Leaves lin.-lanceolate or
obl.-lanceolate, 1½-2½ in. long. Fl. 1-2, axillary; cor. red, ⅓ in.
long. Capsule glabrous, globose, ¼ in. diam.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol);
Kordofan Prov. (near Abu Gerad).
=I. kotschyana= _Hochst._
Pubescent twiner. Leaves orbicular, 1-2 pinnatifid, 1-1½ in. diam. Fl.
solitary axillary; cor. funnel-shaped, ab. ⅓ in. long. Caps. globose,
glabrous, ¼ in. diam., 3-celled.
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (Barkin, in Suruj Dist.).
=I. cardiosepala= _Hochst._ HANTUD or KHANTUT—Arab; TABĀR—Hadendowa.
Creeping and twining, pilose herb. Leaves cordate, ovate, 1-2 in. long.
Peduncles axillary, 1-3 flowered; fl. 5-merous; 3 outer sepals ovate-
cordate, 2 inner lanceolate, ¼ in. long; cor. purplish, funnel-shaped, ½
in. long. Caps. globose, glabrous, ¼ in. diam., 2-celled; seeds densely
tomentose.
Red Sea Prov.; Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov. (Jongol’s
Post); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.
=I. mombassana= _Vatke._
Laxly pilose trailing and climbing herb. Leaves ovate, cordate-
sagittate, 1-3 in. long. Fl. axillary, solitary or in few-flowered
cymes; cor. white with purple throat, funnel-shaped, 1-2 in. long;
sepals linear-hastate. Caps. glabrous.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Kaka & Meshra El Zeraf woodstations).
=I. cordofana= _Choisy._ TEBR or TIBR (White Nile)—Arab; KARA (Meshra El
Zeraf)—Dinka.
Hairy creeper. Leaves ovate-orbicular, broadly cordate, 1-3 in. long;
petiole 1-2 in. long. Peduncles 1-3 flowered; bracts ovate, foliaceous;
cor. white, funnel-shaped, 1-2 in. long. Caps. globose, ⅓ in. diam.
Blue Nile, White Nile & Upper White Nile Provinces (J. Arashkol, El
Dueim to Meshra El Zeraf); Kordofan Prov.
=I. pileata= _Roxb._
Pilose twiner. Leaves cordate-ovate, ab. 2 in. long. Fl. enclosed in a
large boat-shaped bract; cor. cylindrical, tube 1 in. long; limb
spreading, 1 in. diam. Caps. globose, small.
Fung Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=I. chloroneura= _Hallier f._ LUAE (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Erect branching herb with dense white and yellow hairs. Leaves
lin.-lanceolate to oval, 1-2 in. long. Fl. in small dense heads, outer
bracts foliaceous; cor. white or pale-yellow, funnel-shaped, under ½ in.
Caps. globose; seeds fawny, silky-pubescent.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri).
=I. involucrata= _P. Beauv._
Slender, finely hairy or glabrescent twiner. Leaves cordate-ovate, 1½-3
in. long; petiole as long. Peduncle 1-3 in. long; fl. several in a head,
enclosed in a large, 2-cusped, foliaceous, boat-shaped bract, 2 in.
diam.; cor. bright pink, 1-2 in. long, funnel-shaped; limb 1½-2 in.
diam. Caps. small, globose, glabrous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=I. amœna= _Choisy._
Twiner with soft yellow hairs, mixed in younger parts with white hairs.
Leaves ovate, shallowly cordate, 1-3½ in. long. Fl. in dense hairy
cymose heads; cor. purple-violet or cream, with crimson throat, ab. ½
in. long. Capsules small, glabrous, 2-celled.
Nubia; Fung & Kordofan Provinces.
=I. chætocaulos= _Hallier f._
Twining herb with golden bristly hairs. Leaves suborbicular, cordate, 3½
in. long; petiole 4 in. long. Fl. in dense heads; bracts ovate, ¾ in.
long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=I. Pes-tigridis= _Linn._
Twining annual with long fulvous hairs. Leaves palmately 7-9 lobed,
1½-2½ in. long, 2-3 in. broad; lobes narrowly oval; petiole 1½-2½ in.
long. Peduncles longer than petioles, bearing dense hirsute, few-
flowered heads; bracts foliaceous, oblong; cor. funnel-shaped, purple,
ab. 1½ in. long. Caps. brown, glabrous; seeds black, shortly pubescent.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Haraz).
=I. hederacea= _Jacq._
Slender, hairy twiner. Leaves shallowly cordate-ovate, rather shallowly
3-lobed, 2-5 in. long. Peduncle 1-5 flowered; sepals with a long, narrow
point, ¾-1 in. long; cor. funnel-shaped, 2-3 in. long, usually ashy-blue
with a white tube. Caps. small, 3-celled; seeds 6, smooth.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Berber Prov. (Metemma); Blue Nile
Prov.; Fung, Kordofan, Upper White Nile & Darfur Provinces.
The seeds, powdered with ginger, are used as a purgative.
=I. pilosa= _Sweet._ UM SHE’ERA (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab.
Twining herb with yellowish-white hairs. Leaves cordate-ovate, 2-4 in.
long, palmately 3-lobed with white tomentum beneath. Fl. laxly cymose on
1-2 in. long, hairy peduncles, 5-merous; sepals linear-acuminate,
glandular; cor. purple-carmine, funnel-shaped, 1 in. long. Capsule
globose; ripe seeds hanging by filaments out of capsule.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Berber Prov. (Metemma); Fung Prov.;
White Nile Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El
Zeraf).
The roots are pounded and an infusion drunk to calm abdominal pains.
=I. obscura= _Ker._
Pubescent twiner. Leaves ovate, cordate, 1½-2 in. long. Peduncle ½-1 in.
long, 1-3 flowered; cor. white with a purple base, funnel-shaped, 1 in.
long, 1-1½ in. diam. Caps. globose, glabrous, ⅜ in. diam.
Between Kassala & Suakin (J. Erkeneb); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-
land).
=I. near I. obscura= _Ker._
Leaves gland-dotted, cordate to subhastate or deltoid.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Kio); Mongalla Prov. (above Bor).
=I. fragilis= _Choisy._
Slender twiner. Leaves narrowly cordate-ovate, acuminate, 1-2 in. long.
Fl. 1-2 axillary, on long peduncles exceeding the leaves; cor. white or
buff, funnel-shaped, ¾ in. long. Caps. glabrous.
Kordofan Prov. (Obeid); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas, Western
Bongo-land & Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River).
=I. acanthocarpa= _Hochst._
Glabrous twiner. Leaves cordate-ovate, 1-3 in. long; petiole 1-3 in.
long. Peduncle 1-3 flowered; cor. white or pale-purple, funnel-shaped, 1
in. long. Caps. globose, tipped with persistent style base.
Kordofan Prov. (Obeid); Nuba Mts. Prov. (near Talodi).
=I. cf. I. acanthocarpa= _Hochst._
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=I. hellebarda= _Schwfth._
Tuberous-rooted twiner. Leaves very variable, ovate to sagittate or
hastate, 2-3 in. long. Peduncle 1½-3 in. long, bearing a few-flowered
cyme; cor. bright red-purple, 2 in. long, funnel-shaped, ab. 2 in. diam.
Caps. globose; seeds 4, brown-velvety.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: around Matamma); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River).
=I. aquatica= _Forsk._ FARU (Meshra El Zeraf), ARKALA (Kordn.)—Arab;
AFAT (Meshra El Zeraf)—Dinka.
Hollow-stemmed trailing and twining herb, also floating on the water.
Leaves cordate-ovate or hastate, 3-6 in. long, on long petioles.
Peduncles 1-2 in. long, 1- few-flowered; cor. bright-purple, 2-3 in.
long, funnel-shaped; limb spreading, 2½ in. diam.; capsule globose, ⅓
in. diam.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Between Berber & Khartoum; Fung
Prov.; White Nile Prov. (Wad Shellai and edges of the Nile); Kordofan
Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. Most parts of
the Sudan, growing in or near water.
The young shoots are eaten. It is the important factor in binding
together Sudd plants.
=I. near I. leucantha= _Webb._
Twiner with linear, hastate leaves. Cor. white with purple-lilac centre.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
=I. repens= _Lam._ ABU HALAGIN—Arab; TARASHO—Bari.
Trailing perennial with hollow stem, growing on muddy banks. Leaves
cordate, orbicular or reniform, 3-6 in. diam.; petiole 1-4 in. long.
Peduncles 1-4 in. long, bearing a few to many flowered cyme; cor. red or
purple, funnel-shaped, 2-3 in. long. Capsule globose; seeds size of a
pea.
Blue Nile Prov.; White Nile Prov. (banks of the Nile); Kordofan Prov.
(south, swamps); Darfur Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land); Mongalla
Prov.
=I. Batatas= _Lam._ BOMBAY—Arab; BAMBE (red var.) or AMBIRIA & BAZAMBE
(white var.)—Zande. Sweet Potato.
White, red or rarely yellow tuberous-rooted perennial. Leaves very
variable, more or less trilobed, 3-4 in. long; petiole long. Cymes dense
on long peduncles; cor. reddish, 1½ in. long, funnel-shaped.
Kordofan & Mongalla Provinces and other parts of the Sudan.
Cultivated for its tuber.
=I. near I. Batatas= _Lam._
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=I. dissecta= _Willd._
Slender trailing herb. Leaves digitate with 5 deeply pinnatifid to
pinnatisect segments, 1-1½ in. diam. Fl. 1-3 on peduncles shorter than
the leaves; cor. white, funnel-shaped, ½ in. long. Caps. globose,
3-celled.
Kordofan & Mongalla Provinces.
=I. pulchella= _Roth._
Slender twiner. Leaves deeply divided into 5 elliptic segments, the 2
lower bilobed, segments ¾-1 in. long. Fl. solitary, axillary; cor. rose-
purple, ½ in. long; tube inflated, limbs spreading. Caps. ⅓ in. diam.;
seeds hairy.
Khartoum Prov. (Soba); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.;
Upper White Nile Prov. (Kaka).
=I. palmata= _Forsk._
Twining herb. Leaves with 5 lanceolate segments, the 2 lower bilobed,
1-3 in. long; petiole same length, based by 2 stipular, 7-8 partite
leaves. Cymes axillary, lax, few to many flowered; cor. red-purple, 1½-2
in. long, funnel-shaped. Caps. globose, under ½ in. diam.; seeds 4,
white, hairy.
Khartoum, Blue Nile, Fung, White Nile, Kordofan & Mongalla Provinces.
=I. dasysperma= _Jacq._ ABU ’ELEIBA (Hillet Abbas)—Arab.
Herbaceous twiner. Leaves as above or doubly tripartite, 2-3 in. long.
Fl. 1-3 on short peduncles; sepals slightly spurred at base; cor. buff
with purple throat; limb spreading, 1½-2 in. diam. Caps. globose; seeds
4, orange, pilose.
Blue Nile, Fung, White Nile (Hillet Abbas) & Kordofan Provinces.
=I. magnifica= _Hallier f._
Shrub, 4-6 ft. high. Leaves ovate-suborbicular, ab. 5 in. long,
undulate, grey-pubescent beneath. Fl. solitary, axillary; cor. white-
rose, 5 in. long and broad, funnel-shaped.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=I. verbascoidea= _Choisy._
Shrub, 3-5 ft. high, with yellow or white, woolly tomentum. Leaves
cordate-oblong, 3-6 in. long, with 2 glands near junction of petiole.
Peduncle 1-3 flowered, up to 1 in. long; cor. rose-purple, 3-4 in. long,
funnel-shaped. Caps. globose; seeds ¼ in. long, covered with fulvous
wool.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land & Jur Ghattas).
=I. lilacina= _Blume._
Strong twiner. Leaves cordate-ovate, sometimes 3-lobed, 3-4 in. long,
more or less pubescent. Peduncle 2-5 in. long, many-flowered; cor.
lilac-pink, 1½-2 in. long, funnel-shaped. Caps. globose; seeds hairy.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Kodok); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (main River); Bahr
El Jebel (Sudd).
=I. eurysepala= _Hallier f._
Dwarf hairy herb. Leaves elongate-ovate, up to 2 in. long. Fl. axillary,
1-2 together; sepals nearly ½ in. long, broadly ovate; cor. ½ in. long.
Caps. glabrous; seeds 4, pale-yellow.
Kordofan Prov.
=I. convolvulifolia= _Hallier f._
Procumbent herb with fulvous hairs. Leaves cordate, subsagittate, 1 in.
long, pubescent. Peduncles short, 1-2 flowered; cor. rose-red, 1 or more
in. long. Caps. glabrous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Gumango hill).
=I. digitata= _Linn._
Twiner, with fleshy, tuberous root. Leaves palmately 3-9 lobed, 4-8 in.
long, shallowly cordate. Cymes compound, several to many-flowered; cor.
bright red-purple, centre darker, campanulate funnel-shaped, 2-3 in.
long. Caps. globose; seeds with tawny-white hairs.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River, & Bongo-
land: Kulongo).
The tuberous roots are used medicinally in India.
=I. near I. incomta= _Hallier f._ TUDU (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Stout twiner. Leaves cordate ovate, silvery pubescent or tomentose. Cor.
white, funnel-shaped, 2½ in. long; sepals hairy. Seeds silky-hairy.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri); Darfur Prov. (Kulme).
619 =Merremia kentrocaulos= _Rendle._
Twining perennial. Leaves palmately 5-7 partite, 3-6 in. long. Fl. laxly
cymose; cor. yellow, red at base, funnel-shaped, 2-2½ in. long. Caps.
ellipsoid, ½-¾ in. long, 2-celled; seeds 4, black.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu & Bongo
lands); Bahr El Jebel (Nyangara).
=M. pterygocaulos= _Hallier f._
Reddish herbaceous twiner; stem, petioles and peduncles winged. Leaves
palmately 3-lobed, 2-4 in. long, deeply cordate. Cymes few to many-
flowered; cor. white, or pale yellow with purple throat. Caps. globose,
under ½ in. diam., seeds grey to blackish, size of a pea.
Fung Prov. (Wadi El Gamalu); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (mouth of Bahr El
Arab); Mongalla Prov. (North of Gondokoro).
=M. pedata= _Hallier f._
Twiner. Leaves pedately 5-lobed, segments filiform. Peduncle 1-flowered;
cor. probably white, streaked with purple.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & Khor Tamanib).
=M. palmata= _Hallier f._
Climbing or trailing herb. Leaves palmately deeply 5-lobed, lowest pair
sometimes unequally forked, 1½-2½ in. long. Peduncle 1-flowered, up to 3
in. long, thickened above; cor. probably pale-yellow, 1 in. long,
funnel-shaped.
Red Sea Prov. (Khor Gweb near Tamanib).
=M. pentaphylla= _Hallier f._ ’ERG EL M’OTERASH, TĀTAMBA, SHEHER &
TORFRID (Kordn.) & UM GEREISĀT (N. Kordn.), SHAG EL FIL—Arab.
Slender twiner, hirsute with yellowish hairs. Leaves deeply 5-lobed, 2-4
in. long; petiole 2-4 in. long. Peduncle as long as leaf, few or many-
flowered; cor. white or yellowish, 1 in. long, campanulate funnel-
shaped. Caps. ½ in. diam.; enclosed in persistent hairy sepals; seeds
brown, glabrous.
Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile
Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.
=M. gallabatensis= _Hallier f._
Herb with only one long-stalked leaf, which is ovate-oblong, subcordate,
4 in. long, irregularly lobed. Peduncle longer than leaf; cymes dense,
many-flowered; cor. about ⅔ in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma).
=M. xanthophylla= _Hallier f._
Trailing or climbing herb, clothed with yellow-brown hairs. Leaves
pinnately 5-9 lobed, 2½ in. by 2 in., shallowly cordate. Peduncle 1-2
in. long; cymes few-flowered; cor. whitish, ½ in. long, funnel-shaped.
Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla).
=M. angustifolia= _Hallier f._
Twiner. Leaves linear, auricled and hastate at base, 1-3 in. long.
Peduncle 1-3 flowered, 1 in. long; cor. pale yellow, ab. ½ in. long.
Caps. globose, ¼ in. diam.
Kordofan Prov. (J. Kon, etc.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas); Bahr
El Jebel (Shambé, Bahr El Ghazal Prov. to Mongalla, etc.).
=M. pinnata= _Hallier f._
Trailing or twining annual, hairy all over. Leaves pinnately divided to
the midrib, 1 in. long. Peduncles 1-3 flowered; bracts linear; cor.
yellow or white, small. Caps. hairy, ¼ in. diam.
Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land); Bahr El
Jebel (Madi).
=M. emarginata= _Hallier f._
Trailing herb with a long, woody root. Leaves orbicular or reniform, ½-1
in. broad. Fl. 1-2 axillary, sessile; cor. yellow with dark eye, small.
Caps. globose, ¼ in. diam., glabrous.
Kassala Prov. (Gedaref); Fung Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Fashoda to
Barboi); Mongalla Prov. (Nuer-land).
=M. convolvulacea= _Dennst._ OWARIDA (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab.
Slender twiner. Leaves subcordate or 3-lobed, ½-1½ in. long. Fl. 1 to
many, cymose; peduncle ¼-2 in. long; cor. yellow subcampanulate, ⅓ in.
long; limb ½ in. diam. with 5 violet lines. Caps. ovoid-globose, ¼ in.
diam.
Fung, Kordofan, Upper White Nile, Bahr El Ghazal (Wau) & Mongalla
Provinces.
The Arabs at Meshra El Zeraf believe that if the barrel of a gun be held
over the smoke of a fire made with the roots of this plant, it will in
future shoot straight.
620 =Calonyction speciosum= _Choisy._ Moon-flower.
Stout climber; stems smooth or with fleshy tubercles. Leaves cordate-
ovate, long acuminate, 4-6 in. long; petiole about as long. Peduncle as
long as petiole, 1-6 flowered; 3 outer sepals abruptly aristate, ab. ¾
in. long; cor. white, salver-shaped, opening at night; tube cylindric,
3-4 in. long; limb 4-6 in. diam. Caps. large, ovoid, 1 in. long; seeds
dark brown.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat).
=C. muricatum= _G. Don._
Wide-climbing twiner, stems with fleshy spine-like tubercles. Leaves
cordate-ovate, acuminate, 4-5 in. long. Peduncle short or long, 1-6
flowered; pedicel much swollen in young fruit; cor. pale rose or lilac,
opening at night; tube 2-2½ in. long, passing into a funnel-shaped limb,
2 in. diam.; cap. globose up to 1 in. diam; seeds 4, white (?or brown).
Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land).
621 =Astrochlæna lachnosperma= _Hallier f._ UM GHALEILA (Kordn.)—Arab.
Erect perennial with stellate hairs (as others in this genus), hairs
white. Leaves ovate or elliptic, 1½-3 in. long; petiole 1-2 in. long.
Fl. solitary or umbellate; cor. purple and lilac, ¾ in. long, funnel-
shaped. Caps. globose, ⅓ in. diam.; seeds 4, hairy.
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (Zalingei); Red Sea Prov. (near Akik).
=A. Volkensii= _Dammer._
Herb, 1½-2½ ft. high. Leaves ovate, cordate or rounded at base, 1½-3½
in. long; petiole ½ in. long. Fl. axillary, cymose; cor. lilac with
carmine centre; ab. 1½ in. long. Caps. globose; seeds 4, hairy.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Tonj to Deim Zubeir); Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla, on
ironstone).
=A. Engleriana= _Dammer._
Herb, stellate hairs ferruginous. Leaves ovate, undulate, with dense
white tomentum beneath. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled. Cor. probably
lilac, 1¼ in. long, funnel-shaped.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur
Ghattas); Moru-land.
=A. malvacea= _Hallier f._
Erect or decumbent perennial. Leaves ovate, 2-5 in. long, white
tomentose beneath. Peduncle 1 in. long, 2-5 flowered; cor. purple, 1½-2
in. long, funnel-shaped. Caps. globose; seeds 4, black.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=A. Stuhlmannii= _Hallier f._
Erect or trailing herb, with matted tawny hairs. Leaves ovate, 4-5 in.
long, cuneate to cordate. Fl. in corymbose panicle; cor. lilac with
purple tube, 1½ in. long. Caps. globose; seeds black, hairy.
Darfur Prov. (Kulme, & J. Marra, 5,200 ft.).
622 =Lepistemon africanum= _Oliv._
Herbaceous climber with bristly pale-brown stinging hairs. Leaves
cordate-ovate, 2-6 in. long, irregularly sinuate. Cymes many-flowered;
cor. white; tube ½ in. long; limb ½ in. diam. Caps. ovoid, hairy, ½ in.
long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Gir).
623 =Jacquemontia capitata= _G. Don._
Short twiner. Leaves ovate, ¼ in. long. Fl. in dense rusty villous
heads; cor. bright blue, ab. ½ in. long.
Kordofan Prov. (common); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas); Bahr El
Jebel (Shambé & Madi).
624 =Convolvulus Hystrix= _Vahl._
Erect undershrub; branches short, hairy, ending in spines. Leaves
oblong, ½ in. long. Fl. solitary, axillary, sessile; cor. ab. ½ in.
long, little longer than calyx.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N.L., & Soturba); Berber Prov.
=C. microphyllus= _Sieber._ MURMIT (N. Kordn.) & GHUBEYRA—Arab.
Bushy herb. Cauline leaves oblong to lanceolate, ½ in. long; radical
leaves narrowly spathulate, 1 in. long. Fl. 1-3 together from upper
nodes of stem; sepals hairy, ¼ in. long; cor. pinkish-white, ab. ½ in.
long, funnel-shaped, hairy outside. Caps. globose.
North Sudan; Red Sea Prov. (Khor Ashat; Dongola Prov. (near Wadi Allangi
& Wadi El Arab); Berber Prov. (Wadi Selem); Kordofan Prov. (North,
Safia).
=C. Deserti= _Hochst._ & _Steud._
Small, shrubby herb. Leaves lin.-oblong, up to 1¾ in. long, hairy. Fl.
1-2 together, axillary along the stem. Cor. ab. ½ in. long, funnel-
shaped.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & 21° N.L.).
=C. rhyniospermus= _Hochst._
Small trailing or tufted herb, brown, hairy. Leaves oblong or
oblanceolate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. axillary along the stem, solitary or
clustered, enclosed in foliaceous bracts; cor. ½ in. long, hairy. Caps.
globose, beaked, ¼ in. diam.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin); Kordofan Prov. (J. Kon).
=C. glomeratus= _Choisy._
Stiff, bushy herb or climber. Leaves lanceolate, ¼-1 in. long. Fl. in
dense globose rusty-hairy heads; bracts foliaceous, ¾ in. long; sepals
5, 2 outer larger, fulvous; cor. pale-rose, ½ in. long. Caps. globose,
glabrous.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L. to Khor Tamanib).
=C. arvensis= _Linn._ MUDDEYD—Arab.
Slender twiner. Leaves ovate-hastate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. 1-3 on long
peduncles; cor. deep-rose, funnel-shaped, ¾ in. long. Caps. globose, ¼
in. diam.
White Nile.
The plant is said to be eaten by goats and cattle.
=C. fatmensis= _Kunze._ ULLEYA—Arab.
Diffuse herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves cordate-ovate, deeply crenate,
auricled, ½-1½ in. long. Fl. 1-2 on axillary peduncles; cor. white with
brown stripes, under ½ in. long, hairy outside. Caps. globose, ¼ in.
diam.
Kordofan Prov.
625 =Evolvulus alsinoides= _Linn._
Bushy herb. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, ½-1 in. long, hairy.
Peduncles 1-3 flowered; cor. bright blue, rarely white, funnel-shaped, ¼
in. diam.; styles 2, forked. Caps. globose, minute.
North Sudan; Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L. & Has Has); Blue Nile Prov. (J.
Moya); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Kadugli); Darfur Prov. (Kulme & 40-80 m. N.E. of
Fasher); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Kutshuk Ali); Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla).
Used as febrifuge and tonic.
=E. nummularius= _Linn._
Small trailing herb; stems shortly hairy, rooting at the nodes. Leaves
orbicular, ab. ½ in. diam. Fl. few, solitary in axils of leaves; sepals
ovate, ciliate; cor. white, deeply lobed, ¼ in. long. Caps globose, ⅙
in. diam; seeds 2-4, black or brown.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Lehsi River); Mongalla Prov.
(Mongalla).
=E. agrestis= _Schwfth._
Tufted or climbing annual with reddish hairs. Leaves lanceolate, ¾-1½
in. long. Peduncles axillary, 1-2 flowered, bearing characteristic
hairs; bracts linear; sepals ciliate-hairy; cor. ¼ in. long. Caps. ¼ in.
diam.; seeds black.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.).
626 =Seddera virgata= _Hochst._ & _Steud._
Much branched, virgate undershrub with white appressed hairs. Leaves
sessile, distant, linear, ½-1 in. long. Fl. in sparse racemes at end of
branchlets; sep. obovate; cor. broadly funnel-shaped, ¼ in. long, with
hairy mid-petaline area; styles 2, almost from base. Caps. globose, ⅙
in. diam.
Red Sea Prov. (Wadi Omari, J. Waratab, Suakin); Khartoum Prov. (rocky
hills); Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla).
=S. arabica= _Choisy._
Much-branched virgate undershrub with yellowish pubescence. Leaves
subsessile, elliptical, ab. ½ in. long. Fl. usually solitary, axillary;
sep. small, elliptic to obovate; cor. ⅓ in. long, limb ¼ in. diam.;
styles 2, free from the base.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit, Khor Tamanib).
627 =Dichondra repens= _Forst._
Pubescent, trailing perennial, rooting from the nodes. Leaves reniform,
¼-1 in. broad, more or less silky; petioles long. Fl. axillary,
solitary; calyx minute, pilose; cor. yellow, deeply 5-fid., minute;
stigmas capitate. Caps. 2-lobed, 1-seeded.
Mongalla Prov. (Gondokoro).
628 =Cressa cretica= _Linn._ EL HĀD (N. Kordn.), NADAWE, ABU HOSABA,
MULLEY, SEBAKH & NU’EM—Arab.
Low, shrubby perennial. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, ⅙ to ¼ in. long. Fl.
in dense bracteate spikes at end of branchlets; calyx hairy, minute;
cor. ab. ¼ in. long; styles 2, free. Caps. ovoid, minute, 1-seeded.
Red Sea Prov. (near Suakin); Kordofan (Shersha, on salt pans).
The plant is used as a tonic.
629 =Cuscuta planiflora= _Ten._ Dodder.
Leafless parasitic twiner with pink stems; germinates in the ground, but
later sustains itself entirely on the juices of its host. Fl. in dense
globose sessile clusters; fl. pentamerous pale-pink or whitish, globose-
urceolate, very minute.