broad; terminal lobe 2-7 in. long, nerves 7-11, radiating from apex of
pet. and somewhat converging. Scapes 1 or more; fl. in verticils
arranged in a panicle, 4-15 to a whorl, upper male, the lower
hermaphrodite mixed with a few male. Sep. 3, reflexed after flowering;
pet. 3, white; sta. 6, those of the male fl. larger; carpels 15-20 in
2-4 whorls; achenes obovoid in a globose head.
Blue Nile Prov. (Sennar); White Nile Prov. (Goz Abu Guma & J. Arashkol);
Kordofan Prov. (Birkat Rahad); Darfur Prov. (Zalingei 3,100 ft.);
Mongalla Prov. (Abu Kuka to Gondokoro).
729 =Lophotocarpus guyanensis= _Durand_ & _Schinz._
Marsh herb. Leaves with milky juice, radical, floating, ovate-cordate, 2
in. long; pet. varying in length with depth of water. Scape bearing few-
flowered whorls near the apex, lower hermaphr., upper hermaphr. and
male. Sep. 3, distinct, sheathing in fr.; pet. 3, cuneate, fugacious;
sta. 6-10 in male fl., 9-12 in others, anthers elongate, sagittate;
carpels numerous; achenes compressed laterally, dense on a convex
receptacle.
Kordofan Prov. (Taiara).
730 =Echinodorus humilis= _Buchen._
Small marsh herb with a tuft of brown roots. Leaves radical; pet.
slender, usually 1-1½ in. long; blade ovate or ovate-lanc., ab. 1 in.
long, acute at both ends. Scapes shorter than leaves, 1-flowered. Sep.
3, persistent; pet. 3, white; sta. 6-9; achenes much compressed, many in
a subglobose or ovoid head.
White Nile Prov. (banks of the River: Tawila, Kosti (Khors), Abba Island
& near J. Nyemati).
731 =Burnatia enneandra= _Micheli._
Marsh herb. Leaves radical; pet. 5-16 in. long; blade lin. to lanc., 5-8
in. long. Scape longer than leaves; infl. diœcious; panicles
verticillately branched; male pan. 12-16 in. long, fem. 8-10. Male fl.:
sep. 3; pet. 3, small: sta. 9; rudimentary carpels 12. Fem. fl.: sep. 3;
pet. 0; sta. 0, or 1-2 imperfect; carpels ab. 12 crowded on small
receptacle, compressed.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post), White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas).
732 =Wisneria Schweinfurthii= _Hook. f._
Marsh herb. Leaves radical; pet. sheathing at base, 9 in. long; blade
oblong or oblanc., up to 6 in. long. Scape as long as leaves, bracts
united into truncate membranous campanulate sheaths; male fl. in upper
part of scape, fem. below. Male fl.: sep. 3; sta. 3; fem. fl.: sep. 3;
carpels 3-6 ovoid. Pet. 0.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Gir; Jur: Jur Ghattas).
=BUTOMACEÆ.=
733 =Butomopsis lanceolata= _Kunth._
Marsh herb with milky juice. Leaves radical; pet. up to 10 in.; blade
ovate, tapering into pet., up to 4 in. long. Scape longer than leaves,
in umbellate ab. 6-flowered cyme; pedicels up to 4 in. long in fruit.
Fl. hermaphr.; sep. 3; pet. 3, white, fugacious; sta. 9 or fewer;
carpels usually six, follicled in fr.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol & Um Kinein).
=APONOGETONACEÆ.=
734 =Aponogeton subconjugatus= _Schumacher_ & _Thonn._
Submerged water plant. Leaves long-stalked, elongate-oblong, often
speckled brown, blade 5-12 in. long. Scape bearing a bifid spike which
is ab. 1½ in. long; young flowers enclosed in a glove-finger-like
sheath, separating from the base. Fl. hermaphr.; sep. 1-3; sta. 6;
carpels 3-5, usually 4.
Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
=A. vallisnerioides= _Baker._
Submerged plant, densely tufted. Leaves sessile, strap-shaped, 3-4 in.
long. Spikes simple, dense flowered, sheathed as above.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Kutshuk Ali’s Zariba & Jur Ghattas; Bongo:
Gir & Dumuku).
=POTAMOGETONACEÆ.=
735 =Potamogeton Schweinfurthii= _Arth. Bennett._
Submerged plant; stems ab. 2 ft. long, branched. Lower leaves
lin.-lanc., acute, 3-4 in. long, 5-nerved; middle leaves lanc.,
11-nerved, ab. 3 in. long; upper leaves floating, lanceolate to
lanc.-ovate, 10-13 nerved, 2-3 in. long; pet. 2-3½ in. long; stip. 1-2
in. long. Ped. axillary, 4-6 in. long, base enclosed in a membranous
spathe; spike 1-2 in. long, dense. Per. segm. 4, green; anthers 4,
sessile; carpels 4, 1-celled; fr. sharply 3-keeled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (main river: Nuer villages, mouth of Bahr El Arab).
=P. javanicus= _Hassk._
Submerged plant; stems slender, branched. Submerged leaves narrow-lin.,
2-3 in. long; floating leaves lanceolate, ½ in. or more, long petioled;
lower stip. connate, upper free. Ped. axillary; spikes ¼-¾ in. long. Fr.
2-keeled.
White Nile Prov. (Jebelein, Goz Abu Gum’a); Bahr El Jebel (Sudd); Bahr
El Ghazal Prov. (Mouth of Bahr El Arab; Niamniam-land: River Rei,
Gumango Hill).
=P. crispus= _Linn._
Stem compressed, slender, branched. Leaves all one shape, semi-
amplexicaul, obl. or obl.-strap-shaped, undulate, serrulate; stip.
small. Ped. in forks of the stem, stoutish; spike large lax-flowered.
Fr. obliquely ovoid with long curved beak.
Nubia; Khartoum Prov. (in White Nile); Blue Nile Prov. (Sennar);
Kordofan Prov.
=P. pusillus= _Linn._
Stem slender, branched. Leaves all similar, semi-amplexicaul, narrow-
lin., acumin. or acute; stip. small, acute. Ped. slender; spike few-
flowered, ¼-½ in. long. Fr. semi-oval or obovoid, bluntly 3-keeled.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: below Niurnya 5,500 ft.).
=P. lucens= _Linn._
Stem stout, branched. Leaves all submerged, the lower lin.-lanc. to
lanc., the lowest sessile, petioled above, the pet. gradually
lengthening to ab. 1 in.; upper leaves lanc. to ovate; stip. long,
beaked or winged. Ped. 2-9 in. long, stout; spikes ab. 2 in. long,
dense. Fr. slightly acumin., slightly convex on ventral and semicircular
on dorsal margin.
Bahr El Jebel (2° N.L.).
=NAIADACEÆ.=
736 =Naias graminea= _Del._
Submerged plant; stems up to 2 ft. long, slender, rooting at lower
nodes. Leaves sometimes in clusters at the nodes, linear, closely
serrate and with an auricled serrate sheath. Infl. monœcious, axillary,
male and fem. side by side or fem. only, all without spathes. Male fl.
solitary; per. ending above anther in ear-like lobes; anther 1,
subsessile; fem. fl. 1-4, consisting of a single ovary, sessile, with 2
stigmas. Fr. lin.-obl.
White Nile Prov. (Um Kinein near J. Arashkol); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Jur: Kutshuk Ali’s Zariba).
=N. Schweinfurthii= _Magnus._
Small water plant with spreading branches. Leaves thin, slender, with
ab. 12 marginal teeth, ending in a brown spine; sheaths with short,
obtuse auricles. Infl. monœcious; male spathe oblong; anther 1-celled.
Fem. spathe oval-oblong, produced into a neck round the long style.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas).
=N. horrida= _A. Br._
Water plant; stems long, short branched; inter-nodes short. Leaves
falcate with spinulose teeth; sheaths rounded, toothed; male flower only
with spathe; anther 4-celled.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); White Nile Prov. (Goz Abu Gum’a); Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (mouth of Jur River, etc.).
737 =Cymodocea rotundata= _Aschers._ & _Schweinfth._
Submerged marine plant; rhizome thick, creeping; branches short,
terminated by narrow-linear leaves with stipular sheaths, denticulate
upwards, 9-13 nerved. Infl. monœcious, axillary. Male fl. long
peduncled, longer than leaves; per. 0; anthers 2, connate, stipitate.
Fem. fl. carpels 2, subovoid, strongly keeled, acute, dentate.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & Dongonab).
=C. serrulata= _Aschers._ & _Magnus._
Leaves almost straight, 4-6 in. long and up to ⅓ in. broad; tip entire
or denticulate; nerves ab. 7 pairs; sheaths as broad as the blade.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & Dongonab).
=C. ciliata= _Ehrenb._
Stem 3-12 in. long, woody, branched, marked with annular scars. Leaves
lin.-falcate, 3-6 in. long, ½-⅔ in. broad, tip rounded, ciliate-
serrulate.
Red Sea Prov. (Abu Hamir near Dongonab).
=C. isoëtifolia= _Aschers._
Stem short, filiform. Leaves terete, grooved, 3-5 in. long, slender;
tip. 3-toothed. Fl. in dichotomous cymes.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin northwards).
=C. sp.=
Leaves broad-linear; stipular sheaths transparent, chartaceous.
Red Sea Prov. (Dongonab).
=TYPHACEÆ.=
738 =Typha angustata= _Bory_ & _Chaub._ BURDI & DIS—Arab.
Marsh or aquatic herb. Leaves alt., strap-shaped, ⅙-½ in. broad.
Flowering stem erect, terminated by a dense, felt-like cylindrical
spike, interrupted at or below the middle by a naked space, ¼-1 in.
long, the upper spike being male and the lower female. Male fl.: sta. 3;
filam. connate; fem. fl. mingled with bracteoles, clavate or spathulate
much longer than surrounding hairs.
Nubia; Blue Nile, White Nile & Kordofan Provinces.
=T. angustifolia= _Linn._
Marsh herb, 5-6 ft. high. Leaves linear, ⅓-⅓ in. broad. Male portion of
spike longer than and ¼-1½ in. distant from fem. portion of spike. Male
fl. with forked, acute, or entire spathulate bracteoles. Fem. fl. with
orbicular-spathulate, obovate or obcordate bracteoles about as long as
the surrounding hairs.
Red Sea Prov. (24 miles West of Suakin).
The fibrous leaves are used for matting, ropes, baskets and also for
paper-making.
=T. australis= _Schum._ & _Thonn._
Leaves linear or strap-shaped, ¼-½ in. broad. Male and fem. portions of
spike subequal, contiguous to 1 in. distant. Male bracteoles variously
shaped, entire or 2-3 forked. Fem. bracteoles as long as, or slightly
longer than hairs and lanceolate-spathulate, sometimes fusiform-clavate,
acute or acuminate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Sudd).
=ARACEÆ.=
739 =Pistia Stratiotes= _Linn._ EL TŪBBUR (Kordn.)—Arab; KOF—Nuer;
PANGBADUPER—Zande. The Water-Lettuce.
Gregarious, floating, stemless, monœcious herb, with tufted root-fibres.
Leaves sessile in a rosette forming a cup; nerves radiating from base.
Spathe small with spadix adnate to back of its short tube. Male infl. a
whorl of 2-8 connate anthers near top of spadix. Fem. fl. of a single
ovary, apparently arising from back of the spathe.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli & Jongol’s Post); White Nile & affluents.
A decoction or infusion of this plant is considered as cooling and
demulcent. The leaves are made into poultices for piles. The root is
laxative and emollient. The ashes are applied to ring-worm of the scalp.
The plant is eaten in time of famine.
740 =Sauromatum nubicum= _Schott._
Herb with depressed globose rootstock; flowers and leaf not appearing
together. Leaf solitary, pedatisect: pet. 12-18 in. long, glabrous;
segments of blade 7, broadly lanc., acumin., middle segm. longest, ab. 9
in.; veins subparallel uniting into an intramarginal vein. Ped. 2-6 in.
long; spathe tube ab. 2 in. long, blackish-purple within, limb 8-10 in.
long, spotted; spadix 8-9 in. long, male and fem. spikes ab. 1½ in.
apart; neuter organs placed just above fem. spike; terminal appendix of
spadix 7-8 in. long, purple-brown.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli).
741 =Stylochiton near S. gabonicus= _N.E. Br._
Herb with 1 oval, cordate leaf; flowers not seen.
Mongalla Prov. (Maleik).
=S. lancifolius= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._
Herb; leaves appearing before the flowers, elliptic-oblong or lanc., 3-4
in. long, rounded at base; pet. 2½-4 in. long, appearing out of the
ground. Ped. ½-¾ in. long; spathe ab. 2 in. long, tube underground;
spadix 1½ in. long. Fem. fl. 5 in a single ring, furnished with an
urceolate minute per.; male fl. distant on spadix from fem. fl.;
appendix 0.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: River Dimbo, Abu Gurun’s Zariba, River Jur,
Jur Ghattas & Kutshuk Ali’s Zariba; Bongo: Lessi River; Niamniam-land:
Makporru Hill).
742 =Amorphophallus Schweinfurthii= _N.E. Br._ GANDAH (White Nile)—Arab.
Herb with 1 long-stalked leaf divided into 3 main segments which are
again much subdivided, of a diam. up to 2 ft., not appearing with
flowers. Ped. 4-6 in. long; spathe dark purple; tube 2 in. long, pale in
the throat; limb 4 in. long with a pointed, curved hood. Spadix shorter
than spathe with a 2 in. long purple cylindric appendix; male and fem.
fl. in denser rings covering 2 in. of spadix; per. 0.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Kaka); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas;
Niamniam-land: Makporru Hill); Bahr El Jebel.
It is said to be eaten as a pot-herb when young.
=A. cf. A. Schweinfurthii= _N.E. Br._
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=A. maculatus= _N.E. Br._
Tall herb with 1 palmati-tripartite leaf, with numerous subdivisions, 2½
ft. in diam.; pet. 2½ in. long, spotted olive green; ped. not produced
with the leaf, 2 ft. long, spotted; spathe convolute below; tube 5 in.
long, spotted grey, hairy inside; limb 8 in. long, ovate, red-veined.
Spadix with fem. fl covering 2 in., male fl. 1 in.; appendix 16 in.
long, cylindric, violet.
Mongalla Prov. (Sheikh Tombé).
=A. sp.=
Much like above but leaf segments much narrower. Fl. not seen.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé); Mongalla Prov. (Kenissa).
743 =Anchomanes dubius= _Schott._
Herb with solitary pinnati-tripartite, much divided leaf, 2-3 ft. diam.,
appearing after the flowers, armed on pet. and nerves with prickles;
pet. 3-5 ft. long, white spotted. Ped. up to ab. 3 ft. long, prickly,
with 1 in. white spots; spathe 6-12 in. long, boat-shaped, convolute at
base, pale purple. Spadix sessile, 4-8 in. long, without appendix; fem.
part 1 in. long, purple, remainder male. Per. 0.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Geneina & Jur Ghattas).
744 =Colocasia Antiquorum= _Schott._ KOLOKASS—Arab; MANZI—Zande.
Tuberous rooted herb, with large stoutly petioled, peltate, ovate-
cordate, sagittate leaves. Originally introduced from Asia.
Fung Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
Cultivated for its tuber, but all parts are utilised after being well
boiled to separate the acrid matter common to most aroids.
745 =Culcasia scandens= _P. Beauv._
Slender climber. Leaves lanc. to elliptic, 3-7 in. long, gland-dotted;
pet. 1-3 in. long, sheathing. Ped. 1-4 at ends of branches, up to 3 in.
long; spathe ab. 1½ in. long, convolute, hooded. Spadix ab. 2 in. long;
fem. part ½ in. long, male 1-1¼ in.; appendix 0; per. 0.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: River Mokloio near Dukuttu; Jur: Geneina &
Jur Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. (Lado: Doka’s).
=HYDROCHARITACEÆ.=
746 =Hydrilla verticillata= _Royle._ =var. brevifolia= _Casp._
Diœcious aquatic herb; stems elongate, branched. Leaves in verticils of
4 ovate or ovate-oblong, dentate, ab. ¼ in. long; lower leaves much
shorter than internodes. Male spathe 1-flowered, axillary, solitary;
perianth double of 3 segments each, outer ovate, inner linear; sta. 3.
Fem. spathe tubular 2-dentate; per. segments 6, narrower than male;
ovary exserted beyond the spathe, long-beaked; styles 3.
Bahr El Jebel (2° N.L.).
747 =Lagarosiphon Schweinfurthii= _Casp._
Aquatic herb. Leaves alt., lin.-lanceolate, ½ in. long, minutely
toothed. Male spathes many-flowered; per. 2-seriate; sta. 3; staminodes
often 2-3. Fem. spathe narrowly oblong, 1-flowered, with 1-3 teeth on
either side; styles 3.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Bongo lands).
=L. cordofanus= _Casp._
Leaves scattered, ½-1 in. long, linear. Male spathe sub-globose, 2-fid,
6-8 flowered. Fem. spathe axillary tubular, 2-fid.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol).
748 =Vallisneria spiralis= _Linn._
Submerged aquatic herb with very short stem and strap-shaped leaves,
4-18 in. long, minutely-toothed. Male spathes axillary on 1-2 in. long
stalks, many-flowered; fl. trimerous, detaching themselves when fertile
(as also in foregoing genera) and floating to the surface to fertilise
the fem. fl. Fem. spathe tubular on long stalk rising to the surface,
but withdrawing itself into the mud by spiral contraction after
fertilization; stigma 3-lobed, hairy above.
White Nile Prov. (12° 10′ L.N. & Goz Abu Gum’a); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(main River); Bahr El Jebel.
=V. æthiopica= _Fenzl._
Much like above, but leaves under 3 in. long.
White Nile Prov. (14° 30′ L.N. & J. Nyemati); Fung Prov.
749 =Ottelia alismoides= _Pers._
Aquatic herb with very short stem. Leaves with long 3-angled pet.,
broadly cordate, 4-6 in. wide, 7-11 nerved Fl. hermaphr., solitary; ped.
6-12 in. long, at length spirally contracted; spathe 3-6 toothed and
winged, adnate to ovary; outer per. segm. 3, oblong, ½ in. long, inner
segm. 3 petaloid, white, 1 in. long; sta. 6-10; styles 6, bifid; ovary
6-celled.
White Nile Prov. (Tawila); Kordofan Prov.
=O. lancifolia= _A. Rich._
Leaves radical, lanceolate, tapering into the pet., which is
subamplexicaul at the base. Spathe bifid; inner per. lobes yellow.
White Nile Prov. (Tawila); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, Middle Gindi basin,
4,900 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
The seeds are pounded into meal by Nuers, and eaten.
=O. ulvæfolia= _Buch._
Leaves attenuate at both ends, 7-nerved, 1½ in. broad. Spathe winged,
obtusely 6-angled; inner per. lobes bright yellow, 1 in. long.
White Nile Prov. (Salati); Bahr El Jebel (Sudd).
=O. near O. ulvæfolia= _Buch._
Submerged leaves narrowly linear-oblanceolate, up to 1 ft. long. Spathes
1¾ in. long, smooth. Flowers yellow.
White Nile Prov. (Tawila).
750 =Boottia scabra= _Benth._ & _Hook. f._
Leaves submerged, thin, oblanceolate, 1½-2 ft. long, 2½ in. wide;
petiole 1 ft. long, expanded at the base into an amplexicaul base.
Spathe 3½ in. long, unisexual, rugose, toothed. Petals yellow or cream
coloured.
White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Sudd).
=B. abyssinica= _Ridl._
As above, but spathe smooth, and only 2 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Main River); Mongalla Prov. (Kagulu
Khor, Yei River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
751 =Thalassia Hemprichii= _Ehrb._
Submerged marine plant. Leaves fascicled at intervals, linear, 6 in.
long. Infl. diœcious; male spathes solitary, 2-leaved; per. 3-lobed;
sta. 6. Fem. fl. at length stalked; ovary long-beaked. Fruit globose.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & Arakea).
752 =Halophila ovata= _Gaud._
Submerged marine herb, just above low-water mark. Leaves 2 from each
node, ovate, 1 in. long; pet. 1 in. long. Male fl. solitary; per.
3-lobed; sta. 3. Fem. fl. sessile in the spathe; per. segm. 3, minute;
styles 3; ovary beaked.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin).
=H. stipulacea= _Aschers._
Leaves linear, 2 in. long; pet. ¼ in. Much as above.
Red Sea Prov. (Dongonab).
=LEMNACEÆ.=
753 =Lemna polyrhiza= _Linn._
Duckweed, the floating front bearing several roots.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Meshra El Rek).
It has been suggested that this plant might be utilised in anti-mosquito
work, as pools covered with it never contain larvae of the Culicidae.
=L. paucicostata= _Hegelmeier._
The floating frond nearly ⅓ in. long, bearing 1 root.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov. (J. Nyemati); Kordofan
Prov. (Fula Habsha); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Abwo stream 8,200 ft.);
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Kutshuk Ali’s Zariba); Mouth of Bahr El
Jebel.
=L. æquinoctialis= _Welw._
Floating frond minute with a keel above, bearing 1 root.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Makporru Hill & Nganye near the
River Ibba).
754 =Wolffia Delilii= _Schleid._
Duckweed; frond minute, rootless.
Kordofan Prov. (Bara); Darfur Prov. (Suruj District: J. Barkin).
=LILIACEÆ.=
755 =Smilax kraussiana= _Meisn._
Climbing shrub with prickly stem. Leaves oblong or orbicular, 5-6 in.
long with 3 basal nerves and 2 stipular tendrils from base of petiole.
Infl. diœcious in short-peduncled, many-flowered axillary umbels. Per.
segm. 6; male fl.: sta. 6; filam. short; fem. fl.: staminodes 6 or
fewer; ovary 3-celled, superior as in all this Order. Berry size of a
pea.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: River Buddu); Mongalla Prov. (Yei
River).
756 =Asparagus Pauli-Guilelmi= _Solms._ DALADE & DILEH—Golo.
Erect undershr., 4-5 ft. high. Leaves minute, scale-like, with a hooked
prickle at the bases, bearing in their axils 1-5 narrow, linear pointed
leaf-like branchlets (cladodes), ¼ in. long. Fl. axillary solitary or
paired; per. white, minute, 6-partite; sta. 6; style short, stigmas 3;
berry size of a pea.
Nubia; Kordofan Prov. (Agari); Upper White Nile Prov. (Renk); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas, Jur River & Wau, Dinka country, Ghabat
El Arab, Rek District); Bahr El Jebel.
=A. Schweinfurthii= _Baker._
Prickly shrub. Cladodes in fascicles of 3-6, ¾-1¼ in. long. Fl. in
axillary pairs.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: on the banks of the River Gendua).
=A. asiaticus= _Linn._
Prickly climbing shrub. Cladodes 6-15 in a cluster, ½ in. long, stout.
Fl. several in axillary clusters.
Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Darfur Prov. (Kulme 3,600 ft.).
=A. africanus= _Lam._ DAHUAB—Hadendowa; UM MUSHBUT & MESHEIT (Meshra El
Zeraf)—Arab; GAGALI—Bari; BUT—Dinka; TIANKA—Burun.
Tall, prickly shrub. Cladodes densely fascicled, stout, ½-1 in. long.
Fl. umbellate from sides and tips of branchlets.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Kordofan Prov.
(Mulbeis); Darfur Prov. (J. Murra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.); Upper White Nile
Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf to mouth of Sobat River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
(Meshra El Rek, Jur Ghattas); Bahr El Jebel.
=A. racemosus= _Willd._ DAYOK (Fung) & BEKHEISET—Arab; CHII—Golo;
BARAKURI—Zande.
Rambling and scandent, prickly undershr. Cladodes 2-6 in a cluster, ½-¾
in. long. Racemes solitary or fascicled, 1-2 in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Port Sudan, Suakin: 19° 30′ N.L.); Fung Prov. Sherif;
Kordofan Prov.; Sobat River; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel.
The fruit is eaten by the Golos. The root is used as a demulcent,
diuretic, anti-dysenteric, etc., also as a demulcent in veterinary
medicine.
757 =Sanseviera Ehrenbergii= _Schweinfth._ TUMBAT—Hadendowa.
Perennial, somewhat aloe-like herb. Leaves 12-15 distichous, basal,
thick, striated, up to 5-6 ft. long. Infl. a panicle, 5-6 ft. long, with
peduncle; per. tubular with 6 linear lobes, white tinged with red, ½-¾
in. long, lobes longer than tube; sta. 6, as long as the lobes, anthers
versatile; style filiform.
Nubia (between Atbara & the Red Sea); Red Sea Prov. (Khor Ashat & Wadi
Qossir near Suakin).
=S. nilotica= _Baker._
Leaves 3 ft. long, flat, mottled, 1½ in. broad. Raceme lax, bearing
clusters of 3-9 white, tinged with green, flowers; per. ¾-1 in. long,
lobes longer than tube.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu: Mvolo).
=S. abyssinica= _N.E. Brown._ BASSAL EL WADI (Kassala), ZA’AF EL FIL,
Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf), UM KUSM (Kordofan), KHAZAN
(Baggara)—Arab; RRUK (J. Daier), GILLIA (J. El Amira), NALIAK (J.
Eliri)—Nuba; TOI or TOIRO—Jur; TAR—Dinka (Bahr El Ghazal);
BARANGA—Zande.
Leaves 2 ft. long or more, lanceolate, acute, rugose. Raceme up to 2½
ft. long; clusters 4-5 flowered. Flowers not described.
Fung Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Jur: Zeriba Agad, Jur Ghattas); Bahr El Jebel.
Used as a source of fibre, in Bongo-land the women make kilts of the
fibre which resemble horse tails.
758 =Aloe Schweinfurthii= _Baker._
Fleshy plant. Leaves rosulate, ensiform, 18 in. long, 2 in. broad at
base, margined with deltoid spines. Peduncle stout, compressed,
branched, 2 ft. long, bearing racemes 6-9 in. long; per. pale-red, up to
1 in. long; tube short; segm. 6; sta. 6. Fr. oblong, 3-angled, 3-valved.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=A. commutata= _Todaro._
Acaulescent. Leaves rosulate, oblong, lanceolate, 10-12 in. long,
spotted white; marginal teeth large. Ped. branched, 2-3 ft. long;
racemes 3-6 in. long; per. bright-red, 1½ in. long, constricted above
the ovary.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,000 ft.).
=A. abyssinica= _Lam._ KALANDO—Hadendowa.
Stem short. Leaves rosulate ensiform, 2 ft. long, spotted when young;
marginal teeth large. Ped. branched, 2 ft. long; racemes dense, 3-4 in.
long; per. yellow, 1 in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Sinkat, Wadi Sarrawib, Erkowit, J. Sihaba).
=A. crassipes= _Baker._
Leaves ensiform, 1 ft. long and under 1 in. broad; teeth large, rather
hooked. Ped. stout, 18 in. long; raceme 6 in. long with 2 short branches
at base; per. 1¼ in. long, constricted above the ovary.
Nubia (between Suakin & Berber at Kishi).
=A. sp.= NARURA (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Leaves 1 ft. long, gradually tapered upwards, repand-dentate, about 2
in. broad near the base. Fruiting panicle about 1 ft. long. Fruits
ellipsoid, 1 in. long.
Nuba Mts. Prov, (J. Eliri to El Amira).
759 =Dracæna Ombet= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._ BATT—Hadendowa.
Many times branched, palm-like tree, 8 ft. or over, bearing dense
clusters of ensiform leaves, 2 ft. long at ends of branches. Infl.
panicled, 1 ft. or more long; fl. white, ¼ in. long; per. segm. 6; sta.
6; fr. a 3-celled berry.