Part 22
Annual, 1-3 ft. high, glandular-scabrous; branches virgate. Leaves linear; stipules 1-3 pointed. Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes; cor. salver-shaped, tube much longer than calyx. Capsule subglobose.
Red Sea Prov.; Khartoum Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol).
=O. virgata= _DC._
Switch-like herb, 2 in. to 2 ft. high. Leaves linear, curled margins; stipules with 2-3 bristly points. Flowers panicled; cor. cylindrical or salver-shape. Fruit sub-globose.
Kordofan Prov. (Tueir); Bahr El Ghazal & Mongalla Provinces.
=O. Welwitschii= _Hiern._
Small herb with white tubular, cruciform flowers.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Dongonab).
=O. strumosa= _Hiern._
Herb, up to 18 in. high. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Cymes corymbose, terminal; cor. salver-shaped, tube much longer than calyx. Fruit subglobose.
Blue Nile Prov. (Upper); Kordofan Prov.
=O. lancifolia= _Schwfth._
Herb with linear-lanceolate leaves. Flowers small, axillary, solitary; cor. not longer than calyx. Capsule furrowed, compressed-globose.
Blue Nile Prov. (near Lakanda); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Jebel (Madi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=O. macrophylla= _DC._
Aquatic or marsh herb. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, up to 3 in. long. Flowers white or pale blue, pentamerous, in racemose or panicled cymes. Capsule minute.
Blue Nile Prov.; White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land); Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
=O. trinervia= _Retz._
Weak, slightly hairy annual. Leaves broadly ovate or rotundate, tapering to 3-nerved base. Flowers in small clusters on short peduncles, tetramerous; cor. length of the calyx. Capsule hirsute, globose.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=O. corymbosa= _Linn._
Erect or ascending annual, up to 1 ft. high. Leaves sessile, linear, or apiculate. Stipules short, pectinate. Flowers usually in pairs, on filiform peduncles. Corolla white.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Bongo lands, Shambé); Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
A decoction of the root is used in bilious fevers.
=O. octodon= _A. Rich._
Low, straggly herb. Leaves linear, acute, about ½ in. long, Flowers very small, clustered and sessile at the nodes. Calyx lobes setose.
Nubia; Blue Nile Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau & Nianniam-land).
=O. capensis= _Linn._
Herb, 4-9 in. high; branches 4-angled. Leaves narrow-linear, revolute. Peduncles 2 to several together, 1-flowered, axillary or terminal; cor. white, slightly longer than calyx. Capsule minute, 4-ribbed.
Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.
=O. wauensis= _Schwfth._
Glabrous herb, 1 ft. high; branches with 4 raised lines. Leaves linear; stipules sheathing, with many bristles. Flowers mostly pentamerous, in pairs, small. Capsule coriaceous, oblong, small.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau River).
=O. Heynei= _Oliv._
Herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Lower flowers solitary, upper in a paniculate cyme. Cor. salver-shaped; tube slender, glabrous within, twice the length of calyx. Fruit subglobose.
Fung Prov. (Roseires); Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land).
=O. effusa= _Oliv._
Tall herb. Leaves narrow-linear, revolute. Flowers 4-merous, lilac, in paniculate cymes. Fruit globose.
Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov. (Rufaa).
=O. cf. O. effusa= _Oliv._
Almost leafless herb with weak branches. Flowers pale red outside; corolla very slender, ¾ in. long, with 4 linear very acute lobes, fruits 1/10 in. long.
Kordofan Prov. (Um Dam, 1,245 S.G.H.).
=O. sp.=
Leafy much-branched herb. Leaves linear-oblanceolate acute, 1½ in. long, shortly pubescent. Corolla ¼ in. long, with 4 short obtuse lobes.
Mongalla Prov. (Sheikh Tombé, 1,648 S.G.H.).
=O. noctiflora= _Hiern._
Glabrous annual. Leaves linear. Flowers white, opening at night.
Red Sea Prov.
=O. hedyotoides= _Boiss._
Herb, 6 in. to 1 ft. high. Leaves linear-oval. Flowers minute, clustered in axils of the leaves; cor. white. Capsule coriaceous, 4-ribbed.
Blue Nile, Kordofan & Bahr El Ghazal Provinces.
=O. dolichantha= _Stapf._
Slender herb with subsimple stems. Leaves lanceolate, acute, sessile, about 1¾ in. long, glabrous. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Corolla very long, up to 5 in. long, very slender.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
474 =Mussænda luteola= _Del._
Shrub. One lobe of calyx enlarged into a yellow leaf. Cor. 5-lobed, yellow, fragrant.
Fung Prov. (Singa); White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: near M’volo & Niamniam-land); Upper Sobat; Mongalla Prov. (south of Gondokoro); Lake Rudolf.
=M. arcuata= _Poir._
Climbing shrub. One lobe of calyx enlarged into a white leaf. Cor. 5-lobed, yellow with purplish or orange, hairy throat.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, Niamniam & Bongo lands); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River District).
=M. erythrophylla= _Schum._ & _Thonn._
Shrub or climber. One lobe of calyx enlarged into a red leaf. Cor. white 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._