Part 30
696 =Duranta Plumieri= _Jacq._
Unarmed or spinous shrub. Leaves opp., oblong, sometimes crenate. Racemes long, terminal; cor. lilac, ⅓ in. long; lobes 5, spreading, ⅓ in. diam. St. 4, didynamous. Drupe yellow, size of a pea, enclosed in enlarged calyx.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Atasilli River); Mongalla Prov. (Lado: Yei River District).
An excellent hedge plant.
697 =Premna resinosa= _Schauer._ SAAT—Arab; TŪR (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Shrub with scented leaves. Leaves 2-4-nate, ovate or oblong, ½-1½ in. long, entire or crenate. Panicles small, terminal, corymbose; fl. minute, whitish or greenish. Drupe black, size of a pea.
Nubia (Wadi Omari); Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Sinkat, Jebel Waratab & 21° N.L.); Kordofan Prov. (Melbes, Abu Haraza, Abu Snun, Wadi Taiara & between Obeid Ogari & El Mareikib & Melbes); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol).
Fruit eaten.
698 =Vitex tangensis= _Gürke._
Shrub or small tree, clothed with yellowish hairs. Leaves opp., digitately 3-fol.; leaflets 2-3 in. long, oblong-lanceolate. Cymes corymbose, axillary; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; cor. tube twice length of calyx, limb patent, white (?); st. 4, exserted. Fr. globose, 1 in. diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (between Wau & Chakchak).
=V. madiensis= _Oliv._
Tree. Leaves opp., simple or 3-5 fol., glabrous above, hairy beneath; leaflets obovate-cuneate, crenate in upper half, 5-6 in. cymes; calyx 5-toothed, minute; cor. ¼ in. long, limb long; pet. 3-4 in. long. Fl. in axillary, corymbose, hairy patent. Fr. edible, size of a small plum.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas & Kutshook Ali’s Zariba, Dinka- land, Mittu-land: Mvolo, Niamniam-land); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
Fruit edible.
=V. Schweinfurthii= _Baker._
Tree; extremities drab pubescent. Leaves simple or 3-fol.; leaflets obovate-cuneate, up to 6 in. long; main petiole 2-3 in. long. Cymes lax, axillary; bracts large, linear. Fl. much as above.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Talodi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas & Gir & Dinka-land: Lau).
=V. Cienkowskii= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._ ABDUGULGUL, UMDIGULGUL or GULGUL (Baggara), ZEITUN (Bahr El Ghazal Prov.), or KURAIN—Arab; KLURUF (J. Daier), TIDOGI & MADIMU (J. Eliri)—Nuba; KONINK (Bahr El Ghazal)—Dinka; ORO—Golo; YALAH—Jur.
Large tree. Leaves 5-fol., glabrous; leaflets obovate-cuneate, up to 6 in. long, distinctly petioled; main pet. 2-3 in. long. Cymes dense, axillary, long peduncled; calyx 5-toothed, minute; cor. yellowish-brown, ab. ½ in. long, limb obliquely patent. Fr. size of a cherry, edible.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (mouth of Bahr El Ghazal); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dinka-land, between Wau & Chak Chak, & Tonj; Jur: Jur Ghattas); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
Wood white, light. Fruit eaten and when roasted is said to be a substitute for tea.
699 =Clerodendron acerbianum= _Boiss._
Riverside shrub; bark grey and rough; extremities, leaves and infl. grey-woolly. Leaves 2-4-nate, ovate, rounded or slightly cordate at base, 2-3 in. long. Fl. in dense terminal and axillary clusters; bracts linear, ¾ in. long; calyx ¾ in. long, 5-lobed; cor. white, tube 1 in. long, lobes 5, ovate, ⅙ in. long; st. 4, exserted. Fr. somewhat like a black-berry, not edible.
Berber Prov. (Mograd Island); Fung Prov. (Bunzaga & Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov. (Jebelein to Sobat); Sobat River (near Nasser).
=C. Schweinfurthii= _Gürke._
Climbing shrub. Leaves opp., ovate-lanceolate, 6-8 in. long, often serrate. Fl. in axillary long-peduncled heads; calyx tube campanulate; cor. tube 1½ in. long, lobes 5; st. 4, much exserted as well as style. Drupe black, ⅓ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=C. Formicarum= _Gürke._
Shrub. Leaves 2-4-nate, oblong, 2-3 in. long. Fl. in subumbellate terminal panicles; cor. white, tube ¼ in. long, lobes 5, minute; st. 4, ¼ in. long.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=C. harnierianum= _Schweinf._
Shrub; branchlets 4-angled. Leaves 2-3-nate, oblong or oblong- lanceolate, 2 in. long, pubescent. Infl. a cymose terminal panicle; calyx ⅓ in. long, 5-lobed; cor. purple, ab. 1 in. long.
Fung Prov. (Roseires); White Nile Prov.
=C. cordifolium= _A. Rich._
Undershr. or shrub, erect or scandent. Leaves opp., ovate-cordate, 3-4 in. long, pubescent beneath. Cymes lax, forming an ample terminal panicle; calyx 5-toothed, ⅓ in. long; cor. white, tube ⅔ in. long, lobes 5, ⅓ in. long; st. 4, 1 in. long.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Darfur Prov. (Kulme & J. Marra 6,000 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas & East of Limo’s village); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=C. capitatum= _Schumach._ & _Thonn._
Small shrub; branchlets densely hairy. Leaves opp., broadly ovate- dentate, pubescent beneath, 6-12 in. long. Fl. in dense sessile terminal heads, 6-9 in. diam.; bracts red, lanceolate, foliaceous; calyx ¾ in. long, pubescent, segments ciliate; cor. white, tube slender, 3-4 in. long; lobes ½ in. Drupe black in red accrescent calyx.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Kadugli).
=C. myricoides= _R. Br._ HAMALMA—Rashida (Red Sea Prov.).
Shrub, 3-5 ft. high. Leaves 2-4-nate, subsessile, oblong, 2-6 in. long, toothed. Cymes lax; calyx small, 5-lobed; cor. tubes short; lobes, upper ½ in. long, white, lower ¾ in. long, pale blue; st. 4, arcuate, ¾-1 in. long. Drupe black.
Red Sea Prov. (Karora); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land: Gumango hills); Bahr El Jebel.
=C. Neumayeri= _Vatke._
Shrub, 15-16 ft. high. Leaves opposite, oblong, acute, entire or crenate at the middle, 1-1½ in. long, glabrous; flowers in axillary cymes; corolla very short, the limb 1 in. diam.
Red Sea Prov. (Has Has).
=C. alatum= _Gürke._
Herb with 4-angled and narrowly winged stems. Leaves opp., sessile, up to 1 ft. long, oblanceolate, toothed in upper third. Panicle thyrsoid, many-flowered, terminal, 1 ft. long; cor. tube short, upper lobes whitish-lilac, lower violet with 2 white blotches.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Tuhami’s Zariba).
=C. triflorum= _Vis._
Shrub with bluntly 4-angled branches. Leaves long-petioled, broadly- ovate, toothed at the middle. Cymes axillary, drooping, 3-flowered; calyx 5-angled, lobes lanceolate; cor. tube 3 times length of calyx, lobes elliptic.
Nubia.
=C. near C. neriifolium= _Wall._
Shrub, ab. 5 ft. high, branches 4-angled, sulcate. Leaves ternate below, alt. above, lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, larger ones sometimes obsoletely and coarsely serrate. Fl. axillary in simple and compound cymes, forming terminal panicles; calyx ½ in. long, accrescent and broadly campanulate in fruit, 5-toothed; cor. white, tube 1 in. long, slender, lobes 5, 2 upper ½ in. long, lower ⅓ in.; st. 4, 1 in long, didynamous, exserted; style 1½ in. long, bifid; ovary 4-celled, ovules 4. Drupe black.
Mongalla Prov. (Sudd Region & Bor); Bahr El Jebel (on termite hills).
=C. ugandense= _Prain._
Shrub, 3-10 ft. Leaves opposite, elliptic to narrowly obovate, coarsely toothed, up to 4½ in. long and 2½ in. broad, glabrous. Cymes lax, few- flowered. Flowers whitish and blue.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
700 =Avicennia marina= _Stapf._ SHORA—Arab.
Shrub or small tree, white tomentose. Leaves opp., oblong or oblong- lanceolate, 1½-3 in. long, coriaceous, tomentose beneath. Spikes globose, terminal and axillary; bracts minute, broadly ovate; calyx 5-partite; cor. tube short, funnel-shaped, lobes 4-5, bright-yellow; st. 4. Fr. ovoid, 1 in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, 21° N.L., Littoral).
Fruit bitter but edible. The bark is used for tanning.
=LABIATÆ.=
701 =Ocimum basilicum= _Linn._ RIHAN—Arab; ORHAN—Hadendowa; KWARNYĀL (Dilling)—Nuba. Basil.
Erect annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves opp., petioled, ovate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. in whorled racemes, up to 9 in. long; bracts ovate, length of a whorl; calyx ¼ in. long, 5-lobed, uppermost lobe orbicular decurrent, lower deltoid, mucronate, 2 lowest longest of all; cor. white, tinged purple, ½ in. long, tube ¼ in., limb 2-lipped, upper 4-lobed; st. 4, didynamous, 2 upper toothed at base of filaments, anthers 1-celled; bifid style rising from central base of 4 lobes of the ovary as in all this family as also fr. of 4 nutlets.
Dongola Prov.; Khartoum Prov. (J. Royan); Kassala Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan & Darfur Provinces.
It yields a strong fibre. The plant is aromatic and on distillation yields a volatile oil which, when kept, solidifies into a crystalline camphor. The seeds infused in water make a cooling drink; they are said to be demulcent, stimulant, diuretic & diaphoretic.
=O. canum= _Sims._
Densely pubescent annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. in whorled racemes as in all this genus, 3-6 in. long; bracts small, ovate, deciduous; calyx ⅙ in. long, 2 lateral lobes minute, otherwise as above; cor. white, ⅙ in. long; st. as above, much exserted.
Cultivated. Also in Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé, Jur; Jur Ghattas).
The leaves made into paste are used to cure parasitical diseases of the skin.
=O. suave= _Willd._
Pubescent perennial. Leaves ovate, 3-4 in. long, crenate, densely hairy beneath. Racemes dense, panicled, up to 9 in. long; bracts ovate, deciduous; calyx ¼ in. long; cor. ab. ¼ in. long, white, tinged purple.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: between Kero & Ngama).
=O. menthæfolium= _Hochst._ HADANIT—Hadendowa.
Perennial very like _O. canum_. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1-1½ in. long. Calyx ⅛ in. and cor. ¼ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Khor Tamanib); Kordofan Prov. (J. Kurbaj & Obeid); Darfur Prov. (Kulme & 40 miles West of El Fasher); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau).
=O. citriodorum= _Vis._
Undershrub; stems pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, crenate. Racemes lax, simple; bracts shortly petioled, ciliate; calyx hairy, upper lobe orbicular, lateral ovate, lower lanceolate, subulate; cor. blue-violet, longer than calyx, small; filaments of upper st. with tuft of hairs at base.
Nubia; Khartoum Prov.
=O. Johnstonii= _Baker._
Tall, bushy, fragrant herb. Leaves ovate, deeply crenate, ab. 1½ in. long. Calyx ⅛ in. and cor. ¼ in. long; upper filaments of st. with basal tufts of hairs.
Khartoum, cultivated.
=O. dichotomum= _Hochst._
Erect branched annual. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1-1½ in. long. Racemes long, lax; bracts small; calyx tube campanulate in fruit, ⅙ in. long; cor. a little longer than calyx; st. filaments unappendaged at base.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.
702 =Platystoma africanum= _P. Beauv._
Erect annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves ovate, 1-2 in. long, crenate, pubescent. Racemes fairly dense, 3-6 in. long, whorls 10-flowered; pedicels deflexed in fruit; calyx lobes 2, toothed; cor. pale lilac, minute, bilabiate, upper lip 4-toothed, lower entire; st. 4, declinate, filaments dilated at base.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Gir & Jur).
703 =Acrocephalus Schweinfurthii= _Briquet._
Tall herb with grey appressed hairs. Leaves linear, 1-2 in. long, narrowed at each end. Fl. in globose, corymbose heads, ⅓ in. diam.; basal bracts ovate-lanceolate, tipped blue-purple; calyx minute; cor. small, 2-lipped, upper lip 4-lobed; st. 4, didynamous, exserted, filaments unappendaged.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Aweit & Agada).
=A. lilacinus= _Oliv._
Hairy perennial, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves whorled, lin.-lanceolate, 1-1½ in. long, denticulate. Heads in dense, terminal corymbs; basal bracts ovate, yellowish, upper orbicular, cuneate, cuspidate, greenish, ⅛ in. long; cor. pale-lilac, nearly ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Sabbi River).
=A. Heudelotii= _Briquet._
Pubescent perennial, 1½-2 ft. high. Leaves whorled, linear, 1½-2 in. long. Heads globose corymbose; basal bracts linear, foliaceous, upper obovate-cuneate, pale, hairy, ⅛ in. long; cor. twice as long as calyx, pale violet.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Agada near Jur Ghattas & Jur Aweit).
704 =Moschosma polystachyum= _Benth._
Much-branched annual; stem 4-angled, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves ovate, crenate, pubescent. Racemes 2-4 in. long, with 6-10 flowered whorls; calyx ⅛ in. long, upper tooth orbicular, not decurrent, lateral ovate, lower cuspidate; cor. pale lilac, 2-lipped, lobes short.
Fung Prov. (Saoleil, Blue Nile, Jongol’s Post, etc.); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol & Abba Island); Kordofan Prov. (moist places); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé); Mongalla Prov. (Bor & 5° 10′ N.L.).
705 =Orthosiphon bartsioides= _Baker._
Slender perennial. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to 2 in. long, crenate, pubescent, sessile. Raceme long, lax; whorls 2-flowered; calyx deflexed in fruit, upper tooth orbicular decurrent, 4 others cuspidate, ¼ in. long; cor. ab. ½ in. long; st. 4, not exserted.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Roa River, Niamniam-land: River Mabode).
=O. pallidus= _Royle._
Branched perennial. Leaves short-petioled, small, ovate, crenate, pubescent. Racemes terminal, whorls few-flowered; calyx ¼ in. long, upper lobe orbicular and decurrent, lateral and lower large-awned; cor. ½ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit, Suakin).
=O. Schimperi= _Benth._
Branched perennial. Leaves ovate, crenate, hairy, 1-3 in. long, long petioled. Racemes whorled; calyx ¼ in. long, upper lobe suborbicular, decurrent, lateral small-awned, lower longer awned; cor. tube ⅓ in. long, limb 2-lipped, lobes small.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nganye); Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla).
706 =Becium (Ocimum) Knyanum= _(Vatke) N.E. Br._
Erect pubescent perennial. Leaves subsessile, linear to oblong- lanceolate, 1-2 in. long, crenate. Racemes long, lax, with a tuft of linear bracts; whorls 4-6 flowered; calyx ⅓ in. long, upper lobe orbicular, decurrent, others large-awned; cor. ⅔ in. long, 2-lipped, upper 4-lobed; st. 4, exserted, upper filaments with basal tufts of hairs.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Gir & Jur Ghattas).
=B. obovatum= _N.E. Br._
Erect herb, 1 ft. high from woody rhizome. Leaves sessile, elliptic- obovate, 1½ in. long, ¾ in. broad, densely gland-dotted, subentire. Spikes broadly triangular, 1½ in. long. Bracts purplish. Calyx pubescent.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Biri River, between Chak Chak & Deim Zubeir).
=B. (Ocimum) Schweinfurthii= _(Briquet) N.E. Br._
Tall pubescent perennial. Leaves subsessile, oblong, up to 6 in. long, cuneate at base, crenate, scabrous above. Raceme short, dense, terminal; bracts large obovate, cuspidate; calyx ⅙ in. long, upper tooth ovate, slightly decurrent, others bristle-like; cor. ½ in. long; st. 4, upper filaments toothed at base.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Gumango River).
707 =Hoslundia opposita= _Vahl._ SASA DIM—Rashida.
Much branched shrub. Leaves opp., oblong or obl.-lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, dentate. Panicles terminal, lax; bracts minute; calyx small, broadly 5-toothed, enlarged globose and red in fruit; cor. lilac, ⅙ in. long, 2-lipped, st. 2 perfect and 2 rudimentary.
Red Sea Prov. (Karora); Darfur Prov. (Kulme 3,600 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas & Nuer District); Bahr El Jebel.
708 =Plectranthus stachyoides= _Oliv._
Perennial, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves opp., subsessile, ovate or oblong, up to 3 in. long, pubescent, crenate. Infl. a dense terminal racemose panicle, 6-8 in. long; whorls many-flowered; bracts ovate, pubescent, ¼ in. long: calyx 5-toothed, upper lobe ovate, reflexed, others deltoid, awned, ¼ in. long; cor. ½ in. long, lilac. St. 4, didynamous, free.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=P. ovatifolius= _Oliv._
Erect perennial. Leaves short-petioled, ovate, 1 in. long, pubescent. Infl. a lax terminal racemose panicle; whorls few-flowered; calyx ⅓ in. long, upper tooth ovate, mucronate, reflexed, decurrent, lateral teeth small, awned, lower large, awned; cor. ½ in. long, lilac.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=P. bongensis= _Baker._
Glabrous herb, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves oblong, 2-3 in. long, crenate. Infl. lax, in a cymose panicle, 6-9 in. long; calyx ⅛ in. long, upper ovate, reflexed, lateral oblong, lower awned; cor. ⅓ in. long, lilac.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Gir in Bongo-land).
=P. cylindraceus= _Hochst._
Tall sappy herb, pubescent all over. Leaves oblong, crenate. Fl. in dense cylindrical racemes, 3-5 in. long, 1-3 to a stem; calyx minute, teeth subequal; cor. ⅛ in. long, white.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
709 =Coleus barbatus= _Benth._ KĀHAB, & KALIAH—Hadendowa.
Woody perennial, 2-4 ft. high. Leaves petioled, ovate or oblong, 1-4 in. long, crenate, hairy. Panicle racemose, ½-1 ft. long; whorls many- flowered; fruit-calyx ⅙ in. long, upper tooth suborbicular, 4 others acute; cor. bright blue, ½ in. long, tube deflexed in middle, limb 2-lipped, lower as long as tube; filaments of 4 st. united at the base in a tube as in all this genus.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Suakin).
=C. cf. C. igniarius= _Schwfth._
Small woody shrub. Fl. appear before the leaves; cor. purple, scented.
Red Sea Prov. (Khor Ashat).
=C. latifolius= _Hochst._
Herb with tuberous root, 1 ft. high. Leaves ovate, 1-3 in. long, crenate, pubescent. Racemes dense, 4-6 in. long; fr. calyx ⅙ in. long, upper tooth ovate, lateral shorter, orbicular, 2 lower acute, connate to near tip; cor. ⅓ in. long, lilac.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=C. Penzigii= _Dammann._
White-hairy perennial. Leaves ovate, up to 4 in. long, crenate; petiole winged. Racemes panicled, whorls 8-flowered; calyx ⅙ in. long, 2 lateral teeth smaller; cor. tube ⅓ in. long, lower lip lilac, ¼ in. long.
Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post).
=C. Briquetii= _Baker._
Tall herb. Leaves petioled, oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, acuminate, serrate. Racemes long, dense; whorls many-flowered; calyx minute in fl., enlarged in fruit, upper tooth ovate, decurrent, 2 lateral orbicular, 2 lowest acuminate, connate half-way up; cor. ⅓ longer.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land).
710 =Englerastrum Schweinfurthii= _Briquet._
Erect hairy annual. Leaves ovate, 1 in. long, crenate. Racemes axillary, whorls 1-2 flowered; calyx ½ in. long, glandular-pubescent, teeth 5, ovate, subequal; cor. tube 1½ in., lower lip ab. 1 in., concave, upper small with 3 rounded lobes. St. 4, filaments united in lower half, exserted.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Addai).
711 =Æolanthus ambustus= _Oliv._
Slender herb, 1 ft. high. Leaves sessile, ascending, linear, 1-1½ in. long. Spikes slender, erect; bracts ⅙ in., partly hiding the flowers; calyx minute, 2-lobed; cor. lilac, ⅓ in. long, 2-lipped; st. 4, free.
Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=Æ. virgatus= _Gürke._
Much branched annual, 1½ ft. high. Leaves as above, up to 2 in. long. Bracts ¼ in. long, otherwise as above.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Gurfala).
=Æ. heliotropioides= _Oliv._
Herb, up to 2 ft. high. Leaves sessile, oblong or lin.-oblong, up to 2 in. long. Spikes panicled, upper ones one-sided, 1-2 in. long; bracts very small; calyx minute, truncate, pubescent; cor. lilac, ¼ in. long, lower lip orbicular, concave ab. same size as upper. St. exserted.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
712 =Pycnostachys Schweinfurthii= _Briquet._
Erect branched perennial, 2 ft. high. Leaves linear, up to 4 in. long, sessile or subsessile, serrate. Spikes dense, 1½-2 in. long; fr. calyx ⅓ in. long, teeth 5, subulate; cor. pale blue, tube deflexed, upper lip 4-toothed, lower concave, ¼ in. long; st. 4, free.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Dukuttu).
=P. Petherickii= _Baker._
Perennial, stems 4-angled. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, upper half crenate, gland-dotted beneath. Spike dense, up to 4 in. long. Calyx tube short, teeth ¼ in. long, subulate; cor. blue, pubescent on outside.
White Nile.
=P. niamniamensis= _Gürke._
Erect pubescent herb. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, serrate with scattered red glands. Spikes oblong; bracts linear, ⅓ in. long; calyx ½ in. long, tube short, teeth subulate.
White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: River Hoo).
713 =Hyptis brevipes= _Poir._
Pubescent herb, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves subsessile, oblong-rhomboid, crenate, upper ones lanceolate. Fl. axillary, peduncled, in dense globose heads, ½ in. diam.; outer bracts lanceolate, as long as flowers; calyx ⅛ in. long, teeth 5, subulate; cor. ⅛ in. long, lower lip deflexed, concave; st. 4, free.
Mongalla Prov. (Lado: Yei River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
=H. spicigera= _Lam._ KINDI—Bongo.
Tall pubescent annual, often found in stubble. Leaves petioled, oblong, crenate. Panicles dense racemose oblong, end racemes 2-4 in. long, whorls many-flowered; fr. calyx 1/5 in. long, teeth short; cor. whitish, ¼ in. long.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo: Gir cultivated).
The seeds are brayed to a pulp by the Zandes and used as an adjunct to stews and gravies. They are also roasted and eaten or an edible oil extracted from them. This oil, although not suitable for soap and candle making, might be useful for fatty varnishes in painting.
=H. pectinata= _Poir._
Herb, 4-6 ft. high. Leaves small, ovate, crenate, pubescent. Panicles racemose; fr. calyx ⅙ in. long, villous inside, teeth small, setaceous; cor. size of calyx.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
714 =Lavandula pubescens= _Decne._
Hairy, scented perennial; stems 4-angled. Leaves broad, bipinnatifid, segments linear. Panicles spicate, whorls 2-flowered; bracts ovate, ⅛ in. long; calyx 13-nerved, as long as bracts, teeth small; cor. blue, small; st. 4, free.
Darfur Prov.
=L. coronopifolia= _Poir._ SADDĀM—Hadendowa.
Fragrant perennial, up to 18 in. high. Leaves sessile, narrowly linear with revolute edges, simple or pinnatipartite. Panicles spicate, 2-3 in. long; bracts ovate-lanceolate; calyx ⅙ in. long, pubescent, 13-nerved, teeth short; cor. blue, ⅓ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Khor Tamanib, Suakin, Erkowit & 21° N.L.); Darfur Prov. (J. Meidob 3,500 ft. & J. Marra 8,200 ft.).
715 =Mentha sylvestris= _Linn._
Strongly scented, densely pubescent herb. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, serrate. Fl. in terminal whorled, racemose panicles 2-3 in. long; calyx minute, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed, teeth lanceolate; cor. ⅙ in. long, lobes 4, uppermost broad and emarginate.
Darfur Prov. (Zalingei & J. Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.).
716 =Micromeria biflora= _Benth._ HADEMBUI—Hadendowa.
Bushy pubescent perennial with a weak smell of thyme, ½-1 ft. high. Leaves ovate or oblong, ab. ⅓ in. long, rigid. Cymes 2-6 flowered, subsessile, axillary; calyx ab. ⅙ in. long, 13-15 ribbed, teeth 5, small; cor. shortly exserted, dilated at throat, 2-lipped; st. 4.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & 21° N.L.); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra 8-9,500 ft.).
=M. abyssinica= _Benth._
Bushy pubescent herb, 1-2 ft. high, scented like thyme. Leaves ovate, crenate, 1-1½ in. long. Spikes whorled, whorls many-flowered, the lowest subtended by large leaves; calyx ¼ in. long, 13-15 ribbed, teeth small; cor. tube ¼ in. long, limb 2-lipped, lower lip 3-lobed.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
717 =Salvia nudicaulis= _Vahl._ =var. nubica= _Baker._
Perennial with rosette-like radical leaves; stem-leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1½-2 in. long, crenulate, densely pubescent beneath. Panicles laxly racemed, whorls of ab. 6 flowers; calyx hairy, ¼ in. long, 2-lipped, lower bifid; cor. ½ in. long, upper lip arched, lower deflexed; st. 2, with 1 perfect anther cell; rudimentary st. 2.
Nubia.
=S. ægyptiaca= _Linn._ RA’AL—Arab.
Small heather-like undershr. Stems with setose reflexed hairs. Leaves deeply crisped-undulate, strongly reticulate. Calyx lobes very acute. Corolla ⅓ in. long.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit, Has Has & 21° N.L.).
718 =Nepeta biloba= _Hochst._ NABBALAM—Hadendowa.
Herb, 2-3 ft. high, pubescent. Leaves ovate, 2 in. long, crenate, the upper sessile. Racemes long, lower whorls distant, subtended by large leaves; bracts many, linear, ¼ in. long; calyx ¼ in., teeth 5, ribs 15; cor. under ½ in., violet-blue, lower lip 3-lobed, central one largest; st. 4.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has).
=N. ballotæfolia= _Hochst._
Pubescent herb. Leaves ovate, 1-1½ in. long, crenate, sessile. Racemes as above; bracts linear, large; calyx ¼ in.; cor. tube longer than calyx, lower lip ⅛ in. long, 3-lobed, central lobe largest.
Darfur Prov. (J. Marra 9,200-9,500 ft.).
719 =Scutellaria Schweinfurthii= _Briquet._
Perennial, 1 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate, subsessile, slightly hairy. Racemes long, lax, whorls 2-flowered; fr. calyx ¼ in., upper lip orbicular, reflexed, lower shorter; cor. ⅓ in., lips ⅙ in. long, lower deflexed. St. 4, upper pair 2-celled, lower 1-celled.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur, Kutshuk Ali’s Zariba, & Mittu at Ngame).
720 =Otostegia tomentosa= _A. Rich_
Pubescent shrub. Leaves subsessile, very small, thick, oblong, crenate, white-tomentose beneath. Fl. axillary, whorled, sessile, bracteate; calyx-tube funnel-shaped, 10-ribbed, ⅓ in. long, lower lip orbicular, upper small crenate; st. 4.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit).
=O. repanda= _Benth._ BALUD & BASADEM—Hadendowa.
Pubescent shrub. Leaves petioled, ovate, 1-2 in. long, crenate. Fl. axillary, whorled; bracts subulate; calyx ⅓ in. long, upper lip small, ovate, lower orbicular, crenate, ⅓ in. broad; cor. white, longer than calyx.
Red Sea Prov. (21-22° N. Lat., Has Has & Erkowit); Darfur Prov. (Zalingei & J. Marra: Niurnya 6,500 ft.).
=O. scariosa= _Benth._
Pubescent shrub; branches 4-angled. Leaves petioled, broadly ovate, up to 1 in. long, crenate. Fl. axillary, in distant whorls, bracts many subulate; flower as above.
Darfur Prov.
721 =Leucas nubica= _Benth._
Pubescent herb. Leaves ovate, up to 2 in. long, crenate. Whorls many, distant, many-flowered; bracts large, linear, ciliate; calyx tube ⅙ in. long, ribs and teeth 8-10, teeth linear-subulate; cor. tube ⅙ in. long, lips 2, small, lower 3-lobed; st. 4.
White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov. (Katul Gombara).
=L. inflata= _Benth._
Densely white-hairy, branched perennial. Leaves subsessile, suborbicular, crenate at tip, ½-1 in. long. Whorls numerous, 6-10 flowered, the upper approximate with reduced leaves; bracts minute; calyx campanulate, inflated ⅙ in. long, villous, teeth deltoid; cor. ⅓ in. long, upper lip villous at tip.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat. J. Waratab, Khor Tamanib & Sinkat).
=L. martinicensis= _R. Br._