Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov.; Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. Yields a good fibre. 218 =Abutilon angulatum= _Mast._ AMBORU, UMBARU or UMBORU—Arab; BUTNIEID (Dilling)—Nuba. Tall, woody herb, up to 8 ft. high. Leaves long-stalked, roundish, cordate, 5-7 nerved, pale on under-surface. Flowers yellow, on loose terminal panicle. Fruit globose, depressed; carpels about 20, obtuse, reniform, 1-seeded. Khartoum Prov.; Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf); Nuba Mountains Prov. (Dilling); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau); Mongalla Prov. =A. graveolens= _Wight_ & _Arnott._ MAKHSHASH EL RIGAL (Baggara)—Arab; DOEIRI (Dilling)—Nuba. Downy, bushy herb; calyx large, densely pubescent; corolla yellow, sometimes turning pink on withering. Leaves ovate, cordate, somewhat dentate, pubescent, pale beneath. Carpels 20 or more, 3-seeded. Khartoum to Berber; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.; Nuba Mountains Prov.; Red Sea Prov. The leaves and root are used in medicine; the stems yield a fibre. =A. glaucum= _Webb._ HANBŪK & UMBUR—Arab. The fruit GARGADAN. Downy undershrub. Corolla yellow, with purple centre. Leaves cordate, 7-9 nerved, irregular dentate, as long as the stalk. Carpels 20 or more, 2-3 seeded. Red Sea Prov.; Berber Prov.; Kassala Prov.; Khartoum Prov. & South. =A. fruticosum= _Guill._ & _Perr._ Densely white-downy, much branched, rigid perennial. Leaves small, short-stalked, cordate, denticulate. Peduncles axillary, 1-3 flowered. Carpels 10, persistent, 2-3 seeded. Red Sea Prov.; Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. =A. ramosum= _Guill._ & _Perr._ Erect branching, hairy perennial. Leaves cordate, sometimes 3-lobed, 5-7 nerved, long-stalked. Peduncles axillary and terminal, shorter than leaf-stalks; flowers white or yellow. Carpels 8-10, long 2-awned. Fung & Kordofan Provinces. =A. bidentatum= _Hochst._ Erect undershrub with downy branches. Leaves short-stalked, cordate- ovate, denticulate, pilose. Flowers in small axillary panicles. Fruit subglobose; carpels 16-20, each with 2 teeth; seeds 3 in each carpel. Red Sea, Fung & Kordofan Provinces. =A. hirtum= _Don._ Erect, downy perennial. Leaves long-stalked, ovate-cordate, serrate 6-7 nerved. Peduncles axillary or terminal, 1 or more flowered. Petals large, bright orange, hairy at base. Fruit truncate; carpels 12 or more, short bidentate; seeds 3. Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Kodok). 219 =Malachra radiata= _Linn._ Tall, hispid herb; flowers small, pink, in dense heads with distinct bractlets and surrounded by a general involucre. Fruit turbinate; carpels 5. Leaves short-stalked, palmately 5-7 lobed. Upper White Nile Prov. (mouth of Bahr El Zeraf); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River). 220 =Urena lobata= _Linn._ KĀRI (J. Eliri)—Nuba.