Perennial, 18 in. high. Leaves alternate, 3-5 whorled at base of umbels;
stem-leaves obovate to elliptic, 3-6 in. long, whorl-leaves varying from
oblong to rhomboid or lanceolate. Umbels terminal, 3-5 rayed, compound
or simple by abortion, with 2-3 distant flowering nodes; invol. ⅓ in.
diameter; glands 5, ⅙ in. diameter, elliptic-oblong, shortly 2-lipped.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas).
=E. schimperiana= _Scheele._
Erect herb, ½-4 ft. high. Leaves alternate, or with a whorl of 3-5 under
the umbel, ¾-3½ in. long, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, narrowed to
base, sessile, glabrous. Cymes terminal, 3 to many times forked,
sometimes terminating in a 3-5 rayed umbel; bracts opposite, sessile,
¼-1 in. long, triangular-ovate. Invol. solitary sessile or nearly so,
minute, cup-shaped; glands 4, minute, somewhat half-mooned shaped,
2-horned.
Fung Prov. (Bunzaga).
=E. arguta= _Soland._
Herb, 3-15 in. high. Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate or
oblanceolate, serrate. Umbels 3-5 rayed, terminal or axillary near the
apex; rays up to 5 in. long, cymosely 2-4 times divided. Invol.
solitary, sessile, or nearly so, minute; glands 4, minute, transversely
oblong, entire.
Nubia (Wadi Halfa).
=E. agowensis= _Hochst._
Undershrub, with herbaceous branches. Leaves alternate, with a whorl of
3 at base of umbel and opposite on its branches, elliptic-obtuse, ½-1¼
in. long, denticulate. Umbels terminal, 3-branched, 1-3 times forked or
lateral and axillary, 1-10 in. long. Invol. in cymes of 3 at ends of
umbel branches, minute; glands 4, transversely oblong, minute.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli).
=E. cyparissioides= _Pax._
Bushy, glabrous herb, about 1 ft. high. From a perennial root stock.
Leaves alternate on stem and branches, whorled or opposed under the cyme
or umbel, sessile, linear, ⅓-1¼ in. long. Invol. solitary or in
subcapitate cymes, terminal, minute. Glands 5, rarely 7, minute, margins
straight or creniculate. Capsules much exserted.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit, Deim Gudju, Niamniam-land, at River
Ibba).
=E. cuneata= _Vahl._
Woody shrub, up to 10-12 ft. high; branches horizontal, often spine-
tipped, glabrous or at first puberulous. Leaves alternate, scattered
and, on short secundary branches, tufted, usually ⅓-1 in. long, linear-
cuneate to cuneate-spathulate. Cymes umbel-like, ⅓-⅔ in. long, axillary
or terminal, with 1 or 3-5 invols. with reduced leaves under cymes and
invols. Invol. 1/5-1/4 in. diameter, broadly cup-shaped; glands 5,
peltate, concave, elliptic or suborbicular, about 1/12 in. diameter.
Capsules erect, ¼ in. diameter, puberulous.
Red Sea Prov. (J. Kuureb, J. Waratab, sea coast, 21° N. Lat., Karora).
=E. nubica= _N.E. Br._ JAGIA (J. Daier)—Nuba.
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