=T. Benthami= _Baker._
Slender climber, finely puberulous and with few stinging hairs. Leaves
ovate acute or acuminate, shallowly or rarer deeply wide cordate,
sharply serrate, 2-4 in. long, sparingly bristly on nerves; pet. ¾-2½
in. long, bristly with stinging hairs. Racemes lateral and terminal on
lateral branches, ½-¾ in. long with a naked peduncle, ¼-⅓ in. long,
densely set with stinging hairs; male fl. numerous above and 2-3 basal
fem. fl.; pedicels, both sexes, solitary, almost as long as the bracts.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River).
=T. Schweinfurthii= _Baker._
Diœcious herb from woody base, 4-8 in. high, densely pilose, without
stinging hairs. Leaves linear-oblong to lanceolate, 1½-2 in. long,
minutely serrate, sessile or nearly so. Racemes terminal and leaf-
opposed, more numerous on male plant. Male racemes 1½-4 in. long with a
short pilose peduncle; pedicels shorter than the lanceolate bracts; sep.
3; sta. 3. Fem. racemes ¾-1½ in. long, with a pilose peduncle ⅓-½ in.
long; fl. 3-6; pedicels longer than bracts; calyx-segm. 6, at length
accrescent; styles 3, short, connate at base; caps. 3-coccous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit & Golo country).
=ULMACEÆ.=
258 =Celtis integrifolia= _Lam._ IBNU (Baggara), LEBINGA (Fung Prov.) or
MAHAGAYA (Kordn.)—Arab; EIRĀL (Dilling) & DOMBELABAI (Fan Yan)—Nuba;
BAKKA—Bari.
Large tree with smooth, grey bark. Leaves alt., shortly petioled, ovate,
short acuminate, base unequally rounded, entire, 1½-3 in. long,
3-nerved. Infl. polygamous, axillary, shorter than the leaf, cymose,
hermaphr. fl. above, few, male fl. below, numerous, shorter stalked;
calyx 4-5 lobed; stamens 4-5, minute; stigma bifid, sometimes twice so.
Drupe ovoid, globose, about ⅓ in. long.
Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (Dueim); Kordofan Prov.
(near Singukai); Nuba Mts. Prov. (Dar Nuba); Sobat River; Bahr El Ghazal
Prov. (Dinka: Ghazal River, Mittu: Mvolo, Rohl River); Bahr El Jebel.
Wood perishable, yellowish white, density 0.750.
259 =Trema guineensis= _Ficalho._
Shrub or tree; branches hairy. Leaves alt., ovate-oblong, acute to
acuminate, base unequally cordate, 2½-4 in. long, margin denticulate,
basally 3-nerved; petiole short. Infl. axillary, polygamous dense; fl.
5-merous, minute. Drupe small.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land).
260 =Chætacme microcarpa= _Rendle._
Shrub or small tree, armed with solitary or paired axillary spines.
Leaves alt., distichous, elliptic-oblong to ovate, apiculate, 2-4 in.
long. Infl. monœcious, male fl. greenish, axillary, cymose; calyx
5-partite; sta. 5; fem. fl. solitary or few; calyx 5-partite; style
2-branched; drupe globose, ⅓ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=ROSACEÆ.=
261 =Rubus sp.=
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