Shrubby, 2-3 ft. high. Leaflets 3, obovate, central one 1½ in. long. Racemes lax, terminal and axillary; cor. yellow, keel much upcurved. Pod 1½ in. long, cylindrical. Upper White Nile Prov. (Sobat River, Nasser). =C. striata= _DC._ BIRBUS—Arab; URU—Golo. Erect woody herb, up to 6 ft. high. Pod glabrous, 20-30 seeded, ½ in. long. Cor. bright yellow. Leaflets 3. Nubia; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post). The fibre is used in the Bahr El Ghazal for making nets for catching big game. =C. zanzibarica= _Benth._ Small undershrub. Flowers yellow; legumes oblong. Racemes terminal of 10-20 flowers. Upper White Nile Prov. (between Abwong & Nasser). =C. platycalyx= _Steud._ Bushy herb; cor. white or yellow; keel long-beaked, much upcurved. Racemes lateral, few-flowered. Pod long-stalked, cylindrical, ab. 1½ in. long. Leaflets 3, central one 2½ in. long. Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf to Malakal). 292 =Lupinus Termis= _Forsk._ TIRMIS—Arab. Silky herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves digitate, 5-7 fol. Racemes of 4-12 flowers. Cor. blue and white. Pod 3 in. long and ab. ½ in. thick. Sudan North. Cultivated for the seed which is highly nutritious and credited with mild medicinal properties. 293 =Argyrolobium abyssinicum= _Jaub._ & _Spach._ Herb, 6-18 in. high. Leaves 3-fol.; leaflets linear or oblanceolate. Racemes axillary, 2-3 flowered; calyx bilabiate, the two upper teeth free; cor. pale yellow. Pod linear, grey silky, ab. 1 in. long. Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (21°-22° N.L.); Blue Nile Prov. (Upper). =A. Schimperianum= _Hochst._ Small shrub. Leaves 3-fol.; leaflets obovate, blunt, not more than 1 in. long. Flowers 3-8 in terminal heads, yellow. Pod linear brown-silky. Kordofan Prov. 294 =Trigonella Fœnum-græcum= _Linn._ HELBA—Arab. Annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets 3, obovate-cuneate. Flowers yellow, solitary or in pairs, axillary. Pod linear-falcate, 2-4 in. long. Northern Sudan. (Cultivated as a vegetable.) The seeds yield a yellow dye; the yellow decoction gives a fine permanent green with Sulphate of Copper. Medicinally the seeds are used to cure dyspepsia, diarrhœa and dysentery. =T. hamosa= _Linn._ Annual. Leaflets 3, obovate-cuneate, the upper margin inciso-crenate. Flowers yellow, 6-12 in axillary racemes. Pod linear-falcate. Dongola Prov. (Opposite Letti); Berber Prov. (Shendi); Khartoum; White Nile; Kordofan Prov. (Habaga). =T. occulta= _Del._ Annual; leaflets toothed near apex; stipules deeply laciniate from the apex. Flowers yellow, in axillary clusters of 2-4. Pod elliptical, reticulated. Khartoum, Fung & Kordofan Provinces. The seeds are sometimes used for dysentery; the plants and pods are eaten as a pot-herb. =T. laciniata= _Linn._ Diffuse glabrous annual. Stipules laciniate; leaflets 3, deeply serrated. Racemes of 6-12 axillary, yellow flowers. Pod linear oblong, transversely veined. Dongola Prov. 295 =Medicago sativa= _Linn._ BERSĪM HEGAZI—Arab. Lucerne.