Herb; pod spirally contorted, so as to form 2 or 3 flat spires. Leaflets 3, linear-oblanceolate, serrate on upper margin; stipules narrow. Flowers violet or blue, in axillary racemes. Introduced. The Arabian variety is mostly cultivated in the Sudan. Under irrigation it is an excellent fodder crop. 296 =Trifolium fragiferum= _Linn._ Herb; heads globular; flowers small; calyx inflated after flowering. Leaflets 3, obovate, toothed. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit). =T. procumbens= _Linn._ Slender, glabrous or slightly downy annual; flower-heads loosely globular. Leaflets obovate or obcordate, toothed. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit). =T. alexandrinum= _Linn._ BERSĪM BALADI—Arab. Glabrous herb, 1-2 ft. high. Flowers 20-30 in. in dense oblong, long- stalked heads, yellow. Pod minute. Leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneate, toothed. Northern Sudan (cultivated). 297 =Lotus nubicus= _Hochst._ Procumbent herb, 3-6 in. high; leaves pinnate; leaflets 3-5, the lowest pair close to the axil. Flowers reddish-yellow, 1-4 together with a leaflet-like bract at the base of the cluster. Pod linear-oblong, small. Red Sea Prov. (Dongonab, etc.); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol, etc.). =L. arabicus= _Linn._ LŪTABELAIN (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab; AKIA (Meshra El Zeraf)—Dinka. Prostrate or procumbent herb with thick rootstock. Leaflets 5. Flowers reddish, 2-4 together with a leaflet-like bract. Pod linear, slightly torulose up to 1½ in. long. Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L. & Akik); Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf to Khor Attar). It is said to be poisonous to cattle when young. =L. glinoides= _Del._ Shrubby herb, 6-12 in. high. Leaflets 5. Flowers reddish, 1-4 together, with a 3-fol. bract. Pod linear, subtorulose. Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Dongonab). =L. Garcini= _DC._ Shrubby herb, 6-12 in. high. Leaflets 3. Flowers reddish, solitary, axillary sessile. Pod linear, nearly ½ in. long. White Nile Prov. =L. sp. near L. Ehrenbergii= _Schwfth._ Small herb, woody at base; stems and leaves villous; leaflets very small, obovate. Flowers 3-4 in a cluster, pink. Pods linear, ¾ in. long, pilose. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit). =L. corniculatus= _Linn._ Decumbent or ascending herb, usually small; leaflets 5, of which the lower pair is close to the stem; flowers in an umbel of 5 or more; pod cylindrical. Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: high elevation). =L. sp.= Stems elongated, sparsely leafy, pilose. Leaves small, villous. Flowers ½ in. long; calyx lobes subulate, 2 mm. long. Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.). 298 =Psoralea plicata= _Del._ RUBL or RUML (N. Kordn.)—Arab; HURGIG—Hadendowa. Low spiny shrub. Leaflets 3, deeply crenate and silvery pubescent. Flowers 4-6 in axillary spikes; cor. creamy white. Pod villose, black. Kassala Prov. (Um Adam); Berber Prov. (Nile banks); Blue Nile Prov. (Rufaa); Fung Prov. (Singa); Kordofan Prov. 299 =Cyamopsis senegalensis= _Guill._ & _Perr._