319 =Uraria picta= _Desv._ Semi-shrubby perennial; leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 5-7; flowers small, blue, in dense cylindrical spikes, up to 18 in. long. Banks of the White Nile; Mongalla Prov.: Bahr El Jebel (Madi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). Reported to be a remedy for snakebite in India. 320 =Alysicarpus monilifer= _DC._ FERAISHA (Kordofan)—Arab. Diffuse herb. Leaves small, 1-fol., ovate, usually cordate; pods with 2-6 globose, pubescent swellings. Racemes axillary and terminal. Kordofan Prov. =A. vaginalis= _DC._ Diffuse herb, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves up to 2 in. long, 1-fol., variable in shape; pod glabrous, little or not moniliform, ½-¾ in. long. Racemes denser than above. Nubia; South Kordofan Prov. (Um Durein); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Meshra El Rek & Niamniam-land: by the Ibba River). =A. Zeyheri= _Hard._ Branched perennial, 1 ft. high. Leaflet 1, cordate-oblong. Racemes terminal, lax, ¾ in. long. Pod under ½ in. long with 3-4 distinct constrictions. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Gir). =A. rugosus= _DC._ SHELĪNI (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab. Copiously branched herb, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves 1-fol., linear-oblong; corolla violet purple; pods moniliform, much wrinkled, 2-5 jointed, short. Nubia; Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Upper White Nile Prov. (Meshra El Zeraf); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé). 321 =Cicer arietinum= _Linn._ HUMMUS—Arab; Chick Pea or Gram. Annual, up to 18 in. high. Leaves pinnate, rachis ending in a tendril; leaflets 12-16, deep-dentate. Flowers purple, solitary, axillary. Pod oblong, silky, ¾ in. long. Cultivated generally. 322 =Vicia faba= _Linn._ FUL—Arab. The Bean plant. Cultivated generally. 323 =Lens esculentus= _Moench._ ’ADS SURGAM (Dongola)—Arab. Dongola Prov. (Cultivated). 324 =Lathyrus sativus= _Linn._ GILBAN—Arab. Chickling Vetch. Herb. Leaves 2-fol., the rachis ending in a tendril. Flowers reddish- purple, solitary, axillary. Pod 1½ in. long, oblong, narrowly winged on each side of the dorsal suture. Cultivated mainly in North Sudan. 325 =Abrus precatorius= _Linn._ HABIL ER RUS or HABILARUS—Arab; YAGOMO—Golo. Twining perennial. Leaves abruptly pinnate, deciduous; leaflets 10-15 pairs; inflorescence shorter than leaves; cor. reddish; pods oblong; seed polished, bright scarlet, tipped with black. Fung & Bahr El Ghazal Provinces. The root is said to be a substitute for liquorice. The seeds are used as a purgative, only small doses being given. They are also used in affections of the eyes. When raw, the seeds are poisonous, but the active principle, Abrin, is destroyed by boiling. =A. pulchellus= _Willd._ Differs from above by having inflorescence longer than leaves, which have only 5-10 pairs of leaflets; pods linear and seeds black. Cor. pale-purple. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas). =A. Schimperi= _Hochst._