Large riverside shrub. Leaves alt., lanceolate, usually 2-3 in. long, glabrous, sometimes villous when young. Infl. diœcious; catkins 1-2 in. long. Capsule rather broad and blunt; seeds silky hairy. Atbara River; Nile below Khartoum; Blue Nile and tributaries; Darfur Prov. (J. Marra). The twigs are used for basket making. A black dye obtained from the leaves, is used for dyeing mats. =S. Murielii= _Skan._ SAFSAF—Arab; URŪ—Hameg. Riverside shrub. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1½-3 in. long, densely grey- silky hairy. Catkins 1-3 in. long. Capsule broadly ovoid without style. Nubia (between Berber & Khartoum); Blue Nile Prov. (Sennar & Dinder). =S. Schweinfurthii= _Skan._ Young branches grey-tomentose, finally brown and glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, long acuminate, serrulate, up to 5 in. long. Catkins 1-2½ in. long. Capsule ovoid, beaked, nearly ¼ in. long. Nubia; Khartoum Prov.; Kordofan Prov. =MORACEÆ.= 350 =Chlorophora excelsa= _Benth._ & _Hook._ DORO—Kaliko. Tall tree with milky juice, with bole clean up to 60 ft. Leaves alt., elliptic, acuminate, cordate, serrate-dentate, 6-7 in. long (shorter on old trees), tomentose, especially when young; pet. ½-1½ in. long. Infl. diœcious. Male fl. on catkin-like spikes up to 7 in. long; calyx 4-partite; sta. 4. Fem. fl. in globose or cylindrical spikes up to 2½ in. long; calyx segm. 4; ovary enclosed in calyx; style simple or unequally bifid. Fruit a fleshy syncarp. Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Assika River). Wood brownish yellow with lighter longitudinal lines, hard, but works well. A beautiful wood suitable for cabinet work. 351 =Dorstenia bicornis= _Schwfth._ Herb, 1 ft. high, from a creeping rhizome, pubescent on petioles, which are long for lower leaves. Leaves thin, elliptic to obovate or obcuneate, apex mucronulate, acute to acuminate, undulate to coarse- dentate, 4-5 in. long. Infl. monœcious solitary; fl. crowded on a foliform, lunately curved, stalked receptacle, ab. 1 in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Tuhami’s Zariba). =D. psilurus= _Welw._ Herb, 1-2½ ft. high, from a creeping rhizome. Leaves polymorphic, varying from ovate-elliptic to 3- or several-lobed. Infl. solitary, long-stalked vertical; receptacle linear-lanceolate up to 1½ in. long passing above into an erect, linear appendage 2½-3½ in. long, slightly dilated at apex; base prolonged beyond the stalk forming an upward curving appendage, ½ in. long. Mongalla Prov. (Yei River). =D. Walleri= _Hemsl._ Fleshy plant; stem simple from a disciform tuber, 8-16 in. high. Leaves crowded at top of stem, elliptic with unequal base, 2½-5½ in. long. Infl. solitary; stalk 1-2 in. long; receptacle stellate, 4-7 rayed, up to 1 in. diam.; rays ¾-3 in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River). =D. barnimiana= _Schwfth._