362 =Gymnosporia senegalensis= _Lam._ YO’OI or YOI—Arab; GIRGETTI—Rashida; DABALAB—Hadendowa; MEIRTEN (Dilling)—Nuba; SURREH—Bari; AKUWAT (L. Powendael)—Dinka; KWOICH—Nuer; GUMBOTO—Golo. Spiny or (var. inermis) unarmed shrub. Leaves variable, from obovate to linear spathulate, coriaceous, entire or crenate. Flowers in axillary dichotomous cymes, small, greenish-white. Capsule size of a small pea, usually 2, sometimes 3-valved. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has); Blue Nile Prov. (near Kamlin); Fung Prov.; Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: Mid zone to 8,000 ft.). =var. obovata= _Loes._ Blue Nile, White Nile, & Bahr El Ghazal Provinces. =var. inermis= _A. Rich._ Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Nuba Mts. Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. =var. spinosa= _Loes._ Kassala Prov.; White Nile Prov. (Wad Shellai). The wood is close grained, hard and durable, it is often employed for angareb legs. The ashes are used as a substitute for salt in the Bahr El Ghazal, and the root bark for dysentery. =G. cf. G. senegalensis= _Lam._ Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Mt. Baginse). =G. sp.= HAMASHINDI—Hadendowa. Shrub with coarse, coriaceous leaves. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit). 363 =Elæodendron æthiopicum= _Oliv._ =var. Burkeanum= _Loes._ Small tree. Leaves rather coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, shining above. Flowers greenish-yellow in axillary pedunculate cymes or umbels. Ovary deeply immersed in broad angular disk, 2-3 celled. Fruit an ovoid, apiculate drupe. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. =HIPPOCRATEACEÆ.= 364 =Hippocratea cymosa= _De Wild_ & _Dur._ =var. Schweinfurthiana= _Loes._ Climber. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, crenulate, 2-2¾ in. long, leathery, reticulate. Flowers densely cymose. Fruits oblong- oblanceolate, about 1½ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Zeriba Abu Gurun & Bongo-land: Biselli). =H. obtusifolia= _Roxb._ LEVII (J. Eliri)—Nuba; M’KOMVE—Golo. Woody climber. Leaves opposite, variable in shape and size, more or less crenate. Flowers in cymes, often forming terminal panicles, small, bisexual. Fruit 2 in. long, separating into 3 distinct flat coriaceous carpels; seeds 4, compressed, winged. Nuba Mts. Prov. (by water courses); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-Ghattas). 365 =Salacia Ducis-Wurtembergiæ= _Hochst._ Shrub; branches with ashen bark. Leaves obovate, obtusely serrate, much reticulated. Panicles axillary, dichotomous; flowers small. Fruit baccate, 1-3 celled. Nubia; Blue Nile Prov. =S. sp.= Leaves subopposite, oblong-elliptic, obtusely acuminate, about 6 in. long, 2 in. broad, thin, crenate; flowers not seen. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: River Ibba near Nganye). =SALVADORACEÆ.= 366 =Dobera Roxburghii= _Planch._ MEIK—Hadendowa; MEIKAH—Arab.