Cultivated in gardens. =SIMARUBACEÆ.= 380 =Hannoa Schweinfurthii= _Oliv._ Shoots clustered from the old wood. Leaves pinnate; leaflets linear- oblanceolate, leathery, up to 6 in. long, glabrous, with sunken nerves. Flowers racemose few. Fruits oblong-ovoid, ¾ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Mts. Nga, near Maalah). 381 =Irvingia Smithii= _Hook. f._ Tree, 40 ft. high. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-elliptical, rounded at base and more or less cordate, 2-4 in. long. Flowers pale yellow in narrow, subpaniculate racemes. Fruit oblong, 1½ in. long. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung. Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam- land: by the Hu River). The fruit is of no value. The wood is white and very hard. =I. sp.= DARITAR—Dinka; AKOS—Jur; BILI & M’BILI or TIRI—Golo. Large, smooth stemmed, riverside tree. Flowers white, fruit blue drupaceous. Very like the foregoing species. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau). The timber is white, hard, and takes a good polish. It is used for boat- building. 382 =Balanites ægyptiaca= _Del._ HEGLIG—Arab; ’SASSUD & SHASHOT—Hadendowa; KORAK (J. Daier), TIRA (Dilling & J. Ghulfan), KURI (J. Eliri) & N’DMUSSO (Kadugli)—Nuba; KHA—Hameg; SORONGO—Golo; LALLOK & LUMILI—Bari; TAU (usual) & TU (Kaka)—Dinka; TAU—Jur & Nuer; TU—Shilluk; TOAN—Burun; Fruit LALOB—Arab; FIATH—Nuer (young tree). Large tree armed with straight green spines, which are supra-axillary or axillary. Leaves 2-fol., entire. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, greenish-white. Disk fleshy, covered with white hairs. Drupe up to 2 in. long, with a bony endocarp. Found throughout the greater part of the Sudan especially in the Fung and Upper White Nile Provinces. =var. membranacea= _Van Tiegh._ Dongola Prov. (Debba). The fruit, called LALOB, is edible; it has a bitter sweet flavour and aperient qualities. The root, bark and leaves are purgative, and act as a vermifuge. The kernel yields an oil which is used as an unguent. The wood is hard, compact and fine grained, it is durable and resists the attacks of insects. The bark yields a strong fibre, and is also used as a soap for washing clothes. 383 =Harrisonia abyssinica= _Oliv._ KARB EL WADI—Arab; KIREILLI—Bari. Large shrub; leaves imparipinnate, with winged petiole; leaflets 3 pairs and an odd one. Flowers small in axillary or subterminal cymes. Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El Jebel; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo- land: Gir & Addai, Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River). 384 =Klainedoxa oblongifolia= _Stapf._ Shrub 15 ft. high. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, about 12 in. long and 4 in. broad on the young shoots, the older shoots with much smaller leaves; stipules very long (about 6 in.) acuminate. Fruits very hard, 4-6-angled, 1½ in. in diam. Mongalla Prov. (Yei River). =BURSERACEÆ.=