Shrub or small tree, sometimes gregarious. Leaves pinnate, densely hairy
beneath, 9-11 fol., short; leaflets elliptical to ovate. Flower spikes
up to 1½ in. long, densely tomentose; ovary hairy.
Upper Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Khor Attar);
Kordofan Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Darfur Prov.; Mongalla Prov.
=O. sp.= N’DU-N’DU—Golo.
Tree. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate or elliptic, about 2½ in. long and
1½ in. broad, glabrous. Flowers and fruit not seen.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
Bark used for ropes.
=O. near microcarpa= _A. Rich._
Small tree.
Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
=O. sp.= UMSURUJ (Baggara)—Arab.
Moderate-sized tree.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Homra near Kadugli).
=O. sp.= KULUWEI (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Tree.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri).
403 =Pseudospondias microcarpa= _Engl._
Tree, 80 ft. high. Leaves pinnate; leaflets obliquely ovate-elliptic,
obtusely acuminate, about 6 in. long and 2½ in. broad. Flowers very
small in large panicles. Fruits oblong, ¾ in. long.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: Assika).
The fruit is edible.
404 =Sclerocarya near S. Caffra= _Sond._ RUFI—Bari.
Tree with pinnate leaves; leaflets 7-11.
Mongalla Prov. (Sh. Tombé).
=S. Birrea= _Hochst._ HOMEID—Arab; KŌI (J. Eliri), & INDENU
(Kadugli)—Nuba; MAT—Bari; DUNGDUNG—Golo; AKAMIL (Goz El Siada)—Dinka;
KABTI—Burun; ALLANFA—Hameg.
Tree with pinnate leaves. Leaflets 9-23, oblong-, ovate-, or obovate-
elliptical, usually mucronate, entire or toothed, up to 2 in. long. Male
flowers in short spikes or racemes; drupes solitary, size of a walnut.
Fung, Nuba Mts. & Bahr El Ghazal Provinces; Upper White Nile Prov. (Goz
El Siada); Mongalla Prov.
The wood is used for making vessels for holding food.
Fruit eaten.
=CONNARACEÆ.=
405 =Byrsocarpus pseudobaccatus= _Schellenb._
Tree 20 ft. high. Leaves pinnate; leaflets elliptic to obovate, obtuse,
3-4 in. long, 1½-2 in. broad, glabrous. Racemes in dense fascicles.
Fruit curved, ¾ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
405a =Rourea gudjuana= _Gilg._
Shrub. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtusely
acuminate, 2½-4 in. long, ¾-1½ in. broad, reticulate. Racemes densely
fasciculate, axillary. Fruits ovoid-lanceolate, acute, ½ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit: Deim Gudju).
406 =Agelæa Schweinfurthii= _Gilg._
Shrub, 8 ft. high. Leaves pinnate; leaflets ovate-elliptic, shortly
acuminate, about 3½ in. long and 2 in. broad, glabrous. Flowers in
terminal panicles. Fruit obliquely obovoid, tomentellous, ½ in. long.
Belgian Congo (Niamniam-land: by the Diagbe River).
407 =Cnestis cf. C. oblongifolia= _Baker._
Woody climber. Flowers white, without smell; fruit orange, acid. Leaves
imparipinnate.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River). Fruit orange-
acid.
=UMBELLIFERÆ.=
408 =Hydrocotyle asiatica= _Linn._
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