Scandent shrub. Leaves opp. imparipinnate; leaflets 5, ovate. Cymes few- flowered, terminal and axillary; cor. white, fragrant; tube ab. ¾ in. long; lobes 5. Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Red Sea Prov. Nearly allied to the common Jasmine. =J. officinale= _Linn._ HENDAMALAWE—Hadendowa; MILMILO—Rashida. Scandent shrub. Leaves opp., trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate, acute, 1-1½ in. long, glabrous; corolla tube ½ in. long; lobes ovate, acute. Berry 2-lobed, shining. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit). 428 =Olea Hochstetteri= _Baker._ Tall tree. Leaves opp., simple, oblong, 3-4 in. long, minutely cuspidate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, or nearly so beneath; petiole ½-¾ in. long. Fl. small, white in lateral and terminal racemes; cor. tube short; lobes 4, longer than the tube; st. 2. Fr. a drupe. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Khor Tela). =O. europæa= _Linn._ =var. nubica= _Schwfth._ ZEITUN—Arab; DADD’A—Hadendowa. Stunted bush with congested or thinly lepidote branches, or small tree. Leaves orbicular or oblong, up to 2 in. long, glabrous or brownish-white scaly beneath, opp. Fl. and fr. not seen. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Erkowit); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 9,700 ft.). Wood hard, close grained. Considered by Schweinfurth to be the primitive stock of the cultivated Olive tree. =O. chrysophylla= _Lam._ WAGRI—Rashida; DADD’A Hadendowa. Tree with slender branchlets, extremities densely lepidote. Leaves lanceolate, 2-4 in. long, narrowed each end, glabrous above when mature, densely rufous-lepidote beneath. Panicles axillary, sparsely compound, 1-1½ in. long; cor. ⅛ in. long. Drupe globose, ¼ in. long. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Has Has); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 8-10,000 ft.). 429 =Linociera nilotica= _Oliv._ Tall tree with a trunk 6-8 ft. in girth; branchlets glabrous, whitish. Leaves opp., simple, entire, oblong, 2-5 in. long; petiole ab. ½ in. Panicles lateral, 1-2 in. long; petals 4, small, nearly free; st. 2. Fr. a drupe. (?Upper) White Nile; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dar Fertit, Bongo and Niamniam lands); Mongalla Prov. =APOCYNACEÆ.= 430 =Landolphia florida= _Benth._ ABU KHAMIR & ALGULU-AR (Blue Nile)—Arab; SHANGYE (Dilling)—Nuba; MUNOH—Bongo; MANA—Dinka; BIH & IVI—Golo; BIH—Indogo; APWAMAH—Jur; SUSSI—Krej. Very large woody climber, sometimes up to 3 ft. girth, with milky sap; tendrils long, branched. Leaves opp., simple, variable, usually elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 3-7 in. long, dark green and glossy above. Fl. in terminal, pubescent, dense corymbs; cor. white, with yellow throat, 5-lobed, variable in size, fragrant; st. 5, included, anthers linear- oblong. Fruit more or less globose, citron-like, yellow, up to 4 in. diam, pulp yellow. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Khor Koki); Fung Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov. (Banks of Khors near Dilling); Upper White Nile Prov. (Upper Sobat); Bahr El Ghazal Prov.; Bahr El Jebel (Madi). The latex yields a resinous rubber of no commercial value. Fruit globose, acidulous, edible. =var. leiantha= _Oliv._