Small woody shrub, sometimes twining. Leaves opp., thick, ovate or elliptic, ⅓-1 in. long. Cymes sessile, 2-6-fid.; cor. white or yellowish; lobes ⅓ in. long, overlapping; anthers winged, connivent round upper part of style. Foll. 2, lanceolate, 1½-2 in. long. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & Sinkat); between Suakin & Berber (Wadi Sarranib). 446 =Glossonema lineare= _Decne._ Slender annual, 6-15 in. high. Leaves opp., linear or lin.-lanceolate, ¾-2 in. long. Fl. solitary in 1 axil of the opp. leaves; cor. lobes ¼ in. long; corona minute. Foll. 2, linear-terete. White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol). =G. nubicum= _Decne._ Herb, 6-12 in. high, with white hairs on pet. and lower sides of leaves which are opp., linear or linear-lanceolate, ¾-5 in. long. Fl. 2-6 together, cymose; cor. white, ⅙ in. diam.; coronal lobes ovate, subulate. Foll. 2, 1½ in. long, echinate, lanceolate. Khartoum Prov. (Baraka); Kordofan Prov. (J. Kon & Tueir). =G. Boveanum= _Decne._ Herb, 3-10 in. high; stems white-hairy. Leaves opp., ovate or ovate- lanceolate, white-pubescent. Fl. 1-3 together sublateral, white, minute; coronal lobes 3-lobed, the middle one filiform; anther appendages reniform. Foll. 2, spiny, 1½ in. long. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin); Nubia (sea-coast to between 3,000 and 4,000 ft.). 447 =Solenostemma Argel= _Hayne._ HARGAL—Arab. Undershrub, 1½-2 ft. high. Leaves opp., lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 1-1½ in. long, coriaceous. Cymes axillary, many-flowered, ab. 2 in. long; cor. white, tube minute, lobes ¼ in. long; corona cup-shaped; lobes 5, obtuse, concave-hooded. Foll. 1, 2 in. long, ¾ in. thick. Sudan North; Kordofan Prov. The leaves possess purgative properties. 448 =Oxystelma bornouense= _R. Br._ Slender herbaceous climber. Leaves opp. deltoid-ovate to lanceolate, cordate or hastate, 1-3 in. long, acuminate. Cymes axillary, long- peduncled, 2-3 fl.; cor. ab. 1 in. diam., mauve veined with purple, cup- shaped; lobes deltoid. Foll. 1, much inflated, ab. 2 in. long, ovoid- oblong. Berber Prov. (Atbara: Shallalat); Blue Nile Prov. (mouth of Dinder); Fung Prov.; White Nile Prov. (at Om Madeb); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu- land: Mvolo). 449 =Schizoglossum abyssinicum= _K. Schum._ Undershrub with slender whip-like stems from a woody rhizome. Leaves linear-acicular, 1½ in. long, slightly pubescent. Flowers fasciculate; pedicels ⅓ in. long, pubescent. Corolla-lobes linear-oblong, pubescent. Mongalla Prov. (Yei River). =S. angustissimum= _K. Schum._ Herb, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves opp. or whorled, linear, margins revolute, ¾-2½ in. long. Umbels 6-10 fl., numerous, sessile, lateral; cor. minute with long woolly hairs on margins of lobes; coronal lobes with bi- or trifid horns. Follicles 2. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Gumango hill in Niamniam-land). =S. Petherickianum= _Oliv._