Unarmed shrub, 5-15 ft. high; bark corky-white. Leaves subcoriaceous, obovate or oval, 6-9 in. long, opposite. Flowers 4-5-merous, ¼ in. long, in lateral and axillary panicles, below the young leaves. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Mittu lands). =C. nitens= _Hiern._ Glossy, unarmed shrub; branches ashy, thickened at nodes. Leaves coriaceous, shining, oval acuminate, up to 4 in. long. Flowers axillary, numerous, umbellate. Fruit obovoid-oblong, under ½ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. =C. Schimperianum= _A. Rich._ Nearly glabrous arborescent shrub. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, cuneate at base, subcoriaceous, glossy above, up to 2½ in. long. Flowers small, yellow, axillary, umbellate. Fruit ¼ in. long, obscurely wrinkled. Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). 491 =Vangueria venosa= _Hochst._ Large shrub or small tree. Leaves opp., deciduous, elliptical, narrowed to both ends, glabrous. Fl. greenish, in lax lateral and axillary panicles, 1-2 in. in diam. Fruit subglobose, 4-5 sided, 1 in. in diam. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo & Jur lands). Fruit is eaten. =V. abyssinica= _A. Rich._ Unarmed shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptical, velvety, 2-5 in. long; stipules caudate, from a broad connate base. Fl. small, yellowish-green, in branched panicles, 1 in. in diam.; cor. velvety outside. Fruit subglobose, 4-5 channelled. Fung Prov. (Fazoghli and Abu Sugra on the left bank of the Blue Nile). =V. apiculata= _K. Schum._ Scandent shrub. Leaves ovate, gradually acuminate, 3 in. long, 1-1½ in. broad, glabrous. Cymes axillary, very shortly pedunculate; pedicels softly tomentose. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River). 492 =Meyna tetraphylla= _Robyns._ Subscandent puberulous shrub, 20 ft. high, with opposite spinous branches; spines ½-1 in. long, decussate or opposite a spine-like branchlet. Leaves crowded on short shoots, pseudo-verticillate in fours, oval, chartaceous. Fl. in short axillary clusters on hairy stalks, 4-5-merous, very small; cor. hairy. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land: Abu Gurun’s Zeriba); Bahr El Jebel (Madi). 493 =Rytiginia pauciflora= _Robyns._ Spinous shrub up to 15 ft. high; spines supra-axillary, opposite, up to ⅓ in. long. Leaves ovate, obtusely acuminate. Flowers small, solitary or 2 together; cor. glabrous with 6-8 tailed lobes. Fruit ⅓ in. long, 3-4 ribbed. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Niamniam lands). =R. euonymoides= _Blume._ Unarmed shrub, up to 20 ft. high. Leaves oval or ovate, obtusely acuminate, obliquely narrowed at the base, chartaceous with small tufts of hairs in axils of the lateral nerves beneath. Fl. 2-3 together, minute; cor. throat hairy. Fruit ⅓ in. long, 3-5 ribbed. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land). 494 =Fadogia leucophlœa= _Hiern._