Unarmed shrub. Leaves ovate-elliptic, obtusely acuminate, shortly
cuneate, about 2 in. long and 1 in. broad, glabrous, bright green. Fl.
clustered, crowded; calyx and ovary pubescent; corolla 6-lobed; disk
hairy. Fruit 2-3 lobed or oblique, ⅓ in. long, minutely pubescent.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land; Bongo-land).
=F. agrestis= _Schwfth._
Herbaceous, hairy undershrub, 2 ft. high, branching from the base.
Leaves ternate, oval. Fl. hairy, in short axillary panicles. Fruit
ribbed, tipped by persistent calyx, ½ in. broad.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=F. Cienkowskii= _Schwfth._
Hirsute undershrub, 2 ft. high. Leaves 3-4 together, oval, obtuse,
chartaceous; stipules apiculate. Fl. 1-3 on a short axillary peduncle;
cor. short, funnel-shaped; lobes 5-6. Drupe globose.
Fung Prov. (Fadoga).
=F. glaberrima= _Schwfth._
Glabrous undershrub; branches ternate. Leaves ternate, oval, subsessile.
Fl. minute, 3 together on an axillary peduncle; cor. greenish-white;
lobes 5-6.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
495 =Temnocalyx ancylanthus= _Robyns._
Puberulous undershrub, 5 ft. high. Leaves ternate, oval, chartaceous,
glabrous, 1-3 in. long; stip. apiculate, covering a ring of caducous
white hairs. Fl. nearly 1 in. long, greenish-white, 1-4 together on a
short peduncle; cor. funnel-shaped, 5-lobed; stigma 5-lobed at the tip.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur & Niamniam lands).
=var. puberula= _Robyns._
Leaves pubescent on the nerves below.
Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
496 =Craterispermum laurinum= _Benth._
Shrub. Leaves yellowish-green on both sides, opposite, obovate-oval, 2-9
in. long. Fl. ¼ in. long, in stalked clusters, 1 in. in diam.; cor.
white, funnel-shaped, ¾ in. diam. Berry obliquely globular, ab. ¼ in. in
diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land); Mongalla Prov. (Yei River).
=C. Schweinfurthii= _Hiern._
Undershrub. Leaves pale yellowish-green on both sides, oval acuminate,
coriaceous, 5-6 in. long; stipules broadly ovate, connate at base. Fl.
white, ⅓ in. long, in somewhat supra-axillary pedunculate heads. Berry
black-purple, ⅜ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
497 =Ixora radiata= _Hiern._
Large shrub, up to 20 ft. high. Leaves opposite, evergreen, oval to
narrow-elliptic, undulate, glossy, up to 12 in. long. Fl. 2-3 in. long,
rose-coloured, crowded in branched clusters; cor. tube slender, lobes ¼
in. long. Berry subglobose or subdidymous, ¼ in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=I. sp.?= TURA (Baggara)—Arab; KURUWI (J. Eliri) & TIMLEIRRUK
(Kadugli)—Nuba.
Shrub. Fl. not seen. Fruit a globular berry.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (on rocks).
498 =Pavetta subcana= _Hiern._ PALANJEKE—Golo.
Small, hoary shrub. Leaves opp., oval, pubescent, 1-2 in. long, rounded
or emarginate at apex. Fl. ¾ in. long, crowded, many together at ends of
short naked branches; cor. tube slender, pubescent, lobes 4. Berry
fleshy, pea-shaped.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land).
=P. genipæfolia= _Sch._ & _Thonn.?_
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