Hispid herb, 1-4 ft. high. Leaves mostly alt., ovate to ovate- lanceolate, serrate, 1-6 in. long. Capit. heterog., solitary, over- topped by involucral bracts; ray fl. 3, neuter, yellow; disk fl. hermaphr., 10-12, tubular, 4-5-toothed. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Kordofan Prov. 552 =Blainvillea rhomboidea= _Cass._ Branched scabrid annual, 1-3½ ft. high. Leaves alt. or opp., lanceolate, crenate-serrate, up to 3 in. long. Capit. heterog. 1-2 together, forming with others a panicled leafy cyme. Fem. fl. ligulate, 2-3 dentate, yellow. Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.); Fung Prov. (Saoleil); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov. =B. Prieureana= _DC._ Hispid branched herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves opp. or alt., ovate- lanceolate to lanceolate, 3-nerved, 1-5 in. long. Inflor. much as above. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Kordofan Prov. (Abu Sinum). 553 =Aspilia multiflora= _O._ & _H._ Scabrid herb. Leaves opp., ovate-lanceolate, up to nearly 2 in. long. Capit. heterog., yellow, in lax, leafy panicles; ray fl. neuter, ligule rarely exceeding ½ in. in length; disk fl. hermaphr. Blue Nile Prov. =A. Schimperi= _O._ & _H._ Erect annual 1-3 ft. high, scantily hairy. Leaves opp., ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate, connate at the base, 1-5 in. long. Capit. heterog. yellow, in lax, leafy cymes; ray fl. neuter, ligule 1/5 in. long. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat). =A. latifolia= _O._ & _H._ Hispid herb, 1½-4 ft. high. Leaves opp., ovate, serrulate, 3-nerved near the base, 1½-5 in. long. Capit. heterog., yellow, solitary on long peduncles, terminal or in forks of branches; ray florets 20, ligule under ½ in. long. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas and Niamniam-land, Nganye). The pounded leaves and flowers act as a powerful styptic. =A. Kotschyi= _Benth._ & _Hook. f._ Scabrid and hispid annual, 1-4 ft. high. Leaves opp., lanceolate or oval to linear, subamplexicaul, 1-8 in. long. Capit. heterog., deep maroon- coloured, solitary or few together, overtopped by involucrate leaves. Ligule ¼-½ in. long. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas); Darfur Prov. (Kulme); Mongalla Prov. (Gondokoro). 554 =Wedelia abyssinica= _Vatke._ Undershrub, 3 ft. high. Leaves opp., ovate or oblong-lanceolate, scabrous, 3-nerved, 1½-3 in. long. Capit. heterog., 1-3 at ends of branches; fem. fl. ligulate, orange; hermaphr. yellow. Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post). 555 =Melanthera abyssinica= _Benth._ & _Hook. f._ Scabrid branched herb, 2 ft. high. Leaves opp., ovate-lanceolate, serrate, amplexicaul, 1½-4 in. Capit. heterog., yellow in corymbose cymes; ray fl. neuter; ligule 2-3-fid; disk fl. tubular, hermaphr. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat). =M. pungens= _O._ & _H._ Scabrid herb, 4 ft. high. Leaves opp., ovate, upper lanceolate, acuminate, shallow-dentate, up to 6 in. long. Capit. as above.