Glabrous herb 7-18 in. high, with white, fleshy tuberous root 1-3 in. diam. Leaves alt., elliptic to ovate, coarsely toothed or 3-lobed, 4-8 in. long including petiole. Capit. homog., yellow, 5-flowered, in a dense subumbelliform cyme. Invol. bracts-seriate. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Khor Koki, Matamma). Root edible. =S. Schweinfurthii= _O. Hoffm._ Herb. Leaves crowded, linear-oblanceolate, serrate, 4 in. long, shortly pubescent. Heads few, discoid. Bracts ⅓ in. long, viscid. Pappus longer than corolla, white. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jurland). =S.? emilioides= _Schultz._ Glabrous annual, branched from the base. Capit. discoid; invol. bracts 1-seriate. Fung Prov. 567 =Tripteris Vaillantii= _Decaisne._ Scabrous herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves alt., linear to narrow-elliptic, dentate to subpinnatifid, 1-4½ in. long, semi-amplexicaul. Capit. heterog., yellow-purplish, in a lax corymb on 1-7 in. long pedicels; invol. bracts sub 1-ser.; fem. fl. ligulate; disk fl. tubular, sterile. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit, 21° N.L. sea level to 3-4,000 ft., Has Has). =T. Lordii= _O._ & _H._ Scabrid decumbent or ascending herb, 4-6 in. high. Lower leaves opp., upper alt., oval or narrow-elliptic repand-denticulate, 1½-2½ in. long. Capit. heterog., yellow, solitary or few in a lax cyme; ligule of fem. fl. ⅙ in. long, linear. Red Sea Prov. (near Erkowit & Khor Tamanib). _C. More or less spinescent herbs, sometimes thistle-like. Capitula either heterogamous (outer florets usually neuter, ligulate or dilated tubular) or homogamous, hermaphrodite and tubular. Leaves alternate._ 568 =Berkheya Spekeana= _Oliv._ Tall, erect, prickly herb. Leaves alt., linear-oblong, semiamplexicaul, remotely toothed, apiculate at tip, spinose-hispid above, white- tomentose beneath, 1-6 in. long. Capit. heterog., yellow, 1 in. diam. excl. ray, solitary or few together; invol. bracts many, spinous acuminate; ray fl. 1-ser., ligulate, neuter; ligule ab. 1 in. long. Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). 569 =Echinops longifolius= _A. Rich._ Erect, thistle-like herbs, ab. 2 ft. high. Leaves linear, amplexicaul- auriculate, intensely spinose white tomentose beneath, 6-12 in. long. Capit. 1-flowered collected into a dense globose head; cor. purple; inner invol. bracts 20-25 lanceolate or spathulate, serrate aculeate. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Bahr El Jebel (Madi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). =E. amplexicaulis= _Oliv._ Erect thistle-like, 4 ft. or more; stems cottony. Leaves pinnately- lobed, ovate or elliptical, white-tomentose beneath, 3-9 in. long, spinose-dentate and tipped. Capit. 1-flowered in a dense globose cluster 3-4 in. diam.; fl. pink; inner invol. bracts 20-25, ciliate-spinulose, linear-lanceolate or subulate, the innermost connate half-way. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land, Sabbi). =E. macrochætus= _Fresen._ KWANAB—Hadendowa.