Cottony erect herb, 6-24 in. high. Leaves narrow-elliptic or spathulate, ½-2½ in. long. Capit. homog., ab. 14 fl., on short axillary branches and terminal; invol. bracts lanceolate with 1 spine, arachnoid or cottony; fl. white or pale yellow. Fung Prov. (Sheik Talha); Kordofan Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol). The plant is used as a febrifuge, especially in fevers after childbirth. =D. sessiliflora= _Harv._ Silvery cottony rigid herb, ab. 2 ft. high. Leaves narrow-elliptic, 3½-8 in. long. Capit. homog., sessile, on short lateral branches and terminal, solitary or few together in dense cymes; invol. bracts lanceolate with a sharp, pointed tip; fl. pale-yellow. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Abu Gurun). 573 =Hochstetteria Schimperi= _DC._ Tall, angular-branched herb. Leaves oval, with narrowly-winged petiole, ½-2 in. long, minutely crenate. Capit. homog.; pedunculate, terminal; invol. bracts spiny, lanceolate, subtended by shorter foliaceous bracts. Red Sea Prov. (21°-22° N.L.). _D. Acaulescent herb. Capitula solitary on scapes, heterogamous; ray florets ligulate, female; disk florets bilabiate, hermaphrodite._ 574 =Gerbera abyssinica= _Schultz Bip._ Cottony herb; leaves oval, sinuous denticulate, 1-4 in. long. Petiole up to 1 in. long. Scapes 1-3, up to 15 in. long, shaggy. Capit. ab. 1 in. long, ligules longer than invol. Mongalla Prov. (Yei River); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). _E. Herbs, usually with milky sap. Capitula homogamous; florets all ligulate, hermaphrodite, or a few barren; ligule 5-toothed. Leaves alternate or radical._ 575 =Scolymus maculatus= _Linn._ Coarse spinescent herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves alt., oblong, sinuous- pinnatifid, decurrent, 2-3 in. long; radical leaves spathulate, spinose dentate. Capit. yellow, sessile, terminal or lateral; invol. bracts linear-lanceolate, pointed; outer ligules black-pilose. Kordofan Prov. 576 =Crepis Ruepellii= _Schultz Bip._ Small herb, up to 8 in. high. Leaves rosulate, oblanceolate, denticulate, ¾-4 in. long. Capit. yellow, in lax open cymes; inner invol. 8, lanceolate, glandular hairy. Darfur Prov. (J. Marra 6,500-9,000 ft.). 577 =Lactuca taraxacifolia= _Schum._ & _Thonn._ KINTARA (Khartoum)—Arab. Glaucescent herb, 2-6 ft. high. Leaves saw-toothed, 6 in. long by 4 in. broad; stem-leaves amplexicaul, decurrent. Capit. yellow, 20 fl., in panicled racemose cymes; inner invol. bracts 5. Red Sea Prov.; Khartoum & Fung Provinces. =L. goræensis= _Schultz Bip._ Erect glaucescent herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves pinnatifid, often saw- toothed, up to 8 by 4 in., amplexicaul, lowest decurrent. Capit. yellow in panicled racemose cymes; inner invol. bracts 8. Kordofan Prov. =L. Schweinfurthii= _O._ & _H._ Herb, 5 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, denticulate, up to 8 in. long, semi-amplexicaul. Capit. 5-flowered, in an elongated cyme; inner invol. bracts 5. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land). =L. capensis= _Thunb._