Glabrous herb, ½-2 ft. Leaves linear or oblong, the lower toothed- pinnatifid or entire, 3-5 in. long, the upper entire, amplexicaul- sagittate. Capit. white, yellow or blue, 11 fl., in panicled cymes. Mongalla Prov. (Gondokoro); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). =L. abyssinica= _Fresen._ Robust glabrous herb, 3 ft. or more high. Lower leaves pinnatifid or sinuate-dentate, upper l. linear-lanceolate, amplexicaul-auricled, up to 6 in. long. Capit. violet, fl. 10-13, in elongated cymes. Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 6,500-9,000 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land & Niamniam-land). =L. virosa= _Linn._ Herb, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves obovate-oblong, toothed, sagittate- amplexicaul, 1-4 in. long. Capit. yellow, fl. ab. 11, in a spreading cyme. Kordofan Prov. =L. sativa= _Linn._ Lettuce. Generally cultivated. 578 =Heterachæna massaviensis= _Fresen._ Branched annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves toothed or pinnatifid, auricled- amplexicaul, 1½-4½ in. long. Capit. blue, fl. 9-10, in panicled corymbose cymes. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat). 579 =Picridium tingitanum= _Desf._ MALOT, MALAITA (Gezira)—Arab; AMAGAK (Renk)—Dinka. Erect annual, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate to obovate, undivided or pinnatifid, denticulate, sessile, cordate, 1½-6 in. long. Capit. yellow, on long peduncles dilated at the top; invol. bracts broadly ovate. Nubia; Blue Nile Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Renk); Darfur Prov. (Kulme & J. Marra). 580 =Sonchus oleraceus= _Linn._ Coarse annual, 1½-3 ft. high. Leaves oval or oblong, undivided, toothed or pinnatifid, 1-6 in. long, denticulate, upper ones sessile- amplexicaul. Capit. yellow, many-flowered, in corymbose cymes. Nubia; Blue Nile Prov. The roots and leaves are used, in infusion, as a tonic and febrifuge. =S. Bipontini= _Aschers._ Glabrous perennial; 2-4 ft. high. Leaves linear, denticulate, up to 6 in. long, auricled, sessile. Capit. yellow, fl. ab. 20, in corymbose cymes; inner invol. bracts ab. 8, linear, ultimately reflexed. Khartoum Prov.; Fung Prov. (Singa); White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land); Bahr El Jebel (Sudd). Is eaten as spinach. =S. cf. S. Bipontini= _Aschers._ =var. pinnatifida= _O._ & _H._ Darfur Prov. =S. cornutus= _Hochst._ Erect herb, ½-2 ft. high. Leaves crowded near the base, obovate, spathulate or pinnately-toothed, sessile, 1-8 in. long. Capit. yellow, fl. 20-27, in lax cymes; inner invol. bracts 8-10, obtuse. North Sudan (between Suakin & Berber); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol, Wad Shellai). =S. prenanthoides= _O._ & _H._ Glaucous perennial, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves more crowded at the base, subentire, pinnatifid-dentate, lower ones amplexicaul, upper ones sessile, auricled. Capit. yellow, 20-25 flowered, cymose; inner invol. 5, scarious. Kordofan Prov. =LOBELIACEÆ.= 581 =Lobelia inconspicua= _Rich._