Kassala Prov. (Gallabat, Matamma); Dongola Prov.; Berber Prov.; Khartoum
Prov.; Blue Nile Prov. (Sennar); Fung Prov. (Roseires & Jongol’s Post);
White Nile Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur-land, Jur Ghattas); Darfur
Prov. (Zalingei). Parasitic on _Sorghum_, _Andropogon_, _Zea_, etc.).
A decoction in salt and water is applied externally for sun headache.
=S. glandulifera= _Engl._
Branched herb, 6-8 in. high, pilose and scabrid. Leaves opp. and
subopp., narrowly linear, up to 1¼ in. long. Spikes terminal, 4 in.
long; fl. paired; calyx 5-toothed, ¼ in. long; cor. deep rose, tube ½
in. long, curved and inflated, glandular-pubescent, upper lip under ¼
in. long, slightly emarginate, lower lip 3-lobed, short. Caps. oblong,
1/7 in. long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land).
=S. strictissima= _Skan._
Densely hispid herb. Leaves lin.- or lanc.-subulate, under ½ in. long,
closely appressed in distant pairs. Spikes terminal, up to 4 in. long;
fl. paired in leaf-like bracts; calyx ¼ in. long, 5-toothed, upper
smaller; cor. dull-pink, tube ½ in. long, curved and inflated, hairy,
upper lip ⅛ in. long, truncate and toothed, lower 3-lobed, 1/12 in.
long.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau).
=S. lutea= _Lour._
Branched parasitic herb, 6-9 in. high, scabrid. Leaves alt. or opp.,
narrowly linear or lanceolate, ¼-1½ in. long. Spikes terminal, 4-6 in.
long, distant-flowered; bracts ¼ in. long, linear; calyx ¼ in. long,
10-ribbed and 5-toothed; cor. yellow, red or white, tube ab. ½ in. long,
suddenly bent above, upper lip obovate, lower 3-lobed, ¼ in. long. Caps.
oblong ovoid, ⅙ in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); Bahr El
Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Bongo-land); Darfur Prov. (Kulme).
653 =Rhamphicarpa fistulosa= _Benth._
Erect branched herb, usually ab. 1 ft. high. Leaves pinn.- or bi-
pinnatisect, up to 3 in. long, segments linear; fl. axillary solitary;
calyx campanulate, 5-fid, ¼ in. long; cor. white, tube slender, 1-2 in.
long; limb spreading, ½-¾ in. diam., 5-lobed, 2 more connate. Caps.
ovoid, compressed, almost 2-winged, ⅓-½ in. long.
Nile River (Island near Debba in Dongola Prov.); White Nile Prov. (J.
Arashkol); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (main river from Meshra El Rek to Lake
No); Niamniam-land (Nabambisso River); Bahr El Jebel (Madi Swamps).
=R. Heuglini= _Hochst._
Small branched herb. Leaves lin.-lanceolate to lanceolate, ½-2 in. long,
hispid or scabrid. Fl. axillary in upper leaves, solitary; calyx tubular
campanulate, ¼-½ in. long, 5-lobed; cor. white to mauve, tube ab. 1 in.
long, glandular, limb 1-2 in. diam, spreading, 5-lobed, 2 more connate.
Caps. obliquely ovoid ab. ⅓ in. long, beaked.
Khartoum Prov. (near Khartoum); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Meshra El Rek);
Mongalla Prov. (Bor).
654 =Cycnium camporum= _Engl._
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