Nearly glabrous undershrub. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 in. long. Infl. axillary, forming a terminal panicle; spikelets in unilateral cymes, 1½ in. long; 2 outer bracts connate; cor. mauve with purple spots in throat, ½ in. long, deeply 2-lipped, upper lip and central lobe of lower curled back; st. 2, abruptly club-shaped, filaments with purple hairs. Caps. ¼ in. long; seeds 2, smooth. Kordofan Prov. (Abu Hefe); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra & over 6,500 ft.). =H. verticillaris= _R. Br._ ABU FAS (Meshra El Zeraf)—Arab. Stem with long and gland-tipped hairs mixed. Leaves ovate, sharply narrowed to both ends, ab. 3 in. long. Bracts fringed with white hairs, otherwise as above. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat, Matamma); Fung Prov. (Roseires); White Nile, Kordofan & Mongalla Provinces. The roots are used at Meshra El Zeraf for dyeing mats. =VERBENACEÆ.= 690 =Lantana viburnoides= _Vahl._ Erect hairy shrub. Leaves opp., ovate, 3-4 in. long, crenate. Spikes dense, axillary, up to 1½ in. long; bracts ovate, up to ¼ in. long; calyx 5-toothed, campanulate, small; cor. white, 5-lobed, ⅙ in. long. Drupe fleshy, purple, size of a pea. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas); Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla). =L. salvifolia= _Jacq._ Hairy shrub. Leaves opp., ovate, 1-2 in. long, crenate. Spikes globose to oblong, 1 in. long; bracts ovate, ¼ in. long; cor. lilac or pink, ⅓ in. long; limb patent ⅙ in. diam.; st. 4, didynamous. Drupe purple, edible. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Has Has & Khor Tamanib); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land). =L. petitiana= _Rich._ Hispid undershrub. Leaves opp., ovate, ½ in. long, crenate. Heads globose, ⅓ in. diam.; bracts ovate, ⅙ in. long; cor. lilac, tube ⅙ in. long, limb small, 5-lobed; st. and drupe as above. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land: Nabambisso River). 691 =Lippia nodiflora= _Rich._ LIBBIA—Arab. Trailing herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves opp. or fascicled, obovate, dentate in upper half. Spikes globose to oblong, ¼ in. diam.; bracts small; cor. small, purplish. Red Sea Prov. (coast); Khartoum & Blue Nile Provinces. Suited for an edging plant in gardens and used for lawns. =L. Radula= _Baker._ Woolly herb, 3-4 ft. high. Leaves ternate, oblong, up to 4 in. long, sessile, crenate. Heads oblong, ½ in. long, several together in a terminal panicle; bracts imbricate, orbicular, ⅙ in. diam.; cor. length of bract, 4-lobed; st. 4. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Sabbi River). =L. adoensis= _Hochst._ Erect, shortly pubescent undershrub, 5-7 ft. high. Leaves 2-4 or more- whorled, oblong, up to 5 in. long. Heads globose forming a terminal panicle; bracts ovate; cor. 4-lobed, minute, white; st. 4. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land); Bahr El Jebel (Upper). =L. citriodora= _H.B._ & _K._ LUWEIS—Arab. Introduced (Makwar); Blue Nile Prov. 692 =Bouchea pterygocarpa= _Schauer._