Wadi Halfa; Berber Prov. (Atbara, Murat); Dongola Prov. (Omdi); Kordofan Prov. (Maties). Good camel fodder. =M. canescens= _Boiss._ A stiff herb covered with whitish stellate hairs. Leaves elliptic, subacute, petiolate. Fruits ribbed, slightly curved, ½ in. long, stellate-pubescent. Near Wadi Halfa. 43 =Anastatica Hierochuntica= _Linn._ Woody herb. Fruit short, with a round auricle on each side of the apex. Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., from sea level to 4,000 ft.). The common Rose of Jericho of the Mediterranean. 44 =Farsetia ægyptiaca= _Turr._ DAHAIAN (Atbara), GHARBA—Arab. Shrubby; flowers white; siliquas small, oval. Leaves linear, hoary. Nubia; Between Goz Regeb & Kassala; Red Sea Prov. (near Karora). =F. longisiliqua= _Dec._ DAKHEYAN (N. Kordn.), & DAHAIAN (C. Kordn.)—Arab. Hoary undershrub. Leaves narrow-linear. Flowers in spicate racemes, rather distant. Siliqua linear, slightly curved, hoary, 1 in. long. White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov. (J. Kurbaj); Darfur Prov. (Kulme, & Sherif Kabbashi); Red Sea Prov. (near Karora). =F. grandiflora= _Fourn._ UMHABEIBA (White Nile)—Arab. Slender, erect, pale annual. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 1-3 in. long. Siliqua linear 1-2 in. long. White Nile & Upper White Nile Provinces (Hillet Abbas to Meshra El Zeraf); Kordofan Prov. =F. ramosissima= _Hochst._ Branching herb. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Flowers densely spicate. Siliqua short. Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., up to 4,000 ft.); Khartoum Prov.; Kordofan Prov. (Khursi); Darfur Prov. (Plains below J. Marra, 3,000 ft.). 45 =Sisymbrium erysimoides= _Desf._ Herb, 1-3 ft. high. Upper leaves lyrate pinnatisect. Siliquas divergent, rigid, linear-subulate. Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., between sea level & 4,000 ft.). 46 =Diplotaxis erucoides= DC. Herb, 1-2 ft. high. Lower leaves lyrate-pinnatifid or obovate-toothed. Flowers white or purplish on ebracteate racemes. Siliqua 1 in. long, ascending. Seeds biseriate. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & Karora). 47 =Eruca sativa= _Lam._ GARGUIR (Egypt)—Arab. Erect branching herb. Leaves lyrate to oblanceolate, more or less deeply toothed. Flowers white or yellow on ebracteate racemes. Siliqua linear- oblong, turgid erect, beaked. Seeds biseriate. Nubia cultivated. The seeds yield an oil similar to Colza. The leaves are used as a salad, and are also fed to cattle. 48 =Schouwia arabica= _DC._ MAHAD, NAMNAM (Egypt)—Arab. Tall shrubby herb with ovate amplexicaul leaves and purple flowers. Siliqua elliptical, about ¾ in. long. Kassala Prov. (Gash Valley). 49 =Lepidium sativum= _Linn._ Common Cress. Glabrous annual. Leaves entire to pinnatisect. Flowers white. Siliqua obovate to nearly rotundate, emarginate. Khartoum & Kordofan Provinces. The young plants are eaten. The seeds yield an oil; they are also used in dysentery and diarrhœa. 50 =Senebiera nilotica= _DC._ RASHAD (Port Sudan), HARRA—Arab.