Prostrate, succulent, much branched herb. Leaves opposite, 1-fol., unequal, fleshy. Flowers yellow, small, on short peduncles. Fruit deeply 5-lobed, small. Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (21° N. Lat., and Akik); Between Khartoum & Sabil; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol). Camel fodder. =Z. album= _Linn._ Hoary shrub; fruit deeply 5-lobed, obcordate. Leaves diphyllous, fleshy. Nubia; Red Sea Prov. =Z. coccineum= _Linn._ Glabrous shrub; fruit 5-lobed. Leaves diphyllous, fleshy. Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Soturba hills). =Z. decumbens= _Del._ Glabrous herb or undershrub. Leaves diphyllous, fleshy. Flowers numerous; staminal scales deeply 2-fid. Fruit deeply 5-lobed, turbinate. Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Soturba). 119 =Fagonia cretica= _Linn._ ABU-SHOKA, ABU-SHWEIKA & SHOLIB—Arab; OSAR—Hadendowa. Bushy, spinose, shrubby herb. Leaves opposite, 1-5 fol., nearly sessile. Flowers solitary, usually purple or lilac. Fruit pyramidal, deeply 5-lobed. Red Sea Prov.; Kassala Prov. (between Goz Regeb & Bir Tussun); Dongola Prov.; Berber Prov.; Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov.; Kordofan (Taiara & Obeid); Darfur Prov. (Plains 40-80 miles N.E. of El Fasher). Used in native medicines for tumours, ulcers, etc. =var. parviflora= _Boiss._ Leaves 1-fol.; leaflets linear-lanceolate. Spines exceeding the leaves. Nubia (Otao). 120 =Seetzenia africana= _R. Br._ Prostrate herb, woody below. Leaves opposite, 3-fol., with interpetiolar stipules, fleshy. Flowers small, axillary, solitary. Fruit of 5 1-seeded cocci, separating longitudinally, sub-globose. Dongola Prov. (J. Barkal). =GERANIACEÆ.= 121 =Monsonia senegalensis= _Guill._ EL GURUN (N. Kordn.)—Arab. Diffuse shrubby herb with ovate-cordate leaves. Flowers purple on 1-flowered peduncles. Fruit beaked, beak 3 in. long. Stamens 15. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); White Nile Prov. (Jebelein & J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. =M. nivea= _Webb._ Small white pubescent herb with ovate-lanceolate (not cordate) leaves. Fruit beak 1½ in. long. Red Sea Prov. (Dongonab). 122 =Geranium favosum= _Hochst._ Annual, up to 4 ft. high; branches glandular, pilose above. Leaves deeply 5-lobed, segments pinnatifid. Peduncles 2-flowered; stamens 10. Carpels transversely deeply pitted, with or without tails. Fruit beaked. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & 21° N.L., etc.). 123 =Erodium malachoides= _Willd._ KORĪAB—Hadendowa. Stemless herb with decumbent branches, pubescent. Radical leaves, ovate- cordate, more or less 3-5-lobed, crenate. Fruit beak up to 2½ in. long. Nubia; Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit & 21° N.L.); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra: 9,000 ft.) =OXALIDACEÆ.= 124 =Oxalis caprina= _Linn._ Tuberous stemless herb. Leaves 3-fol. with obcordate leaflets; leaf stalks up to 6 in. long. Flowers purplish in 3-8 flowered umbels on long peduncles. Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit). =O. corniculata= _Linn._