Red Sea Prov. (Soturba, Khor Tamanib & Erkowit); Khartoum Prov.; Fung Prov. (Roseires); White Nile Prov. (12° 10 N.L.). A decoction of the root is used for jaundice. =B. pentandra= _Burch._ ERG EL TUEIRĀT (N. Kordn.)—Arab. Procumbent herb. Leaves large, cordate-ovate, serrate. Whorls in large lateral and terminal panicles; bracts lanceolate, ½ in. long; pedicels ½ in. long; per. upper part funnel-shaped, ⅛ in. long, base ⅓ in. with many glandular disks at top; stamens 3. Kassala Prov. (between Kassala & Goz Regeb); Blue Nile Prov. Ganeib Assad); Kordofan Prov. (Bara). =PROTEACEÆ.= 143 =Protea abyssinica= _Willd._ Shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, lanceolate or lanc. oblong, 6 in. long, coriaceous. Flowers in terminal turbinate heads surrounded by densely imbricate silvery and silky bracts, outermost minute, increasing inwards, innermost oblong, 1½ in. long; per. ¾ in. long, tubular, compressed, 2-tipped, fulvous hairy in upper half; stamens 4; anthers subsessile, ¼ in. long; nut hairy. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); W. Abyssinia (Baro, Sobat District & Blue Nile). =P. madiensis= _Oliv._ Shrub or small tree; bark red-brown. Leaves lanc.-elliptic, 6-8 in. long, coriaceous, hairy both sides. Heads somewhat sunflower-like, up to 4 in. across; bracts glabrescent, outer ¼ in. long ovate, inner up to 3 in. long, pinkish; per. 2 in. long, yellow. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo; Sabbi, Niamniam: Tuhami’s Zariba, Biri River near Deim Zubeir: Swei River & Gumango River). =DILLENIACEÆ.= 144 =Tetracera alnifolia= _Willd._ Climbing shrub. Leaves broad-elliptical or obovate-elliptical, entire or obscurely denticulate. Flowers paniculate, white ⅓ to 2/3 in. in diam.; sepals glabrous within. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu-land: near Kuddu by the Roali River). The stems when cut transversely yield a supply of potable fluid. =T. strigillosa= _Gilg._ Undershrub, about 2 ft. high from a woody rhizome. Leaves oblanceolate, dentate. Flowers white, very few together; sepals glabrous inside; petals emarginate. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (near River Biri, and also Niamniam-land: by the Ibba River, Nganye). =PITTOSPORACEÆ.= 145 =Pittosporum abyssinicum= _Del._ Shrub or tree. Leaves coriaceous oblanceolate, at first rusty tomentose. Flowers ¼ to ⅓ in. long in umbellate clusters in dense terminal corymbose panicles. Sepals rusty tomentose. Ovary pilose. Capsule globose under ½ in. diam. White Nile. =BIXACEÆ.= 146 =Bixa Orellana= _Linn._ Shrub. Leaves oblong lanceolate to ovate oblong. Flowers in terminal racemes, pink, large. Fruit covered by a mass of red-brown soft prickles, oblong. Mongalla Prov. (Kagulu); Congo. Introduced and cultivated. The source of Annatto. =COCHLOSPERMACEÆ.= 147 =Cochlospermum niloticum= _Oliv._ AKIT—Jur.