Slender climber. Leaves cordate or triangular-cordate, 1½-2 in. diameter. Male and female flowers in the same axil. Flowers white. Fruit a berry, ¼ in. diameter, globose. Bahr El Jebel (Sudd); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: Mbomu, near the Lesi R.). 168 =Melothria deltoidea= _Benth._ Slender trailing or climbing plant. Leaves triangular-hastate. Flowers white, monœcious; anthers distinct; fruit almost fusiform. Tendrils simple. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Shambé); Mongalla Prov. (Kenissa). =M. tridactyla= _Hook. f._ Very slender thread-like branches. Leaves deltoid, very thin, 2 in. long and broad, scabrid-warted on both sides; tendrils thread-like. Flowers very small, on slender racemes. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Boddo River, 3729 Schwfth). 169 =Kedrostis foetidissima= _Cogn._ SHA’ALUK—Arab. Herbaceous climber; tendrils simple. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate, 1-3 in. Flowers small, male in slender racemes, female solitary, monœcious. Fruit fœtid, rugose, beaked, orange coloured when ripe. Kordofan Prov.; Upper White Nile Prov. (Kodok); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dinka-land, Djuiho). The root is used for curing piles and asthma. The berry is used as cure for sore throat, also when pounded up is given to sick cattle. The stem is dried and pounded and used for mixing with snuff. =K. sp.= Small climber with yellow flowers. Upper White Nile Prov. (Kodok). 170 =Corallocarpus Fenzlii= _Hook. f._ Prostrate herb. Leaves orbicular, 3-5 lobed, 3-4 in. diameter. Fruit ovoid, long beaked, fleshy, scarlet. White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol). =C. erostris= _Hook. f._ Prostrate herb. Leaves orbicular, obtusely 5-angled. Fruit hardly or not at all beaked, scarlet. Nubian Coast; Red Sea Prov. (Wadi Soturba). =C. Gijef= _Hook. f._ Prostrate; stem woody. Leaves scabrid, reniform, ovate, ¾ in. diameter, 3-lobed, distantly toothed, scabrid-glandular; tendrils stout, corky, white. Flowers small, greenish-yellow. Fruit very short beaked, scarlet. Sudan North (Between Berber & Red Sea, in Wadis); Kassala Prov. (J. Kirureb); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov. (Kaija Nuba). =C. Ehrenbergii= _Hook. f._ Prostrate. Leaves deeply 3-5 lobed. Fruit beak slender, ½ in. long. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin). =C. etbaicus= _Hook. f._ Prostrate; stem angular. Leaves 3-5 lobed, 1-2 in. diameter, ashy grey. Fruit short-beaked, ½-⅔ in. long. Red Sea Prov. (Soturba). 171 =Ctenolepis fimbristipula= _K._ & _P._ Herbaceous climber; tendrils simple. Leaves deeply 5-lobed. Fruit size of a cherry, when ripe red, with white markings. Stipular bracts, broad, fringed. Blue Nile Prov.; White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kassala Prov. (Gallabat); Kordofan Prov. (Obeid & Mulbes); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post). 172 =Citrullus vulgaris= _Schrad._ BATTIKH—Arab. The Watermelon. Climbing or trailing herb; tendrils 2-3-fid. Leaves glabrous or slightly hairy, palmately 3 or 7-lobed; lobes pinnatifid. Fruit globular, up to size of a man’s head, green.