Small herb. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, serrulate; stipules persistent, pectinate-ciliate. Flowers small, white, rose or violet; fertile stamens 5; staminodes in two rows, inner of 5 petaloid, and outer of numerous capitate hairs. Capsule 3-valved. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dokuttu: Bongo-land, to Congo). The plant is very mucilaginous. =DIPTEROCARPACEÆ.= 181 =Monotes Kerstingii= _Gilg._ MELLA—Dinka. Small tree; fruit surrounded by the enlarged ring-like sepals. Leaves elliptic, rounded at both ends, with about 12 pairs of lateral nerves, softly white tomentose below, about 4 in. by 2¾ in.; flowers small, in axillary cymes. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: East of Tonj, Bongo-land & Dar Fertit). =MYRTACEÆ.= 182 =Syzygium guineense= _DC._ KORONGO, AGUA or AGUD—Golo; KULOH or KULA—Jur; SANAMBIRI—Zande. Two types: (a) A large tree with heavy foliage. Leaves ovate-oblong, short-acuminate. Flowers pale yellow, fragrant. (b) Small tree with ovate or obovate leaves. Flowers white. Fung Prov.; Darfur Prov. (J. Marra, 4-8,000 ft.); Bahr El Ghazal & Mongalla Provinces: Jur-land & Mittu-land: Kuragera. A good timber tree; wood red, hard, even-grained, durable; fruit a small, purple edible berry. Leaves aromatic when bruised. 183 =Psidium pomiferum= _Don._ The Guava tree. Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, oblong or elliptic-oblong. Peduncles axillary, about 1½ in. long, with 1-3 flowers; flowers white. Fruit oblong, size of a small lemon, strongly aromatic when ripe. Introduced from West Indies. Grown in gardens. =MELASTOMATACEÆ.= 184 =Osbeckia saxicola= _Gilg._ Hispid pilose herb. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, up to 7 cm. long, long setose-pilose on both surfaces. Flowers paniculate, rose. Fruits urn-shaped, calyx deciduous. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land: by Nambia Brook, near the Kishi). =O. senegambiensis= _Guill._ & _Perr._ Small shrub; branches 4-angled, scabrid; nodes with long-spreading bristles. Leaves opposite, elliptic to lanceolate, with 3 parallel nerves. Flowers ¾ in. diameter, rose or purple, usually 5-merous, in terminal racemes; anthers 10, 2-tubercled at base. Capsule enclosed in 10-ribbed, bristly calyx-tube. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (near the Pongo River between Wau & Chak-Chak). 185 =Antherotoma Naudini= _Hook. f._ Small herb, stem 4-angled. Leaves opposite, in few pairs, ovate, ½ in. long. Flowers small, 4-merous, surrounded by a 4-leaved involucre; lobes of calyx alternating with bristles; stamens 8-10, with connective produced below, 2-tubercled at base, anthers opening by large pores. Capsule membranous. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo-land: Addai & Dar Fertit: near the Kuru River). 186 =Dissotis petiolata= _Hook. f._