190 =Gulera senegalensis= _Lam._ OBEISH or RUBEISH—Arab; KŪĪ (J. Eliri)—Nuba. Small tree or shrub with downy branches, the whole plant minutely black dotted. Leaves opposite, oval, subcordate, cuspidate. Flowers in pedunculate involucrate heads. Fruit densely clothed with very long silky hairs, making a fluffy head. Kordofan, Darfur & Nuba Mts. Provinces. Good camel fodder. 191 =Combretum trichanthum= _Fresen._ TARŌB—Rashida; SHĀF—Hadendowa. Small tree; young branches pubescent. Leaves opposite, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 4-8 in. long, densely hairy when young. Flowers 4-merous, small, in axillary spikes; petals obdeltoid, minutely fringed stamens 8, in 2 rows; fruit 4-5 winged, ¾ in. long. Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Bahr El Jebel (Madi). =C. Hartmannianum= _Schwfth._ HABIL (White Nile), SUBAKH or SUBAKH SODA (Fung)—Arab; KARSO (J. Daier), HAGGIARN (Dilling), KWAE (J. Eliri) & N’DARU (Kadugli)—Nuba. Small to fairly large tree. Leaves opposite, long acuminate-caudate. Flowers: calyx 4-lobed; petals 4, minute; stamens 8, in 2 rows. Fruit 4-winged. Fung Prov. (Roseires & Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov. (Jebelein); Nuba Mts. Prov.; Red Sea Prov. (Has Has). Exudes a gum. The timber is said to be good. Some portions of the tree are used as perfume by the Nuba. =C. lecananthum= _Engl._ & _Diels._ M’NA—Golo; DERA—Jur. Small tree. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 4 in. long, 1-1¾ in. broad, thin, glabrous. Racemes shorter than the leaves, slender. Fruits broadly elliptic, 1 in. long, 4-winged, glabrous. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Wau). =C. multispicatum= _Engl._ & _Diels._ HABIL—Arab; MANĀ or TEPELU—Golo; GŎK—Nuer. Moderate-sized tree; branchlets and leaves pubescent, the latter alternate, broadly oblong-elliptic, mucronate, 4 in. long, 1¾ in. broad, glossy when young. Flowers paniculate, pubescent, small. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Bongo & Jur-lands). =C. ghasalense= _Engl._ & _Diels._ HABIL—Arab; TEPELU—Golo; BAZE—Zande. Moderate-sized tree. Leaves in whorls of 3, oblong-elliptic, acute at both ends, 3 in. long, 1¼ in. broad, glabrous and closely reticulate on both surfaces. Flowers in short panicles, crowded. Kordofan Prov. (Fertangul); Darfur Prov., Bahr El Ghazal & Mongalla Provinces. The smoke from the wood is used as perfume by Sudanese women. =C. brunneum= _Engl._ & _Diels._ Small tree, 20 ft. high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves opposite, ovate- lanceolate, rounded or subcordate at the base, obtuse and emarginate at the apex, 2-2½ in. long, about 1 in. broad, reddish-brown and closely reticulate when dry. Fruits sub-orbicular, 4-winged, ¾ in. broad. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas, Mittu-land). =C. undulatum= _Wall._ SUBAKH or SUBAKH BEIDA (Fung)—Arab; BOGWEH—Bari; BAZI—Hameg. Tree, 40 ft. high: branchlets glabrous. Leaves in whorls of 3, oblong- elliptic, acute, 6 in. long, 2 in. broad, undulate, glossy or viscid when young. Flower paniculate, small, hairy.