78 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
Speke's Journ. 635.—J4. madraspatana, Ascherson, Bryonia micrantha, Hochst., et 
В. obtusa, A. Rich. (fide Hook. fil. 2. c.). 
Hab. By the Nile, March 1863, Col. Grant! Widely spread in Tropical Africa. 
Occurs at Natal, and common in India. 
[Found on the shore of the Nile between Khartoom and Gondokoro, March 1863.—J. А. G.] . 
12. MELOTHRIA TRIANGULARIS, Benth. Fl. Мог. 867; App. Speke’s Journ. 685.— 
Bryonia capillacea, Schum. et Thonn. (fide Hook. fil. 4. с.). : 
Hab. Unyoro, flower, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Occurs also in West Tropical Africa. 
[Flowers i in the forests during November at 24° N. lat.—J. А. G.] 
Besides the above, Col. Grant observed the cucumber (Cucumis sativus, L.) cultivated by the Arabs at 
5° $. lat., and also the Common Papaw (Carica Papaya, L.). I have not seen specimens. 
[The Arabs say that the seeds of the Papaw were obtained from Maroongoo, at the southern end of 
Lake Tanganyika, brought there probably by the Portuguese. It tastes the same as our English cucumber, 
is eaten raw, and called by the Indian name of “ Кеега,”--4. А. G.] 
FICOIDE. 
1. TRIANTHEMA CRYSTALLINA, Vahl; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 587; App. Speke's Journ. 
635. 
Hab. Desert on the Nile, 182-197 М. lat., May 1863, Col. Grant! Common in Nile- 
land. Occurs also in Angola and eastward through Tropical Asia to Australia. 
[The only part of the whole route where this beautiful plant was found was in the desert by the Nile 
at 182° М. lat., where it grows flat on the bare gravelly soil, glistening like a green jewel Іп flower 
(yellow inside) on the 1st of May. "There were some curious cobalt-blue rocks, much waterworn, in this 
locality; and the Hyphene thebaica lined the bank of the river. It is called “ reeg'lah " here, and 
was quite unknown to our followers ; but Speke recognized it as an old Somali friend, and said that 
sheep eat it greedily.—J. А. G.] 
2. MOLLUGO NUDICAULIS, Lam. ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 591; App. Speke's Journ. 626. 
— И. bellidifolia, Seringe, in DC. Prod. 1. 391. 
Hab. Zungoméro, flower, Oct. 1860, Col. Grant!  Widespread in tropical countries. 
[From 7° 8. lat. In flower (white) October.—J. А. G.J 
З. MoLLUGO CERVIANA, Seringe; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii. 591.— M. umbellata, Seringe, 
in DC. Prod. i. 898. Pharnaceum umbellatum, Forsk. (fide Fenzl). 
Hab. Zungoméro, Oct. 1860, Col. Grant I Widespread in warmer regions of es 
Old World. 
[Delicate plant, found upon ground which had once been cultivated. The stems and leaves are pinkish, 
and the flowers (October) white. Lat. 7? S.—J. A. G.J. 
UMBELLIFERÆ. 
1. HYDROCOTYLE NATANS, Cyr.; Hiern, in Oliv. FI. Trop. Afr. iii. 5 (іпей.).-Н. adoensis, 
Навч in hb. Schimp. Abyss. (fide Hiern, 1. c.). 
Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! Grows also in Abyssinia, 
the Mediterranean region, and 
elsewhere. 
[In flower October in the Unyoro marshes, alt. 3300 feet.—J. A. G.] 
