336 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANY OF 
40. Mak-mak. Small and round, yellow, very ordinary sort; mature 
late. : 
41. Sunf'l. Large and round, red, good quality ; mature late. 
49. El Karafes. Small and round, red, ordinary quality, like Mak- 
mak; mature with the greater part. 
43. El Karata'wee. Small and round, yellow, sweet and good; mature 
with the greater part. ; 
44. Bor’nee. Large and very long, yellow, good quality ; ripens in 
the usual date-time. 
45. Thahabee. Large and long, yellow, has small date-stones ; ripens 
early. 
46. La'ghowl. Small and filberd-shaped, red, refed, sweet; soon 
ripe. 
Oss. In Soudan the Date-Palms bear flowers, ripe and unripe 
dates, “veteb,” and “elah,” all at the same time,—apparently a vitiated 
state of growth. Many of the fruit-trees of northern Africa, as 
oranges, have also a diseased growth in Soudan, and bear no fruit. 
Contributions to the Botany of WESTERN INDIA; 
by N. A. DALZELL, Esq., M.A. 
(Continued from p. 265.) 
Nat. Ord. LABIATÆ. 
POGOSTEMON. 
1. P. purpuricaulis ; caule erecto suffruticoso purpureo nitido tenu- . 
issime pubescente, foliis late ovatis acuminatis grosse duplicato-den- 
tatis in petiolum cuneatim attenuatis utrinque tenuiter pubescentibus 
vel glabriusculis, verticillastris dimidiatis approximatis, paniculis 
axillaribus terminalique pyramidatis laxis, panicule ramis oppositis 
decussatis trifidis, bracteis exterioribus ovatis interioribus lanceolatis 
.  . basim versus attenuatis calycem zequantibus. 
. Calycis pentagoni glanduloso-pubescentis dentes anguste triangulares, 
|. acuti, ciliati. Corolle labii superioris lobi maculis geminis purpureis 
. notati, Folia majora cum petiolo bipollicari 7 poll. longa, 33 lata, 
