PLANTS OF THE SUDAN 269 



natis villosis ; pappi squamis 10 ovatis 5 exterioribus apice 

 rotundatis vel rotundato-truncatis 5 interioribus arista quam sese 

 breviori onustis. 



Hab. Hill slopes at Sal Lorn, Eed Sea Province, Jan. 23. 



Plant rising at most to 2-3 cm. above the soil. Lower inter- 

 nodes up to 3 mm. in length, upper 2 mm. or less. Leaves 

 2-3 cm. long, near the middle 6-10 mm. broad, green in the dry- 

 state ; reduced leaves beneath the capitula ± 5 mm. long and 

 about 1 mm. broad. Capitula 6*5 x 3-5 mm. Outermost leaves 

 of the involucre often foliaceous near the top, up to 6*5 mm. long 

 and 1-5 mm. in breadth ; inner leaves about 5 mm. long. Eecep- 

 tacular paleae linear-acuminate divided to the middle or beyond. 

 Corolla of ray-florets 4-5 mm. long, of disk florets 3 mm. Imma- 

 ture achenes 1-1-25 mm. long. Scales of the pappus 1 mm. long, 

 awn of the inner ones *5 mm. long or slightly more. 



Near G. acaulis Oliv. & Hiern, but entirely different in foliage 

 and indumentum. — [S. M.] 



Hochstetteria Schimperi DC. Sandy soil of khor, Kamobsana, 

 Eed Sea Province, Jan. 25th. 



Launea nudicaulis Hook. fil. Near Port Sudan, Eed Sea 

 Province, Jan. 21st. 



Lomatolepis glomerata Cass. Khor near Port Sudan, Eed Sea 

 Province, Jan. 22nd. 



Picridium tingitanum Desf. Eocky slopes near Kamobsana, 

 Eed Sea Province, Jan. 25th. 



Triptens Vaillantii Decne. Near Kamobsana, Eed Sea Pro- 

 vince, Jan. 25th. 



Vernonia cinerascens Sch. Bip. Slopes, 2600 ft., near Kamob- 

 sana, Eed Sea Province, Jan. 25th. 



Zollihoferia chondrilloides Desf. Fields, Mut, Oasis of Dakhla, 

 Feb. 16th. 



Campanulace^. 



Heterachcena massauensis Fresen. Kamobsana, Eed Sea 

 Province, Jan. 25th. 



Plumbaginace^. 



Statice axillaris Forsk. Woody small khors, Port Sudan, 

 Eed Sea Province, Jan. 21st. 



Primulace^:. 

 Anagallis arvensis L. Slopes, 2600 ft., near Kamobsana, Eed 

 Sea Province, Jan. 25th. 



Salvadorace^. 

 Salvadora persica L. A small tree. Slopes, 2700 ft., near 

 Kamobsana, Eed Sea Province, Jan. 25th. 



ASCLEPIADACE^. 



Asclepias flavida N. E. Br. Slopes, 2600 ft., near Kamobsana, 

 Eed Sea Province, Jan. 25th. 



Calotropis procera E. Br. Along wash, near Kamobsana, Eed 

 Sea Province, Jan. 25th. 



