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Var. RETICULATA, Bak. fil. in Journ. Bot. xxxvii. (1899) 428. 
Between Mt. Pene and Haroni River, 6000 ft. ; in fr. Sept. ; п. 680. А 
shrub with milky latex and black fruits, scattered here and there in long grass. 
Distrib. Rhodesia. 
Dr. Engler in Sitzb. Akad. Berlin, ii. (1896) 891, raises this to specific 
rank. 
Ruus tomentosa, Linn. Sp. Pl. 966. 
Melsetter, 6000 ft.; in fl. Sept. ; n. 667. 
Distrib. Cape, Transvaal. 
К. гостра, Linn, Sp. Pl. 201. 
Chimanimani Forests, 6500 ft.; in fl. and young fr. Sept.; n. 635. A 
small-leaved shrub occasionally becoming a small tree, very common in 
Chimanimani forest patches. 
Distrib. Natal, South Africa. 
Вноз CHIRINDENSIS, Е, G. Baker, sp. nov. 
Frutex ramulis purpureis subfulvo- vel fusco-pubescentibus ; petiolo foliola 
lateralia vix wquante ; foliolis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis basi late euneatis 
subsessilibus vel in petiolulum breveni contractis margine integris vel undu- 
latis nervis lateralibus tenuibus arcuatim patentibus utrinque. prominulis 
demum glabris subtus pallidioribus costa superne prominente; paniculis 
axillaribus et terminalibus multiramosis cinereo- vel fusco-pubescentibus 
multifloris ; bracteolis minutis ; pedicellis tenuissimis ; floribus inter minores 
generis; calycis segmentis ovatis obtusis ; petalis quam sepalis 2—3-plo 
longioribus ovatis ; staminibus quam petalis brevioribus ; drupis subglobosis 
glabris. 
Hab. Kloof near Chirinda, 3800 ft. ; n. 168. 
Foliorum petiolus 3°0—4-0 em. longus ; foliola lateralia 3-0-6-0 em. longa, 
1°8-2°5 em. lata, intermedium 8*0-10-0 em. longum. Sepala 0*5 mm. longa. 
Petala + 1:5 mm. longa, vix 1 mm. lata, 
The distinguishing features of this shrub are the trifoliolate, ovate, acuminate 
leaflets and the axillary and terminal, many-branched, pubescent panicles of 
small flowers. Allied to А. glutinosa, Hochst. ; it differs from it by the laxer 
panicle, and from А. huillensis, Engler, var. acutifoliata, Engler, by the larger 
leaves which are at length glabrous. 
The following clavis indicates the position of this plant :— 
a. Rami dense subfulvo-pubescentes. — Foliola apice acuminata. Calycis 
segmenta + 0°5 mm. longa. 
Rhus chirindensis, E. G. Baker. 
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