**3 XLV. ANACARDIACEjE (OLIVER). 437 



ioary above, paler or silvery with minute tomentum beneath ; midrib and 

 lateral veins as in R. abyssinica ; 4-10 in. long, 2-5 in. broad ; petiole 

 4-1 m. or leaves subsessile. Panicles small, terminal or in axils of upper 

 leaves. Flowers polygamous. Pedicels hoary, shorter than or equalling the 

 calyx. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Petals oblong, erect, with inflexed 

 «ps, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens of male and hermaphrodite flowers 

 inserted round a lobed cupuliform fleshy disk. Styles short, erect, with 

 recurved tips. — Anaphrenium pulckerrimum, Schweinf. Fl. iEthiop. 32. 



f thi ** an< *' White Nile, Murie ! Sennar, Cienlcowski. Gallabat, Abyssinia, Schwein- 



2. R. insignis, Delile (Ozoroa) in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 1. xx. 91. t. 1. 



/• *• A spreading tree or shrub. Extremities at first minutely pubescent or 

 oary-tc-mentose. Leaves simple, approximate in threes, rarely alternate, 

 e .ongate-oval oval-oblong or oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, mucronate, entire, 

 glabrous above, whitish-hoary or silvery beneath, with a closely appressed or 

 obsolete tomentum ; midrib prominent ; lateral veins numerous and parallel, 

 ~ 3 i». long, \~\\ in. broad ; petiole 1-1 in. Flowers in small, terminal, 

 ^ore or less leafy, pubescent or hoary, many-flowered panicles, sometimes 

 'bolter than, sometimes considerably exceeding the leaves. Calyx-lobes 

 orate. Petals oblong, erect, with incurved tips 3 or 4 times longer than the 

 °™y*- Styles short, erect, with recurved stigmatic apices. Fruit black, re- 

 sinous, i-x i n . in diam.— Ferret and Galinier, Atlas (Bot.), t. 9. Anaphre- 



wnabyssinicum, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 32 ; Iteeria, Meiss. Gen. PI. part 1. 



P- 75. 



jjpper Guinea. Senegal, Sieber ! Bidjem I 



"e Land. Abyssinia, ScMmper, Billon ! Sennar, Cienkowski. 

 Jjower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! 



"losamb. Distr. Zambesi and Luabo rivers, Br. Kirk ! Rovuma river, Br. Heller ! 

 ar - 0. latifolia. Nupe, Niger, Barter ! 

 iZfa r oboVata - Leaves about 2 in. long, 1-1| in. broad, rounded or retnse at apex, 



«« at base.— Zambesi, Br. Kirk! Mozambique, Forbes! 

 pearly allied to Rhus mucronifolia, Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 521, if, indeed, specifically distinct. 

 eaves » however, are nearly always ternately verticillate. 



3 - R. glaucescens, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 143. Wholly glabrous or the 

 foM Ules P ailicle s and petioles puberulous or finely pubescent. Leaves 3- 

 ^iwate, coriaceous or membranous ; leaflets from oval to lanceolate or ob- 

 to a jf eln 'ptical, obtuse or exceptionally subacute, often mucronate, narrowed 

 with u baSe ' entire 0Dscure ly undulate or broadly crenulate-dentate, rarely 



iMhe midrib and petiole puberulous; median leaflet usually l|-4 in. long, 

 J*J "». broad ; petiole £-l| in. Panicles axillary, usually considerably 

 Li than the leaves, moderately lax and divaricate, glabrous or hairy j pe- 

 g?" equalling or shorter than the flowers. Petals ovate, obtuse, twice as 

 Wf* the calyx-lobes. Fruit 2-3 lines in diam., roundish-obovoid.— R. un- 

 2 T'^'ch. I.e. 145. R. crenulatum, Rich. I.e. 142. ? R.Quartima 

 Pe!'w icb - lc - 141 - R - Gueinzii, Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 515. R. Kotschyana, 



" 21 (sine descr.) in Flora, 1844, 312. 

 IJJ Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others ; Madi, Grant ! Sennar, 



