438 XLV. ANACARDIACE.E (OLIVER). [*■* 



Moiamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! 



Var. Schimperi (Hochst. PI. Schimp. Abyss, n. 2188). Panicles confluent, leafy towards 

 the ends of the branches. 



Abyssinia, Schimper! . . .. 



A specimen allied to this species, from the u Red Sea " {Nimmd), in fruit, is m the Kew 

 herbarium. 



Occurs also at Natal. 



Rhus glaucum, Hochst. We have an imperfect specimen so labelled, collected in Abys- 

 sinia by Dillon and Petit. It is doubtfully distinct from B. glaucescens. 



4. R. retinorrhaea, Steud. in PI. Schimp. Abyss, n. 1627. Tree or shrub, 

 wholly glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate, firmly membranous or thinly coriaceous ; 

 leaflets oval- or linear-lanceolate, more or less (often finely) acuminate, nar- 

 rowed at the base and usually distinctly petiolulate, entire or obscurely den- 

 ticulate ; lateral nervures rather prominent above when dry, slightly or no 

 at all paler beneath ; median leaflet from 2-6 in. long, £-1 in. broad ; petiole 

 1^-2 in. Flowers pedicellate, in axillary or terminal, moderately lax, many- 

 flowered panicles usually much shorter than the leaves. Petals elliptic^, 

 twice as long as the small roundish- ovate calyx-lobes. Fruit with s /" nl "S' 

 thin, coriaceous epicarp, about lf-8 lines in diam. — R. viminale, Rich. ¥ • 

 Abyss, i. 142. 



Nile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! and others. 



5. R. glutinosa, Hochst. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 144. Wholly g labr0 " 3 r 

 or the young shoots and panicles puberulous. Leaves 3-foliolate, ra 

 coriaceous ; leaflets oval or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse and mucronate or acu e, 

 scarcely or not at all acuminate in our specimens, narrowed to the base , 

 midrib beneath glabrous or minutely pubescent; 3-6 in. long, lr" *_ 

 broad ; petiole l£-2£ irr. Panicles rather dense, axillary, usually shorter tba 

 or not exceeding the petioles, or terminal and rather longer. Pedicels sno 

 than or equalling the flowers. Petals roundish or broadly elliptical, aDo 

 twice as long as the ovate calyx-lobes. Fruit nearly i in. in diam. 



Nile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! Billon and Petit ! 



R. Petilianum, Rich. 1. c. 144, known to me only by description, must be very 

 this plant, if, indeed, specifically distinct. 



6. R. viminalis, Vahl ; DC. Prod. ii. 70. Wholly glabrous. La* 9 

 coriaceous, 3-foliolate; leaflets elongate-linear-lanceolate, mucronate, w» 

 usually scarcely acute, narrowed to the base, subsessile or scarcely petiolutai , 

 entire, reticulate above, distinctly paler beneath, usually 3-6 in. long, r* V 

 broad ; petiole £-l| in. Flowers small, on short slender pedicels, in ax - 

 larv panicles shorter than or exc^ding the petioles, occasionally terminal an 

 r;ithcr longer. Fruit as in R. retinorrhaea, 2-3 lines in diam. when dry. 



South Central. Highlands of Batoka country, Lr. Kirk! ,w;£ 



Dr. Kirk says the fruit is eaten. Rhus viminale of Richard in ' Flora Abyssinica, 

 fcr to R. retinorrhaa. 



7. R. abyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. Branches tomentose 

 or shortly pilose. Leaves 3-foliolate ; median leaflet oblanceolate or o 



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