® m -] XLV. ANACARDIACEJE (OLIVER). 439 



obtuse or acute, pubescent, with the minute venation obscure above, cinna- 

 mon-tomentose or -pubescent-toinentose beneath ; 2-4 in. long, l£-2 in. 

 broad; petiole 1-2 in. Flowers very shortly pedicellate or subsessile in 

 axillary and terminal hairy panicles shorter than the leaves. Petals ovate, 

 obtuse. Fruit about £ in. in diam. 



Nile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! Nubia {Schweinf. et AscJi. Ehum.). 



1 have not seen R. foliosum, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 143. It may be identical with the 



above. 



8. R. villosa, Linn. f. ; DC. Prod. ii. 70. Branches pubescent or 

 shortly pilose, occasionally with axillary thorns. Leaves 3-foliolate 5 leaflets 

 obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, often apiculate ; reticulate, glabrescent 

 or thinly hairy above, pubescent or somewhat tomentose beneath, with the 

 midrib and principal veins rather prominent ; median and larger leaflet usually 

 1-3 in. (rarely 4-5 in.) long, f-lf in- broad (in the Cape form frequently 

 much smaller). Panicles hairy, axillary (often subracemose) and shorter 

 than the leaves or terminal and produced beyond. Pedicels equalling or 

 snorter than the flowers. — Fruit glabrous. — JR. pyroides, Rich. Fl. Abyss. 



«ile Land. Abyssinia, Petherick ! Schimper ! Upper Nile {Schweinf. et Asch. Enum.). 



Mozamb. Distr. Manganya hills, Dr. Meller ! 



jar. 0. tomentosa. Leaves densely tomentose beneath. Abyssinia, Roth ! 



Also at the Cape. 



V w- 7- grandifolia, near Mombane, 4000 ft., Br. Kirk ! 



A variety with leaves finely pubescent on the midrib and margin. Zanzibar ! 



9- R. Kirkii, Oliv. Branches covered with a short cinnamon-coloured 

 tomentuni. Leaves coriaceous, 3-foliolate, shortly petiolate ; median leaflet 

 ov «l, J~J longer than the lateral leaflets, narrowed to each end, acute or sub- 

 acute, lateral sessile, all obtuse or narrowly rounded at the base, reticu- 

 Pl with paler venation and early glabrous above, softly rusty- or cinnamon- 

 Jonientose beneath ; median leaflet about 2-4 in. long, f-l£ in- broad ; pe- 

 tlo le ^ in. more or less, broadly channelled above. Flowers sessile, fascicled 

 °» short lateral ramuli of the principal branches of sparsely divided, rather 

 n S'd and erect terminal leafless or nearly leafless tomentose panicles ; bracts 

 usually linear, tomentose, exceeding or falling short of the flowers. Petals 

 scarcely twice as long as the calyx, elliptic-oblong. 



South Central. Near Victoria Falls, Batoka country, Dr. Kirk . 



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2. SORINDEIA, Thouars ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL i. 419. 



Flowers small, polygamous or dioecious. Calyx 4-5(-3)-toothed, cup- 

 shaped. Petals as many as calyx-teeth, valvate or slightly imbricate at the 

 JP S - Male fl. : Stamens 10-20, occupying a central disk or (§ Oligandra, 

 blanch, nag. i n Herb. Kew) as many or twice as many as the petals, inserted 

 ar °und the disk. Ovary 0. Hermaphrodite or female fl, : Stamens or sta- 

 "JJuodia normally as many as the petals. Ovary sessile; style thick or 0; 

 s "gma with 3-4 shortly recurved adnate lobes. Ovule suspended near the 

 ^dle of the cell. Fruit drupaceous. " Embryo with thick fleshy cotyle- 



