504 TEREBINTACEZ (Sond.) [ Rhus. 
rarely emarginate, with revolute margins ; the young leaflets densely stellate 
eceine bs both surfaces. Racemes 2-3 gay simple or with a few 
branches at the base. Flowers minute, about a line long, on very short pedicels, 3 
or more fasciculate. Calyx 4-parted. Petals 4, oblong, longer than the 8 stamens. 
Drupe edible, 4-5 lines long, smooth, with 4 short styles on the top.—Spondias 
microcarpa, Rich. flor. Seneg. is a very similar plant, but the leaves are quite gla- 
brous and tlie drupes different. 
2. 0.? discolor (Sond., Linn. xxiii. 1. p. 25) ; branchlets glabrous ; 
leaves imparipinnate, 4—5-jugate ; leaflets sessile, ovate-oblong, or ob- 
long-obtuse, or with a short obtuse acumen, quite entire, glabrous and 
reticulate above, cano-tomentose beneath ; male flowers in terminal 
spikes ; rhachis pubescent ; calyx puberulous at base ; petals 4, patent ; 
stamens 8. 
Has. Macalisberg, Burke and Zeyh. n. 1853, Sept. (Herb., Hook., Sond.) 
Branchlets terete, yellowish, or somewhat purple. Leaves 1 foot. Petiole canali- 
culate, 2~3 uncial, a little broader at base. ets at base obtuse or sub-cordate, 
2-3 inches long, 1-14 inch wide, the upper petiolulate. Male spikes 2-4 approxi- 
mate, simple, about 3 inches long. Flowers sessile, minute. Segments of the calyx 
glabrous. Petals oblong, about 2 lines long. Rudimentary styles 4, very short ; 
female flowers, and the fruits are wanting.—This plant has a great affinity to Lannea 
velutina, Rich.! in fl. Seneg. p. 155. t. xlii., and if the fruit is not different, it must 
be removed with Lannea from Anacardiee to Burseree. I have an authentic 
specimen of Lannea velutina with half-ripe fruit ; the drupe is 3-celled, with 2 or 1 
seed in each cell. Lannea is incorrectly referred by Endlicher to Odina. 
IL RHQUS, L. 
Flowers hermaphrodite, or by abortion dicecious. Calyx small, 5—6- 
partite, persistent. Petals 5-6, oblong or ovate, spreading. Stamens 
5-6, all perfect. Ovary 1, sub-globose, 1-celled, abortive in the male 
flower. Style 1, short, with 3 stigmas, or 3 styles. Drupe nearly dry 
or sub-fleshy, 1-celled, containing a bony, 1-seeded (by abortion) nucleus. 
Seeds without albumen, sustained by a funicle rising from the bottom 
of the cell; cotyledons leafy or fleshy. Endl, Gen. 5905. 
A large genus of shrubs or small trees, frequently resinous. Leaves alternate, 
usually (in the Cape species) trifoliolate, rarely simple. Flowers panicled or racemose, 
small, greenish or white. The name is derived from the Greek, poos or pous, flowing ; 
perhaps because of the resinous juices of several. 
G~S3 ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
I. Leaves palmately trifoliate, leaflets rising from the top of the petiole. 
A. Leaflets tomentose. 
a. Leaflets paler, or white underneath : 
a. quite entire, or sinuate-toothed. 
leaflets narrow-linear, mucronate; panicle 
leaflets linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; pani- — 
des (2) stenophylla. 
leaflets lanceolate, sessile ; branchlets 
oo ove a oo Pra vee 4) discolor. 
leaflets oval-cuneate; panicles pubescent, 
ine ss . * vee (5) divaricata. 
(1) rosmarinifolia. bi : 
nun ecnaiinta atacand 
