508 TEREBINTACEZ (Sond.) [Rhus. 
berg, ‘Katberg, between Buffelrivier and Key, Drege! Magalisberg, Burke, 328, 
Zey, 336. Dec.—Jan, (Herb. Hook., Lehm., Sond., T.C.D.) om : 
Very near the preceding, but differs by the soft, reddish tomentum, the sessile | 
leaflets, shorter racemes and drupe. Petioles 3-6 lines long. Leaves about 3 inches~ 3% 
long, 6-8 lines wide, acute or obtuse, mucronate, the lateral ones unequal at base, cS 
Drupe yellowish brown, the size of a small pea. s 
§. R. divaricata (E. & Z.! n. 1106); branches spreading, terete, 
smooth, branchlets and petioles minutely-pubescent; leaves on longish a 
petioles ; leaflets sessile, ovate, obtuse or emarginate, mucronulate, the = = 
terminal narrowed at base, the laterals smaller, sub-oblique, puberulous 
above, albo- or reddish-tomentose beneath, quite entire, with the margin ~ 
slightly recurved or paucidentate; panicles axillary, small, spars- 
flowered, pubescent, shorter than the leaves or sub-equal ; drupe globose, 
smooth, £&. subferruginata, Presl. 
Has, On sides of the mountains at Klipplattriver, Tambukiland, FE. ¢ Z.! Witber- 
gen between Gorip and Caledon river, Zey. Tereb., n. 6; Drege, n. 6796. Uitvlugt 
at Limcenfontein and Buffelrivier, 3-4000 £. Drege. Nov.—Jan. (Herb. Lehm., pee] 
; ae | 
A shrub, seemingly small, much branched, ultimate branchlets short. Petioles oo a | 
6-10 lines long, furrowed. Terminal leaflets 3-1 inch long, 5-6 lines wide; the la- 
teral ones about half as long, regularly penninerved, puberulous, at last glabrous 
above. Panicle about an inch long, shorter or longer, the rhachis flexuose, lateral 
branches sometimes few, 3-5 flowered, pedicels 1 line long. Flowers about ¢ lines 
long. Petals twice as long as the ovate, acute calyx. Drupe tipped with the three 
styles. Known from the very similar 2. refracta, by the tomentose, not villous or G 
glabrous leaves. Bees: 
_ 6. R. obovata (Sond.) ; branchlets smooth or puberulous ; leaves pe- 
tiolate, leaflets on very short petiolules, obovate-cuneate, obtuse-mucronu- 
late, shortly dentate or rarely entire, glabrous above, whitish-tomentose 
beneath ; panicles terminal, elongated, tomentose; flowers  sessile-glo- 
merate; drupe pubescent. R. sinuata, BE. & Z.! n. 1111. not of Thunb.! 
Haz. In the forests of Adow and Olifantshoek, Uitenh., Gaurits and Camptours- 
river, George ; Hassigaybosch, Albany, EF. ¢ Z.! Zey./ 2240, Zuurebergen, Drege, 
6794. Oct. (Herb. pis digs 35 3 eae s : eo 
A shrub, 10 feet high, with spreading branches. Petiole 3-6 lines long, sub-terete, 
puberulous. Leaflets sub-sessile, the terminal 1-1} inch long, 6—10 lines wide, with 
obtuse or acute teeth. Panicle 2-4 inches long, the branches naked at base, the 
flowers sessile, The drupe is scarcely the size of a small pea. 
7. R. populifolia (E. Mey. in Hb. Drege) ; branches smooth or thinly 
pubescent ; leaves petiolate ; leaflets on very short petiolules, triangular : 
or rhombeo-sub-orbiculate, obtuse or acute, dentate, appressed, puberu- 
lous or glabrous above, whitish-tomentose beneath ; panicles terminal, = 
puberulous ; drupe oblique, puberulous, tipped by the styles. oe 
‘Has. At the mouth of the Gariep, Drege! Sept. (Herb. E. Mey. T.C.D., Sond.) — 
A shrub, with the habit of the preceding, but differing by the leaves and fruits. 
Petiole about 6 lines long, searcely canaliculate above. Leaflets 1} inch long) 
— inch wide, glabrous above, with yellowish, impressed nerves, on the lower sur- 
ae ee nerves, the ee ee obtuse at base, or tapering intoa pe = 
than lat © fos Sere erous panicles not longer than the leaves. Drupe 
lines long.) ie 
8. R. tomentosa (L. spec. 382); branches puberulous or glabrous; g 
leaves petiolate ; leaflets elliptic or ovate, acute, or acuminated at both a 
