Rhus.] TEREBINTACE (Sond.) ee 
Sond Algoabay, Cape Recief, F. ¢ Z./ Oct.Jul. (Herb., Thunb., Lehm., T.C.D, 
nd. 
_A much branched shrub, 2 feet high, with terete, shortly villous or tomentose 
branches, Petiole mostly 1 line, rarely 2-3 lines long. Leaflets green, somewhat 
aaaeg above, thinly veined beneath, ay trifid, rarely with 5 or 7 obtuse 
eeth at the top, with revolute margins, 6-9 lines long, 4 lines wide. Axillary pani- 
cles $ inch, the terminal ones, 1-1} inch long. Flowers very minute, very shortly 
pedicellate, in the branchlets sub-crowded. Drupe brown-purplish, shining, size of a 
small pea. a 
21. R. dentata (Thunb.! fl. cap. p. 266); branches glabrous ; leaves 
petiolate ; leaflets sessile, obovate, coarsely inciso-dentate, cuneate at 
base and quite entire, glabrous on both sides ; axillary racemes short, 
terminal ones longer, paniculated ; drupe globose, glabrous. R. micran- 
tha, Thunb.! lc. E.§ Z.! n. 1126. RB. grandidentata, DC. I. c. p. 72. R. 
dentata and cuneifolia, E. Meyer. 
Var. 8. puberula ; branchlets, petioles, and panicles puberulous 
leaves glabrous or ciliate. 2. crenata, Thunb. ? Drege, Herb. 
Has. In woods, Vanstadensriviersberg, Uitenh. Zwartehoogdens at Salatkraal, 
Albany, Chumiberg, Caffr. Schilo, Tambukiland, £.4Z.! Hassagaybosch, Zey. 
, 2231. Witbergen, 4-5000; inter Windvogelberg and Zwartkey, Drege. Var. B. 
in Zuurebergen, Drege. Oct.Jan. ~(Herb. Thunb., Lehm., T.C.D,, Sond.) : 
An erect shrub, with scabrous branches and short, rigid, or elongated, often uni- 
lateral branchlets. Petioles 6-9 lines long, or shorter. Leaflets sessile or a little 
petiolulate, of the same colour on both sides, or paler beneath, with prominent veins, 
the margins pale, whitish, teeth 3-7, mucronate ; terminal leaflet very cuneate, in 
some specimens 1-1} inch long, 8-10 lines wide, in others 5-6 lines long, 3-4 wide 
(var. parvifolia, E. & Z. !) ; lateral leaflets smaller, ovate or obovate. . racemes 
about } inch, the terminal ones 1-2 inch, more compound, with patent lower 
branches ; pedicels capillary. Flowers small. Drupe shining, the size of a small pea. 
: hes punctate-sca- 
22. R. mucronata (Thunb. ! fl. cap. p. 264) ; brane ctate-sea 
brous ; branchlets, hen and leaves quite glabrous ; leaves petiolate ; 
leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneiform, obtuse, mucronate, or sub-acute, sub- 
coriaceous, reticulate, paler or livid beneath, quite entire, with revolute 
margins; axillary panicles shorter than the leaves, terminal panicles 
longer and pyramidal ; drupe globose, glabrous. 
Vv. . Burmanni; leaflets obovate, obtuse, mucronate ; panicles 
site tise Burm. Afr. t. 91. f. 2. _R. mucronata, Herb. Thunb. fol. 
= R. Burmanni, DC.1. ¢. p. 69. Herb. Un. itin. n. 683. R. Burmanni et 
pendulina, BE. § Z.1n. 1101.1102. BR. Eckloniana, sage wr pilipes, | 
Presi. ic. RB. lucidum a, Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2. p. 166. ex 
. Jacquini ; leaflets obovate, shortly acuminate, acute or mn- 
pa : st ‘glabrous or a little hairy. A. mucronata, Herb. 
Thunb. fol. 8. LR. elongata, Jacquin, Hort. Schoenb. t. 345. , 
x tains, and Leeuwenberg ; Krakakamma, Cape 
Has. Bides of the mens oeberg, Dr. Pappe ; tna a Drege, 6798 ; 
Recief, E. & Z./ Zey. n. 2236 ; Koel ee Wat a ak Hor hae ae 
; Magalis 
Panrlberg, Dra oie Hook, T.C-D. Sond.) 
greyish or 
Thunb., aC0-» purple ; branchlets short or virgate. Petiole 
Oak haabas gabe vid beneath, the sérainal one 1-1} inch long, f lines 
rec ely 2 inches long, 1 inch wide ; larger and more cuneate than t 
wide, Tfcrainel panicle 2-4 inches long, Py glabrous ; pedicels ca 
ciumais PP es. Flowers minute, wi iti Drupe the size of a 
