Rhus.] TEREBINTACEA (Sond.) ‘519 
Var. «. Thunbergiana ; leaflets oblong, cuneate, mostly obtuse, mu- 
cronulate. Rh. excisa, Thunb.! herbar. fol. B. RB. nervosa, #. & Z.! x. 
1115. non Por. Zey.! n. 2242, et Tered. Now 4. - 
Var. 8. pallens ; leaflets obovate-oblong, acute, or obtuse, mucronu- 
late, paler beneath. 2. pallens, B. & Z.!-n. 1114. RB. mucronata, E. 
Meyer. 
Var. y. emarginata; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse, emarginate, 
mucronulate, £&. plicefolia, B.§ Z./n. 1118. Zn. 2243. 
Has. Var. a. in the districts Uitenhage and Albany, Z.d:Z./ Nieuwe Hantam, 
Drege! 6804. b. non a. and 6809, ex pie. Var. 8. between Coega and Zondagsrivier, 
Zwartkopsrivier and Langevalei. Var. ¥. Zwartkopsrivier, Bethelsdorp, and Son- 
dagsrivier. Aprl.Jul. (Herb. Thunb., Hook., T.C.D., Lehm., Sond.) 
_ Shrub grey or brown, erect, with rigid branches. Petioles winged, particularly 
in the upper part. Leaflets of var. a, 8-10 lines long, 3-4 lines wide ; in var 8. 14 
inch long, 6 lines wide; in var. y. 1-14 inch long, 5-6 lines wide; lateral leaflets 
smaller, somewhat patent, oblong. Panicles terminal, rarely axillary, many-flowered, 
the male ones longer. Flowers minute. Drupe white, shining, somewhat com- 
pressed, the size of a small pea. Differs from the preceding by the 3 times smaller, 
not undulate or incised-toothed leaflets. 
~~ Ql. RB albomarginata (Sond.); quite glabrous; branchlets angulate- 
compressed ; leaves petiolate; leaflets obovate-oblong or oblong, plaited, 
mucronate, sub-cuneate at base, veined on both sides, coriaceous, white- 
margined; panicles axillary, as long as the leaves. 
Has, Slaaykraal, Burke. Kowie River, Zeyher. Nov. (Herb. Hook., Sond.) 
Very similar to the preceding ; differs in the thicker, coriaceous leaflets, usually 
three times larger, and always with a smooth, white, revolute margin, and particu- 
larly by the s1 axillary, very rarely terminal panicles. Petioles winged, t inch 
long or shorter, 14 line wide. Intermediate leaflets 2-3 inches long, about an inch 
wide, others 1-14 uncial. Flowers minute. Fruit wanting. 
42. R. ciliata (Lichtenstein in herb, Willd.!); branchlets puberu- 
lous, spinescent; leaves petiolate ; leaflets sessile, dinear-lanceolate, flat, 
quite entire, as well as the petioles, ciate, puberulous beneath; pani- 
cles terminal, puberulous; drape glabrous. Lt, & Sch. / syst. veg. VI. p. 
661, DC. le. p. 7t. 
‘Has. Grooterivierspoort, Licht./ Rhinosterkop, near Vaalriver, Burke, 275. Zey./ 
337. Orangeriver, Zey./ 339. Nieuwe Hantam, Drege/ 6804. ¢. Dec.—Feb. (Herb. 
Hook., T.C.D., Sond.) ; 
Habit of Celastrus linearis. Branches patent, scabro-punctate, branches nearly 
horizontal. Leaflets 1 inch long, 1}-3 lines wide, shortly acute, uninerved with in- 
conspicuous veins, shining, the lateral ones smaller ; petiole 4-6 lines long, small- 
winged. Flowers minute, sometimes dicecious, racemose-panicled or the lower ra- 
cemes simple; pedicels patent, 1 line long; the upper racemes disposed in a com- 
pound panicle. Fruit unripe, sub-globose. 7 
43. R. celastroides (Sond.); quite glabrous; branchlets spinescent, 
as well as the stalked leaves, resinous, shining; leaflets danceolate, sub- 
carinate, undulate, with a short, recurved or twisted acumen, cuneate at 
base; panicles terminal, glabrous. ree 2 2 
Has. On Kammas, Betchuanaland, Zey./ 333. Mar. (Herb. Sond.) 
Habit of the: cates differing by the shining, undulate, shorter leaflets, Seni 
sometimes fasciculate ; some of them 1 or 2 foliolate, sessile, the others stalked, per- 
fect, 3-foliolate. Int ate leaflet about 6 lines long, 14 line wide, with quite 
> anti ‘margins, uninerved, few-veined beneath ; lateral leaflets similar 
