Smodingium.]  TEREBINTACEE (Sond.) : 523 
Dovstro. Sprcrss. 
R. Wildingii (Dehnh, Rivist. nap. i. 3. p. 172). Without d 
not different from &. viminalis, Valk tone No. pret ) ut doubt — 
R. alatum, Thunb. Herb, == Hippobromus alatus, #7. dZ.! p: 241, 
_R, cirrhiflorum, Zhunb. Herb. == Cissus Thunbergii, Harv. p. 259, ex pie. (leaves 
ad ternate, leaflets obovate.) 
R. digitatum, Thunb. Herb. == Cissus Thunbergii, 2. & Z.! Harv. P. 250, ex pte. 
ee (leaves quinate, leaflets oblong-cuneate. 
R. dimidiatum, Thunb. Herd. — Cissus dimidiata, Ei & Zl pp. ia Be ) 
BR. obliquum, Zhunb. Herd. == Pteroxylon utile, 7. & Z./ p. 243. 
R. pauciflorum, 7hund. Herb. == Hippobromus alatus, Z. & Z./ p. 247. 
R. spicatum, Thunb. Herb. == Schmidelia decipiens, Arn. p. 239. 
R. tridentatum, Thunb. Herb. == Cissus tridentata, Z. § Z./=C€. pauciflora, var. B. 
Harv. p. 251. 
0~| Ill. SMODINGIUM, E. Meyer. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-cleft, persistent. Petals 5, oblong, 
deciduous. Stamens 5, opposite to the calyx; tilaments subulate ; an- 
thers ovate, 2~-celled. Styles 3, persistent, short ; stigmas obtuse, 
Samara sub-orbicular, oblique, emarginate, multi-vittate on both sides 
of the dise ; vitte parallel, sigmoid-flexuose. Seeds solitary, testa adhe- 
rent to the pericarp. Albumen none. Radicle superior. Sond. 
A glabrous shrub, with long-stalked, trifoliolate, coarsely serrate, lanceolate, penni- 
nerved leaves, and elongated, terminal panicles of minute flowers. Differs from 
Rhus by the winged, vittate pericarp, adherent seeds ; from Botryceras by the 
3-foliolate leaves and the larger-winged, oblique fruit. Name from cpod:yt, an 
indurated mark; from the callous fruit. 
1. 8. argutum (E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege.) 
Has, Shady valleys between Omtata and Omsamvwubo, Drege! Feb.~Mar. (Herb, 
Sond, 
Shab erect; branches striate. Petioles 2-3 inches yf ce gerne memes pal- 
—foliate ; leaflets on short stalks, 4-5 inches long, « inch wide, lanceo- 
tg A vith lange 2-lines long, mucronate teeth, but entire at 
late, narrowed at both ends, with 
rot green above, beneath. Panicle Se like the inflorescence of R. py- 
roides; rhachis and thinly pubescent. owers about 1 line long. Petals 
Fruit 4 lines long, 3 lines wide, wings 1 line 
three times longer than the cal nuit 4 
wide; pericarp oblique, with 4~6 sigmoid vitte. Styles lateral, shorter than the 
; wing, * 
IV. BOTRYCERAS, Willd. 
Flowers dicecious. Male: calyx patent, 4-5—cleft nearly to the base ; 
segments oblong, imbricate in zstivation. Petals 4-5, lanceolate, reflexo- 
patent. Stamens 4-5, opposite to the divisions of the calyx, placed 
round an expanded, fleshy disc; anthers versatile, 2-celled, cells gib- 
bous, dehiscing laterally. Ovary none. Female : calyx and corolla per- 
sistent, as in the male, but petals oblong, obtuse. Ovary ovate-com- _ 
pressed, 1-celled ; ovule solitary, ae Style 1, thick, oblique, — 
vising from the upper margin of the ovary. Stigma 3-lobed, bristly. 
Fruit with a membranous pericarp, compressed, winged at the margin, — 
rugose, tipped with the permanent, sub-lateral style, with a long, one- 
seeded nucleus, Seed without albumen. Ctyledong flat-convex. Ra- 
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