I20 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Several species of Rhus are useful. Thus H. 

 viminalis, growing by rivers, is used by the Kaffirs 



Fig. 45. — Rhus. I. Flowering shoot. II. Vertical section of male flower with 

 abortive pistil. Diagram of male flower. 



for making the frame of their beehive huts. B. lu'cida 

 supplies a good bark for tanning. B. Thunler'gia 



