120 SOUTH AFRICAN FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Several species of Rhus are useful. Thus R. 

 nimina'lis, growing by rivers, is used by the Kaffirs 



Fig. 45. — Rhus. I. Flowering shoot. II. Vertical section , of maie fiowcr with 

 abortive pistil. Diagramof male flower. 



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

 sup[)lies a good bark for tanning. R. Tliunbcrgla 



