64 XL. ANACARDIACER. 
winged, obliquely-oblong, on both sides multivittate; the 
vitte flexuous, parallel. FV. Cap. 1. p. 523. 
8. argutum is a glabrous shrub, with long-stalked, 3-foliolate leaves ; 
leaflets coarsely serrate, lanceolate, penninerved. Flowers minute, in ter- 
minal panicles. Found near Natal. 
5. LOXOSTYLIS, Spreng. 
Flowers polygamous, Calyx 5-parted, segments imbricate, 
membranous, lanceolate ; in the female flower enlarged after 
flowering, leafy. Petals 5, lanceolate, imbricate. Disk of 5 
2-fid, perigynous glands. Stamens 5, between the glands of 
the disk; the filaments unequal. Ovary (in the female) ob- 
lique, compressed, 1-celled ; styles 3, lateral, unequal; stigmas 
capitate. Drupe small, oblique, compressed, hidden within 
the large leafy calyx. Fl. Cap. i. p. 524. 
L. alata, Spreng., the only species, is a small, glabrous tree. Leaves 
imparipinnate ; leaflets opposite, subsessile, lanceolate, entire, the common 
petiole winged. Flowers in terminal panicles.—Kastern district and Natal. 
Tripe 2. Srponprem. (Gen. 6-7.) 
6. SCLEROCARYA, Hochst. 
. Flowers polygamo-dicecious; males spiked. Sepals 4, co- 
loured, suborbicular, imbricate. Petals 4, oblong, obtuse, 
spreading, reflexed, imbricate. Disk depressed, entire. Sta- 
mens in the males 12-15 ; in the female fewer, some abortive. 
Ovary subglobose, 2-8-celled ; styles 2-8, short, thick, distant ; 
stigmas peltate. Drupe rather fleshy, with a hard, woody 
nucleus, 2-3 celled.— #17. Cap. 1. p. 524. 
African trees or shrubs. S. Caffra, Sond., our only species, has impari- 
pinnate leaves ; leaflets 5-13, ovate or elliptical, shortly cuspidate, with long 
petiolules. Male spikes 2-4, terminal.—Magalisberg and Natal. 
7. HARPEPHYLLUM, Bernh. 
Flowers diwcious; males panicled.—Males: 4-5-fid, the 
lobes obtuse, imbricate. Petals 4—5-fid, longer than the calyx, 
imbricate. Disk crenate. Stamens 8-9, beneath the margin 
of-the disk. Ovary rudimentary, 4-lobed—Females: Flowers 
unknown. Drupe obovate, smooth, with a 2-celled, bony 
stone.—F1. Cap. 1. p. 525; Thes. Cap. t. 125. 
H. Caffrum, Bernh., the only species, is a glabrous tree, found in the 
Fastern district and Kaffraria. Leaves crowded at the ends of the twigs, 
imparipinnate ; leaflets sessile, falcate-lanceolate, entire, unequal-sided. 
Flowers white, in terminal panicles ; the females unknown. 
