128. 84. AQUIFOLIACEAE. 



6. RHUS L. (Trees and shrubs.) "inTlokoshane." "isiHiakoti." 



1. crenata Thb. Groenberg, 2,000 ft. 



2. cuheata N.E.Br. Near Ladysmith. 



3. dentata Thb. Coast to Drakensberg. Common. 



4. discolor E.M. Grassveld. Common all over. 



5. excisa Thb. Tugela Valley. 3,000 ft. alt. 



6. grandidens Harv. 



7. grandifolia Eng., Inanda. 



8. gerrardi Harv. Drakensberg. "inTovane." 



9. gueinzii Sond. "Ngana." 



10. laevigata L. Tree. Common in bush. "Red currant." 



"isi Banda." 



11. lucida L. Common. 



12. montana Diels. 



13. natalensis Bernh. Coastbelt. 



14. obovata Sond. Thorn veld. Common. 



15. oblanceolata Schinz. 5,000 ft. alt. Thorn veld. Common. 



16. parvifolia Harv. Umzinyati. 300 ft. 



17. pentheri A, Zahlbr. 



18. puberula E. & Z. Midlands. 



19. pyroides Burch. Drakensberg. 



20. refracta E. & Z. 



21. rehmanniana Engl. Drakensberg. 



22. rupicola Wood & Evans. Howick. 



23. sonderi Engl, var pilosa Engl. Drakensberg. 



24. tridentata Sond. Inanda. 



25. truncata Schinz. 7,000 ft. alt. 



26. villosa L. Common. Thorn veld. "Hlokoshiyane." 

 villosa var gracilis Eng. Drakensberg. Maritzburg. 



27. villosissima Engl. Ellesmere, 2,000 ft. 



28. viminalis Vahl. Tree. Common all over. 



29. zeyheri var gerrardi Engl. Drakensberg. 



7. LOXOSTYLIS Spr. 



alata Spr. Coastbelt tree. Doubtful. 



8. SMODINGIUM EM. 



argutum vSond. Locally abundant in Thorn veld. 



FAMILY 84— AQUIFOLIACEAE. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate. Flowers regular, dioe- 

 cious. Calyx 4 — 7 cleft. Petals 4—7, united at base. Stamens 

 4 — 7. Ovary superior, 4 — 8 celled. Style short or 0. Stigma lobed. 

 Ovules 1 — 2, in each cell, pendulous inverted, covered by a cupular 

 expansion of the funicle. Fruit a drupe with 4—8 one-seeded 

 stones. Seeds endospermic. 1 genus 1 species. 



