Burkeane. N. O. Terebinthacee. 
TAB. DXCV. 
Rsvus Taunperei. Hook. 
Polygama, foliis simplicibus obovato-ellipticis retusis coriaceis 
parallelim venosis utrinque subtus precipue pulverulenti- 
glaucis, paniculis terminalibus, pedicellis sepalis petalisque 
5-6 extus pubescenti-pilosis, staminibus 5-10, fructu oblique 
globoso. 
Roemeria argentea. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 194. (excl. syn. Burm. 
Decad. Pil. Afr. t. 92. f.1. Ecklon et Mey. Enum. Pl. Afr. 
Austr. p. 142. Heeria. Meisn. Gen.— Endl. Gen.—Sideroxy- 
lon argenteum. Thunb. Prodr. p. 36. Willd. Sp. Pl. p. 1090. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. \. p. 666. (excl. syn. Sersalsia obovata. 
Br. N. Holl.) Harvey, Gen. South Afr. Pl. p. 142.—Bu- 
melia? argentea. Rem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. 4. p. 499. (excl. syn. 
Burm.) Don, Dict. of Gard. & Bot. v. 4. p.31. (excl. syn. Burm.) 
—Cestrum venenatum, ms. in Kew Gardens (specimen without 
Jlower),-Hortus Kewensis? 2. p.2. (non Wiild.) 
Has. South Africa, Montes Paarl in Langekloof, near Cape 
Town, and elsewhere. Thunberg. Masson. Dr. Thom. Zeekoe- 
valley, Clanwilliam, and in the valley of Tulbagh. Ecklon and 
Zeyher. Hex River. Mr. Burke. “ Kliphout” of the colonists. 
It has been the fate of this plant, which appears by no 
means uncommon even immediately about the Cape, to be 
singularly misrepresented. It has probably been seen by few 
of the authors above mentioned, and examined by none, save 
Ecklon and Meyer, who have rightly referred it to Terebin- 
thacee, retaining Roemeria as a distinct genus of that family. 
An accurate examination however of the flowers and fruit (though 
the latter is immature) has satisfied me that it does not really 
differ from Rhus 3 or if Mauria of Humboldt can any way be 
Separated, it might be placed there, for it bears a close aflinity 
to Mauria simplicifolia, H. B. K., and scarcely less to Rhus — 
caustica, Hook. et Arn. Bot. of Beechey’s Voy. t. 7. 
Fig. 1. 2. Flowers varying in the number of the parts. 
J. 3. Petal. f. 4. Stamens and pistil, and annular disk. f. 5. Im- 
mature fruits (nat. size). f. 6. One of the same. f.7. The same 
laid open :—all but f. 5. more or less magnified. 
