Rhus.'] XLV. ANACARDIACEi^: (OLIVKU). 437 



hoary above, paler or silvery with minute tonieiitum beneath ; midrib and 

 lateral veins as in R. abyssinica ; 4-10 in. long, 2-5 in. broad ; petiole 

 i-1 in. or leaves subsessile. Panicles small, terminal or in axils of upiK-r 

 leaves. Flowers polyp:anious. Pedicels hoary, shorter than or eqnallin«^' the 

 calyx. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Petals oblong, erect, with inthxed 

 tips, twice as long as the calyx. Stamens of male and hermaphrodite flowt-rs 

 inserted round a lobed cupuliform fleshy disk. Styles short, erect, with 

 recurved tips. — Anaphrenium pulcherrimumy Schweinf. Fl. /Ethiop. 32. 



Nile Land. White Nile, Murie ! Scniiar, Cienhowski. Gallabut, Abyssinia, Sckwein- 



furth ! 



2. R. insignis, Delile (Ozoroa) in Jnn. Sc. Nat. Ser. i. xx. 91. /. 1. 



/. 3. A spreading tree or shrub. Extremities at first minutely p-ibcscenl or 

 hoary-tomentose. Leaves simple, approximate in threes, rarely alternnto, 

 elongate-oval oval-oblong or oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, niueronat<% entire, 

 glabrous above, whitish-hoary or silvery beneath, with a closely oppressed or 

 obsolete tomentura ; midrib prominent; lateral veins numerous and parallel, 

 2-5 in. long, i-l| in. broad ; petiole ^-1 in. Flowers in small, terminal, 

 more or less leafy, pubescent or hoary, many-flowered panicles, sometimes 

 shorter than, sometimes considerably exceeding the leaves. Calyx-lobes 

 ovate. Petals oblong, erect, with incurved tips 3 or 4- times longer than the 

 calyx. Styles short, erect, with recurved stigmatic apices. Fruit black, re- 

 sinous, i-i in. in diam. — Ferret and Galinicr, Atlas (Bot!), t. 9. AnajJire- 

 nium abyssinicum, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 32 ; Hecria, Meiss. Gen. PI. part 1. 

 p. 75. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Sleher ! Bidjem ! 



Nile Land, Abyssinia, Schhnper, Dillon ! Scnnar, Cienkoicski. 



Lower Guinea. Congo, Sinith ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi and Luabo rivers. Dr. Kirk! Uovnnui river, Jr. 3I./l,> ' 



Var. /3. latifolia. Nupe, Niger, Barter ! t 



Var. 7. ohovata. Leaves abont 2 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, rounded or rctusc at n|)<\, 



cuneate at base. — Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Mozambique, Forbes ! 



Nearly allied to Uhiis miicronifolia, Sond. Fl. Caj). i. 521, if, indeed, specifically distiiul. 



The leaves, however, are nearly always ternately verticillate. 



3. R. glaucescens, Rich. Fl. Jbyss. i. 143. Wholly glabrous or the 

 extremities panicles and petioles puberulous or finely pubescent. Leaves 3- 

 foliolate, coriaceous or membranous ; leaflets from oval to lanceolate or <»!»- 

 ovate-elliptical, obtuse or exceptionally subacute, often mucronate, narrow e<l 

 to the base, entire obscurely undulate or broadly crenulate-denlate. rarely 

 with the midrib and petiole puberulous; median leaflet usually \\ -4 in. long, 

 i-H in. broad ; petiole ^-H i"- Pj>iiieUs axillary, usually considerably 

 shorter than the leaves, moderately lax and divaricate, glahrous or hairy ; p.-- 

 dicels equalling or shorter than the flowers. Petals ovate, obtuse, Iwi.t- a-^ 

 long as the calyx-lobes. Fruit 2-3 lines in <liam., roumlish-obovoul.— ^. «»- 

 dulatam,lX\d\! \.c. 145. R. cmudaiuw, Rich. I.e. 142. ? li. QHnrhn.a 

 num, Eich. 1. c. 141. R. Giteinzii, Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 515. li. kotschyava, 

 Fenzl (sine descr.) in Flora, 1844, 312. 



Nile Land. .Mountains of Abyssinia, ^cluuiper ! and ollicrs . Madi, Grant ' Stuiiar, 

 Kotschy ! 



