JiJtlOi^ XLV. AKACARDIACE.E (oLIVEU). 439 



obtuse or acute, pubescent, witli the minute venation obscure above, cinna- 

 mon-toraentose or -pubescent-tonientose beneath ; 2 4 in. lonjc, \\ 2 in. 

 broad; petiole 1-2 in. Flowers very sliortly pedie.-lhitc or subsessille iii 

 axdlary and terminal hairy panicles shorter than the havcv IVtals ovale 

 obtuse. Fruit about \ in. in diani. * 



Nile Land. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimpn- ! Nubia (Schicnti/. et Ateh. Enum). 



1 have not seen 72. /o/^.y//w, Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 113. It may be iJ.ntical with the 

 above. 



8. R. villosa, Lbni. f. ; DC. Prod. ii. 70. Branches pubescent or 



shortly pilose, occasionally with axillary thorns. Leaves :i-foliolate ; h-nflt-ls 

 obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, often apiculate ; reticulate, f^labrescrnt 

 or thinly hairy above, pubescent or somewhat tomentose beneath, with the 

 midrib and principal veins rather prominent ; median and lari^er Icallet usually 

 1-3 in. (rarely 4-6 in.) long, |-lf in. broad (in the Cape form frequently 

 much smaller). Panicles hairy, axillary (often subracemose) and shorter 

 than the leaves or terminal and produced beyond. Pedicels equallinjj or 

 shorter than the flowers. — Fruit glabrous. — Ii. pyroides. Rich. Fl. Abyss, 

 i. U5. 



Nile Ijand. Abyssinia, Petherick ! Scliimper ! Upper Nile {Schweinf. et Asch. Enum). 



Mozamb. Distr. JNIanganya hills. Dr. Meller ! 



Var. fi. iomentosa. Leaves densely tomentose beneath. Abyssinia, Roth ! 



Also at the Cape. 



Var. y. grandifolia, near Mombane, 4000 ft., Dr. Kirk ! 



A variety with leaves finely pubescent on the midrib and margin. Zanzibar ! 



9. R, Kirkii, OUv. Branches covered with a short cinnamon-coloured 

 tomeutuuj. Leaves coriaceous, 3-foliolate, shortly petiolate ; median leatlet 

 oval, \-\ longer than the lateral leaflets, narrowed to each end, acute or sul)- 

 acute, lateral .sessile, all obtuse or narrowly rounded at the base, reticu- 

 late with paler venation and early glabrous above, softly rusty, or cinnamon- 

 tomentose beneath; median leaflet ai)out 2-4 in. long, '-Li in. broad; pe- 

 tiole \ in. more or less, broadly channelled above. Flowers sessile, fascicled 

 on short lateral ramuli of the principal branches of sparsely divided, rather 

 rigid and erect terminal IcaHess or nearly leafless tomentose panicles ; bracts 

 usually linear, tomentose, exceeding or falling short of the tlowcrs. Petals 

 scarcely twice as long as the calyx, elliptic-oblong. 



South Central. Near Victoria Falls, Batuka country, l)r. Knk- ' 



2. SORINDEIA, Thouars ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 419. 



Flowers small, polygamous or dia^cious. Calyx 4-5(-3)-toothe(l, cup- 

 shaped. Petals as nuiuy as calyx-teeth, valvate or slightly imbricate at the 

 tips. Mule fl. : Stamens 10-20, occupying a central disk ov {\ Olifjandrn, 

 Planch, ms. in Herb. Kew) as many or twice as tiwmy as the petals, iuM-rted 

 around the disk. Ovary 0. Hermaphrodite or female fl.: Stamens or stn- 

 minodia normally as many as the petals. Ovary sessile; .style thick or 0; 

 stigma with 3-4 shortly recurved adnate lobes. Ovule susj)ended near thr 

 middle of the cell. Fruit drupaceous. "Embryo with thick fleshy colylc- 



