64 XL. ANACARDIACEiE. 



winged, obliqiiely-obloDg, on both sides multivittate ; the 

 vitt?e flexuous, parallel. — Fl. Cap. \. p. 523. 



S. argttUim is a glabrous shrub, with loug-stalkecl, 3-foliolate leaves ; 

 leaflets coarsely serrate, lanceolate, penuiuerved. 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. — Eastern district and Natal. 



Tribe 2. Spoxdie^. (Gen. 6-7.) 



6. SCLEROCAIIYA, Hochst. 



Flowers polygamo-dioecious ; 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, 2-3-celled ; styles 2-3, short, thick, distant ; 

 stigmas peltate. Drupe rather fleshy, with a hard, woody 

 nucleus, 2-3 celled. — Fl. Cap. i. 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 dioecious ; 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.— i<7. Cap. i. p. 525 ; Tlies. Cap. t. 125. 



H. Caffrum, Bernh., the only species, is a glabrous tree, found in the 

 Eastern district and KafTraria, Leaves crowded at the ends of the twigs, 

 imparipinnate ; leaflets sessile, falcate-lanceolate, entire, unequal-sided. 

 Flowers white, in terminal panicles ; the females unknown. 



