RHUS. ANACARDIACEÆ (AUCT. ENGLER). 407 
brescentibus, subtus cinereo-tomentosis ` foliolo intermedio rhombeo- 
suborbieulari basi euneatim contracto, lateralibus oblique ovatis 
brevissime petiolulatis, omnibus obtusis vel acutis margine dentatis 
vel erenato-dentatis, nervis lateralibus tenuibus utrinque prominulis ; 
panicula terminali, puberula folia vix superante ; pedicellis fructiferis 
drupa obliqua depressa et compressa puberula fere duplo brevioribus. 
— Sonder l. €., 508. 
Frutex. Foliorum petiolus cire. 1 em. longus, foliolum intermedium 
3-3,5 em. longum et latum, lateralia cire. 2,5 em. longa, 2 cm. lata. 
Panicula 3-4 em. longa, pedicellis 3-5 mm. longis. Drupa 5-6 mm. 
crassa, 4 mm. longa. 
Cap. bonæ spei, ad ortium fiuminis Gariep (Drege in herb. var.). 
y- Foliola ovata vel oblongo-ovata vel elliptica utrinque aenta. 
¿+ 41. Rh. tomentosa (L. spec. 332); ramulis atque petiolis bre- 
viter ferrugineo-tomentosis, demum glabrescentibus ; foliis longe 
petiolatis, subtus fulvo-tomentosis supra demum glabris, cinereo- 
viridibus ; foliolis subæquilongis utrinque acutis, integris vel a medio 
apicem versus serratis; panicula terminali foliis longiore, multira- 
mosa, dense cinereo-tomentosa, bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis, pedi- 
cellis brevibus alabastris globosis æquilongis; calycis segmentis ovatis 
obtusis: petalis oblongis duplo longioribus; drupis leviter compressis 
dense cinereo-tomentosis. — Comm. hort. Amst., I, t. 92; Thunb. 
Prodr., 52, Fl. eap., 266 ; DC. Prodr., II, 72 ; Sonder, l. e., 508. — 
Rh. Ecklonis Schrad. Hort. Gott. — Rh. elliptica E. Meyer in Drége 
exsiec., Zeyh., n. 2232, 2234, Pappe sylv. cap., p. 13. 
Frutex vel arbor trunco usque 1 m. longo, 1 dm. erasso, ramulis 
patentibus, extimis 2-3 mm. crassis. Folia magis quam in altera specie 
variantia, petiolus 1,5-2,5 em. longus, foliolum intermedium 5-7 cm. 
longum, 2-3,5 cm. latum, lateralia paullo minora vel æquilonga, acuta 
vel obtusa, omnia integra vel utrinque dentata, in petiolulos brevis- 
simos angustata. Panieula 1-1,3 dm. longa, ramulis secundariis 
5-7 cm. longis, pedicellis tenuibus 1-2 mm. longis, bracteolis lineari- 
lanceolatis 2-3 mm. longis. Flores masculi minimi. Calycis segmenta 
vix 1 mm. longa. Petala 1,5 mm. longa, vix 1 mm. lata. Drupa 
5-7 mm. crassa, pyrena 3-4 mm. crassa. 
Frequentissima in declivibus montium capitis bonæ spei, in distrie- 
tibus Stellenbosch, Worcester, Uitenhage (Ecklon et Zeyh., n. 1109 
pr. p., Un. itin., n. 686, Sieber, n. 155, Shall, n. 750, Drége, 
