368 PHANEROGAMIA. 



oblongis obtusis basi incequilateris integerrimis supra nitidis subtus 

 pallidis subsessilibus ; paniculis axillaribws laxifloris folio paullo bre- 

 vioribus; floribus albis. 



Hab. Muthuata, one of the Feejee Islands. 



Shrub (the size not recorded) glabrous throughout ; the branchlets 

 somewhat warty or dotted, when young reddish, as are the petioles. 

 Leaves pinnate. Petiole and rhachis 5 or 6 inches long, the latter 

 angled and becoming narrowly margined between the upper pairs of 

 leaflets, and more so below the terminal leaflet. Leaflets 7-9, oblong 

 or narrowly elliptical, one or two inches in length, obtuse, nearly 

 sessile, all but the terminal one strongly oblique or inequilateral at the 

 base, entire, of a rather firm texture (evidently deciduous), copiously 

 feather-veined ; the veins rather indistinct on the shining upper sur- 

 face, but more conspicuous on the pale lower surface. Panicle axillary, 

 rather shorter than the leaf loosely floivered; the flowers numerous, on 

 pedicels of one or two lines in length, probably polygamous. Calyx 

 five-lobed ; the lobes very short and obtuse. Petals white, oval-obo- 

 vate, a line and a half in length, veiny; with a midrib which is 

 rather prominent on the upper surface and a little hairy towards the 

 base. Stamens 5, shorter than the petals, inserted around the fleshy 

 ten-grooved or crenate disk. Ovary glabrous, one-celled, with 3 

 thickened subsessile stigmas. Fruit not seen. 



This species belongs to the section Sumac, and to the group which 

 comprises R. Copallina. The leaflets, although thinner and with a 

 different venation, bear some resemblance to those of Simaruba 

 glauca, whence the specific name. 



Plate 44, B. — Rhus simarub^folia : a flowering branch, of the 

 natural size. Fig. 1. A flower. 2. A petal. 3. Flower, with the 

 petals removed. 4. Pistil and disk. 5. Vertical section of the pistil. 

 — The analyses magnified. 



2. Rhus Taitensis, Guill. 



Rhus Taitensis, Guillem. Zeph. Tait. p. 67, & in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, 7, p. 361. 



