Heeria mucronifoliaBernh. [family ], ! (Anaphrenium s.) in Krauss. Beytr.
RHUS salicifoliaPresl [family ANACARDIACEAE], l. c.
Information
leaves simple, stalked, alternate, linear-oblong or oblong-obtuse, mucronate, with recurved margins, glabrous and shining above, silky-tomentose and penninerved beneath; axillary panicles shorter than the leaves, terminal ones longer, compound, many-flowered, canescent; pedicels, calyx, and petals silky; drupe subfleshy, reniform. Branches rugose. Branchlets as well as the (2–3 lines long) petioles thinly pubescent. Leaves 2 1/2–3 inches long, 8–12 lines wide, in the upper branches smaller (1–1 1/2 inches long, 4–6 lines wide), obtuse on both ends; middle nerve in the upper surface impressed, the mucro 1 line long. Terminal panicle about 3-uncial. Petals oblong, thrice longer than the obtuse calyx. Drupe somewhat smaller than in the preceding, rugose, shining.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Vishriviersberg, near Katrivier, Zeyher. Keiskamma and Buffelrivier, Drege! 3582. Dec.-Jan. (Herb. Lehm., T.C.D., Sond.)