RHUS parvifoliaHarv. [family ANACARDIACEAE], in Hb., T.C.D.
RHUS mollisE. Meyer [family ANACARDIACEAE], non H. B. Kth.
Information
villous, branchlets short; leaves petiolate; leaflets sessile, obovate or elliptic, wedge-shaped, 3–7 dentate at the point, teeth mucronulate; panicles axillary, and terminal, short, of the length of the leaves or a little longer; calyx villous. A small shrub. Flowering branches 1–2 inches, the sterile ones longer and more yellowish. Petioles in the sterile branches 1/2–1 inch long, with leaves of the same length, and 6–10 lines wide; petioles in the flowering branches 2–3 lines long, with greenish leaves 3–5 lines long, 3–4 lines wide. Panicles pauciflowered, about 1/2 inch long; pedicels capillary, 1/2–1 line long. Petals white, twice as long as the calyx.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Buffelrivier, 1–2000 f. Drege! Near Port Natal, 3–4000 f. Dr. Sutherland. Jan. (Herb. E. Mey., T.C.D., Sond.)