Manr/ifera.'] xlv. anacardiacE;E (olivek). 443 



2. M. africana, Oliv. A tree, wholly glabrous, of 30 ft. or more. 

 Leaves very coriaceous, shining, somewhat clustered toward the ends of the 

 branches, rather broadly oblanceolate, much attenuated below to the short 

 petiole or winged base, rounded at the apex with a narrowed acute apiculus ; 

 midrib and lateral nerves prominent beneath ; 6-14 in. long, 2-3£ in. broad 

 towards the apex. Panicle terminal, erect, exceeding the leaves, 1-1 J ft. 

 long, pyramidal, with spreading or ascending branches. Pedicels articulated 

 at base, equalling or shorter than the campanulate, shortly and obtusely 4- 

 'ooed calyx. Petals oblong-spathulate, clawed, not appendaged within. 

 Antheriferous stamen solitary; filament thinly glandular-puberulous ; stami- 

 nodia minute, rudimentary. Female flower not seen. 



upper Guinea. River Muni, W. tropical Africa, Mann ! 



*4. ANACARDITJM, Rottb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 420. 



rlowers polygamous. Calyx 5-partite ; segments imbricate, deciduous, 

 petals 5, narrow, imbricate. Stamens 10, few or all antheriferous, unequal. 

 Ovary free, sessile, obovate, with an oblique style ; " ovule lateral." Nut 

 Uniform, oblique, supported upon a fleshy pear-shaped enlargement of the 

 torus and pedicel. Seed reniform. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 

 simple, petiolate, entire, coriaceous. Panicles terminal, bracteate. 



A small tropical American senna, the following species of which has become widely spread 

 ln not climates. 



*!• A. occidentale, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 62. Leaves obovate or ob- 

 wate-elliptical, broadly rounded or retuse above, cuneate or slightly rounded 

 tlle petiole, glabrous, with prominent midrib and divergent lateral nerves, 

 usually 3-6 in. long, 2-3£ in. broad ; petiole £-1 in. long. 



Have seen specimens only from Congo and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea. It is cul- 

 l *ated also on the East Coast. 



5 - H^IMATOSTAPHIS, Hook. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 422. 



Flowers small, dioecious. Male fl. (only known) : Calyx unequally 3-fid; 

 PjjJ obtuse. Petals 3, obovate-oblong," imbricate. Stamens 6, unequal, 

 alternately longer, all fertile. Ovary 0. Fruit an oblong crimson drupe, 

 F*»a thick 1-celled, 1-seeded, bony* endocarp. Seed exalbuminous, pendu- 

 ° U8 , with curved fleshy cotyledons and a minute radicle. — A small tree. 

 . aves alternate, unequally pinnate, multifoliolate, collected at the extremi- 

 J* of the branches. Panicle elongate, laxly branching. Flowers shortly 

 ^icellate. Fruit acid, edible. 



^d upon the following solitary species, peculiar to W. tropical Africa. 



{■ H. Barteri, Hook.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 169. I. 25. Leaves 

 "arrow, 9-1 5 j„. i ollg- Leaflets alternate or subopposite, petiolulate, oblong, 

 o»tuse or emarginate, entire, rather glaucous beneath, l$-#f in. long, $-% in. 

 g*« ; petiolules 1-1 1 lines. Panicles 1| ft. long or more. Bracteoles 

 ***. Drupe |-1 in. long. 



