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Mangifera.'] xlvi. anacardiace^. (J, D. Hooker.) 15 



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than the leaves, stout, finely pubescent. Flowers very small, | in. diam., suLsessile, 

 Sepals broadly ovate, tomentose. Petals orbicular-ovate, with 2 short or more con- 

 fluent ridges. Disk with 5 or 6 subulate points. Stamens short. 



, 5. HI. sclerophyllay Ilooh. f. ; leaves glabrous broadly elliptic with 

 obtuse narrowed tips most thickly coriaceous base acute or rounded nerves 

 obscure, petioles much thickened at the base, panicle pubescent of many erect 

 stout spiciform branches, petals not much exceeding the sepals, stamen 1. 



'■^ "^ MaulCca, Maingay. 



nni'^^^^ "V'ery thick, woody, glabrous, angled, and channelled. Leaves 4-5 by 

 Pi,^^'* alternate, not approximate at the ends of the branches, exceedingly thick 

 and hard when dry,smooth on both surfaces; midrib strong; nerves about 10, fiiint; 

 reticulations very obscure ; petiole 1 in., of the upper leaves I in., extremely thickened 

 at the back especially, the thickening sometimes extending up the midrib. Panicle 

 *-o in. long. Flowers sessile, -^ in. diam, ; bracts ovate. Sepals ovate, pubes- 

 cent. Petals ovate -oblong, with 3 short ridges. Disk small. Younff drupe nearly 

 orbicular.— No other ilfanyi/^ra has foliage at all like this. , ~- 



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or oblong- 



^nceolate usually long-petioled, panicle ample glabrous, branches slender, 

 flowers pedicelled, petals 5 with 3 ridges, stamen 1 with no imperfect ones, 

 ovary smooth, style lateral. M. indica, TFall. Cat. 84871. 



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TfiopicAL NiPAif and Sikkim Himalaya, J. D. K ; Silhet, Boxh. ; Khasia 

 ^Ts ZT./ ^ T. : Andaman Isls.. Kutz. 



-am ill some aoubt about this plant, which is well figurea m iioxhurgns 

 ^irawinP's Knf ^f «,!.:, .1, t j^^y^ g^^j^ j^q flowering or fruiting specimen. I believe 



in the Silliet, Kliasia and Sikkim jungles, with usually 

 ^ger inore membranous young leaves than the Mango, and a more open lax peiv 

 ectly glabrous panicle, and loose pedicelled flowers. Eoxburgh contrasts it with 

 ^^ ^l^^^^ted sorts as having a much larger panicle, with the numerous ramifica- 



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}'= to be a common tree 



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Th^^i ^^^"^ ^^^^^ ^^*^ slender, floM'ers more completely monandrous, disk villous, 

 e^ leaves he describes as in the common Mango. The drupe he figures as ovoid, 



ej^ually narrowed at the top into a sharp onrvfid beak. Graham (Cat. Btmh. PL] 

 S^tes that ' 



Kur 



IS a native of the Bombay Ghats, but no 



tconfirmed 



gi^^i^.^P^cimens, thus 'named from the Andaman Islands, have leaves 10-12 by 

 verv^/°'' ^®^^^^no^s, much reticulated, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate," petiole 

 ry slender 1-2 in.; nerves 16-20 pairs, slender, arched. I have gathered similar 

 Pecimens in Sikkim and Silhet, with petioles 4 in. long, and Wallich's 8487 L quite 

 With these. My Khasia ones, with slender branched panicles (as in Eox- 

 'l description and figure), but flowers all dropped, have leaves like those of 



^ees 



plant 



Benff. 1870, 

 ;h M, indica 



acuminated fruit 



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^ W. longripes, G7if. Notuly iv. 419 ; leaves oblong- or elliptic-lanceo- 



acuminate faintly reticiilate, panicle verv lax snreadine: branches slender, 

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late 



--^..xuiuttLe lamtly reticulate, panicle very lax spreaamg orancnes siei 

 into 5 P^*^^®^^*^^' petals 6 narrow with one slender basal ridge branchin 



obsi 



serves, stamen 1, impel 

 ^cca, Griffin, Mamgay, 



e, more distinct 



3 in., with 14-10 pairs of nerves, reticulation 



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^the leaves, branches vn 



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Panicles usually longer , 

 Flowers J-| in. diam. 



xyt«yt hr^^ii^^' subacute. Petals whitfe, with yellow veins, very narrow, recurved, 

 ^jj^oroaaiy conical, papillose, 5-lobed, Stamen fet exserted, filament elongated. 

 ^ emooth; style lateral, long, slender; ovule obliauelv ascending.— This, as 



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