( 1845 ) 



Cerbera Manghas. Spear-leaved 

 Cerbera. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Contorta. Drupa monosperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Cerbera Manghas ; foliis lanceolatis : nervis transversalibus, 

 foliolis calycinis ovato-oblongis patentissimis marline 

 involutis. 



Cerbera Manghas ; foliis lanceolatis : nervis transversalibus. 

 Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 65. Fl. Zeyl n. 106. Sip. PL 

 303. Reich. 591. Willd. I. p. 1222. ObsIt.9\. 



Manghas lactescens, foliis Nerii crassis, venosis, Jasmini 

 flore, fructu Persicae simili venenato. Burm. Zeyl. 151. 

 t. 70. f. 1. ? 



Manghas fructu venenato. Bauh. Pin. 440. Raj. Hist. 1552. 



Arbor lactaria. Rumph. Amb. 2. p. 243. $.81. 



Odollam. Hort. Malab. l.p.ll.t. 39. 



It is probable that more than one species of Cerbera have 

 been confounded under the name of Manghas. The pecu- 

 liarity of the corolla-like calyx, which is not much shorter 

 than the tube of the corolla, will perhaps easily distinguish 

 this from every other species. This calyx is well represented 

 in the figure in the Hortus Malabaricus, and is particularly 

 described by Rumphius, as having the appearance of a stel- 

 lated flower, of a fine green colour, from the centre of which 

 the real flower grows on a long tube ; his figure probably 

 represents the plant after the corollas were all fallen off, 

 leaving only the calyx. Burman's figure represents the 



calyx 



