640 . PENTANDRIA MONOGYNITA, Mangifera. 
is often abortive, Seed solitary, very rarely two, oblong, 
more convex on the inside. Integument ; there seem two, ra- 
ther spongy. Perisperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons. 
conform to the seed, amygdaline. Plumula minute, two-lob- 
ed. Radicle oval, inferior, and lodged close to the umbi- 
licus, 
2. E. indicum, Gert. carp. i, 274.4. 57. 
Arboreous. Leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, obtuse, re- 
motely serrulate. Panicles axillary, small, dichotomous. 
Drupe and nut oblong. 
Rubentia. Jussieu. Genera. plant. 416. 
A middling-sized tree, a native of the Mauritius, where it 
is called Bois d’ Olive. Flowers in May and June, and - 
seeds ripen in October. 
MANGIFERA. Schreb. gen: N. 387. 
- Calyx five-leaved, or five-parted. Corol from four to five- 
petalled. Germ one-celled, ovulum single; attachment la- 
teral. Drupe superior, reniform, Embryo sub-erect, with- 
out perisperm. 
1. M. oppositifolia. R. , 
Leaves opposite, lanceolar, acuminate, Panicles deans 
_ mal, Stamina from four to five, all fertile. eee 
/Meriam, the vernacular name at Rangoon in Surnngaden 
the tree is indigenous, and grows to the general size of a 
small apple tree in England, The wood is somewhat red, — 
hard, close-grained, and said to be very durable, Flower- 
ing time the month of March, fruit ripe in Jane and July. 
Branches and branchlets smooth and green, Leaves op- 
_ posite, short-petioled, lanceolar, polished, obtusely. —— 
_ hate; from four to six inches long, and from one to two 
‘Stipules none, but the scales of. the bud» rernain for some 
— a base of. ~ oy seine Panicles generally 
