640 pentanduia monogynia. Mangifera. 



is often abortive. Seed solitary, very rarely two, oblong, 

 more convex on the inside. Integument ; there seem two, ra- 

 ther spongy. Perispenn 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. Gcert. carp. i. 274. t. 57. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, obtuse, re- 

 motely serrulate. Panicles axillary, small, dichotomous. 

 Drupe and nut oblong. 



Rubentia. Jussicu. 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 the 

 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 perispenn. 



1. M. oppositijblia. R. 



Leaves opposite, lanceolar, acuminate. Panicles termi- 

 nal. Stamina from four to five, all fertile. 



Meriam, the vernacular name at Rangoon in Burma, where 

 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 June and July. 



Branches and branchlets smooth and green. Leaves op- 

 posite, short-petioled, lanceolar, polished, obtusely acumi- 

 nate ; from four to six inches long, and from one to two broad. 

 Stipules none, but the scales of the bud remain for some 

 lime at the base of the young shoots. Panicles generally 



