Manyifera. pentandria monogynia. G41 



terminal, shorter than the leaves, oblong, rather dense ; ra- 

 wijications opposite, smooth in every part. Bractes ovate, 

 acute, caducous. Flowers numerous, minute, pale-yellow. 

 Calyx from four to five-parted, segments rounded. Petals 

 four or five, oblong, a keel down the middle on the inside. 

 Filaments four or five, short, alternate with the petals. An- 

 thers ovate with an obtuse point. Germ obliquely ovate, 

 one-celled, and containing- one ovulum attached to the side 

 of the cell, under the perforation of the stigma. Style 

 scarcely any, Stigma of three, very unequal lobes, one of 

 which is much more elevated and much larger; between it 

 and the lower and smaller lobes the channel may be traced. 

 Drupe sub-ovate, a little compressed, smooth, pale-yellow, 

 the size of a small pullet's egg*, one-celled, like the man- 

 go the pulp is yellow, and universally eaten in Burma. JVut 

 oblong, &c. in every respect like that of the common man- 

 go, but much smaller, thin, and of a soft texture, easily cut, 

 fibrous on the outside, smooth on the inside, chesnut-colour- 

 ed, one-celled, evalvular. Seed solitary, conform to the nut. 

 Integument, no other than the nut could be observed. Pe- 

 risperm none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons conform to the 

 seed, oblong, fleshy. Plumula pointed, curved up, two-lob- 

 ed. Radicle inferior, conic, transverse. 



2. M. indfca. Willd. spec. i. 1150. Void, en.pl. i. 7. Co- 



rom. pi. 



Leaves lanceolate. Panicles terminal. Flowers with one 



fertile stamen. 



Mao, du. Mail, vel. Mangas. Rheed. Mai. iv. 1. t. 1. 2. 



Manga domestica. Rumph. Amb. i. 93. t. 25. 



Beny. Am. 



English. Mango. 



Telinga. Mamad i-chitoo. 



Tarn. Mangas marum. 



Of this tree, though one of the most common in India, I 



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