Spondias. decandria pentagynia. 451 



2. A. hiUmhi. Willd. 2. 749. 



Leaves pinnate, many paired ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate. 

 Fruit oblong, obtuse-angled. 



Bilimbi. Rheed. Mai. 3. t. 45 and 46. 



Blinbingun teres. Ruinph. Amb. 1. t. 36. 



This pretty little tree I have only found in a cultivat- 

 ed state ; where it is indigenous I cannot say. In Bengal 

 it is uncommon ; and in the Botanic garden flowers in 

 March and April, and the fruit ripens in about two 

 months. For the uses of the fruit of these two species I 

 refer to llumphius. 



SPONDIAS. Schreh. gen. n. 784. 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol five-petalled. Germ supe- 

 rior, five-celled ; cells one-seeded ; attachment superior. 

 Drupe with a five-celled nut. Seed solitary. Embryo in- 

 verse, without perisperra. 



1. S. mangifera. Willd. 2. 751. 



Leaflets four or five-pairs, oblong, mucronate. Pani- 

 cles diffuse. Nut oblong, nearly smooth on the outside. 



Ambalam. Rheed. Mai. 1. t. 50. 



Ararataca. Asiat. Res 4. p. 284. 



Hind, and Beng. Amra. 



Teling. Araatum. 



Ponastia. Juss. Genera. plant. 410. 



Spondius amara. Lamark Encycl. 4. p. 245. 



Mangifera pinnata. Linn, suppl. plant, p. 56. 



This is a large tree, amongst the mountains of Coro- 

 niandel, but in gardens where it is frequently found culti- 

 vated, it is of a smaller size, and low. Flowering time 

 the beginning of the hot season, when the leaves come 

 out. The fruit ripens during the cold season, and then its 

 leaves are deciduous. 



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