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slightly prominent ; length 2 to 4 in., breadth 1 to 2 in. ; petiole '25 to 

 •4 in. Panicles in fascicles from the apices of the branches, shorter 

 than the leaves, raceme-like with shoi-t few-fluwered briinches, puberu- 

 loas. Flvwers "2 iu. in diam., on short stout pedicels. iSepals -i, broadly- 

 ovate, pubescent. Petals 4, twice as long as the sepals, oblong, with 3 

 distinct vertical ridges. Stanieti 1, staminodes absent. Ovarii sab- 

 globose, puberulous, the style terminal. Drupe " oviform, " green. 

 Englei- in DC. Mon. Phan. IV, 209. 



Malacca: Griffith, Nos. 1102, 1103. (in orchards only.) 



Another imperfectly known cultivated species of which only scraps 

 exist in collections. 



3v Mangipi£RA sclerophylla. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 15. A 

 tree; young branches stout, angled, glabrous. Leaves very coriaceous, 

 broadly elliptic, slightly obovate, the apex usually sub-acute but some- 

 times acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded or sub-cuneate base 

 both surfaces glabrous, the reticulations obscure, the midrib thick; main 

 nerves about 12 pairs, thick, spreading, much curved upwards at the 

 ends, slightly pi-ominenton both surfaces when dry; length 2"5 in. to '5 in., 

 breadth I'S to 2*75 in. ; petioles of the upper leaves '25 in., of the lower 

 •75 in., all stout. Inflorescence consisting of a terminal fascicle of many 

 spikes, some of them with 1 or 2 branches, longer than the leaves, covered 

 with short coarse tawny pubescence. Flowers "1 in. in diam., each ses- 

 sile in the axil of a reflexed ovate concave pubescent bracteole longer 

 than itself. Sepals 4, broadly ovate, sub-acute, concave, pubescent 

 outside. Petals 4, about the same size and shape as the sepals, glab- 

 rous. Stamen J ; di.sc fleshy, ovary ovoid. Drupe ovoid, glabrous, about 

 1*5 in. long when ripe. Engler in DC. Mon. Phan. IV, 205. 



Malacca: Main gay, No. 494. Singapore: Ridley, No. 4772. 



Tiiis is another species that is poorly represented in collections. 

 The leaves are, as Sir Joseph Hooker justly remarks, unlike those of any 

 other Mangifera ; for they are comparatively broad in proportion to their 

 length. They vary considerably in size and in the length of their 

 petioles. 



4. Mangifera maingayi. Hook, fih Fl. Br. Ind. II, 17. A tree, 

 glabrous in all its parts. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, acute 

 or acuminate, the base rounded or cuneate ; reticulations on the upper 

 surface not visible and on the lower very slightly so ; main nerves 15 

 to 20 pairs, faint, spreading, curving very little; length 4 to 9 in., 

 breadth 15 to 3*5 in. ; petiole '8 to 2 in. Panicle quite glabrous, 

 pale green (when dry), pyramidal, equal to or rather exceeding the 

 leaves; the branches spreading, rather slender. Floicers '2 iu, in diam., 

 their pedicels slender. Sepals 4, ovate, obtuse. Petals 4, twice a^ 



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