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ANA CARDIA CEM. 



[CHAr. 



in lieu of soap. From this property the name of the Family 

 is derived. 



32. Natural Order, AnacardiacecB. — The Mango Family. 



Trees with alternate or opposite, simple or compound 

 leaves. Flowers small. Ovary unilocular (in Spondias and 

 allies, four- or five-celled), with solitary ovules. 



Type — The Mango {Mangifera indicd). 



Fig. 122. Flower of Mango {Mangi/era indica), enlarged. 



x\ large tree, cultivated everywhere, with alternate, simple, 

 lanceolate, shining leaves, and terminal erect panicles of 

 small, yellowish, polygamous flowers. 



Observe the usual abortion of all the stamens except one 

 in the flower of the Mango : the five or six carpels of 

 Buchanaiiia^ of which only one is perfected : the accrescent 



