Mangifera.] xlv. anacardiace^e. 521 



Leaves elliptic-lanceolate 3 to 4 in. long . (12) M. gracilipes 

 Disc minute or absent. 

 Panicle glabrous. 



Flowers '25 in. long, yellow, edged rose . (13) M. odorata 

 Flowers •35 in. long pink, showy; panicle 



blood-red . . . . . (14) M. foetida 



Flowers '3 in. long; leaves linear-oblong (15) M. macrocarpa 

 Panicles puberulous. 



Flowers purple ; stamens 5 or 6, perfect ; 



fruit bottle-shaped . . . . (16) M. lagenifera 



" Panicles tomentose ; petals adnate to a 

 cylindric torus. 

 Flowers • 3 in . long ; leaves sessile or nearly ; 



panicle 20 to 30 in. long . . . (17) M, kemanga 



Flowers showy, pale lavender; panicle 12 



to 15 in. long ..... (18) M. caesia 

 Flowers -75 in. long with large concave 



bracts . . . . . . (19) M. superba 



(i) M. Griffithii Hook. fil. Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 168; 

 F.B.I, ii. 14; King, I.e. 468. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly coriaceous elliptic or oblong 

 to obovate blunt, narrowed to base ; nerves 16 to 17 pairs slightly 

 elevate beneath, 4 to 7 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles i to 

 2*5 in. long. Panicles rough pubescent, 3 to 6 in. long; terminal 

 branches few. Flowers less than "i in. across. Sepals 4, ovate 

 pubescent. Petals 4, obovate, little longer with one or two 

 thickened ridges near base. Stamen i, on a 4-lobed disc. Fruit 

 oblong-obovoid, 1-5 in. long, greenish yellow. Stone less than 

 I in. long. Hab. Open rocky jungle in low country, Malacca 

 (Griffith). Perak, Larut 300 to 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(2) M. microphylla Griff, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 17. 



A small tree with a dense head. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic 

 acuminate, base narrowed, blunt ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 2 to 4 in. 

 long, '5 to i"5 in. wide ; petioles slender, -3 in. long. Panicles 3*5 in. 

 long; branches very short, dense-flowered, pubescent. Flowers 

 '2 in. across, white, short-pedicelled. Sepals 4, ovate pubescent. 

 Petals 4, twice as long, oblong, 3-ridged. Stamen i. Ovary globose 

 puberulous. Drupe green as big as an egg and egg-shaped. Hah. 

 In orchards, Malacca, Chabau (Griffith) . Pahang, Kwantan, Dalam 

 (Foxworthy) . Native 7iames : Rabba-Rabba ; Rawa. 



(3) M. sclerophylla Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 15 ; King, I.e. 469. 

 Gigantic tree. Leaves very coriaceous, broad elliptic-obovate, 



apex sub-acute; nerves 12 pairs, thick, 2*5 to 5 in. long, i*5 to 

 275 in. wide; petioles stout, -25 to 75 in. long. Panicles terminal, 

 9 in. long; branches few, lowest 3 in. long, pubescent, sometimes 

 racemose fascicled. Flowers 'i in. across, sessile in the axil of an 

 ovate bract longer than it. Sepals 4, ovate pubescent. Petals 4, 

 about as large. Stamen i. Drupe green ovoid, 1*5 in. long. 

 Hah. In forests, Singapore, Changi. Malacca (Maingay). Perak 

 (Wray). 



