MelanorrJicea.' 



XLV. ANACARDIACE^. 



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Stamens 10 . . . . . . 



Stamens numerous ; fruit wings short. 



Drupe small, long stalked ; leaves oblong 



obovate, hairy beneath 

 Drupe large, i'5 in. through; wings very 

 short, caducous; leaves lanceolate, 

 glabrous ...... 



Calyx withering and persistent as a collar 

 Petals not accrescent in fruit. 



Petals oblanceolate ; leaves 6 to 15 in. long . 

 Petals elliptic; leaves 4 to 5 in. long 



(3) M. Curtisii 



(4) M. pubescens 



(5) M. macrocarpa 



(6) M. torquata 



(7) M. aptera 



(8) M. inappendiculata 



Fig. 52. — Melanorrhoea Wallichii. 



(i) M. Wallichii Hook. fil. F.B.I, ii. 25 ; King, I.e. 484. M. 

 Maingayi Hook. fil. I.e.; King, I.e. 



Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-obovate obtuse 

 or rounded, narrowed to base, glabrescent ; nerves 12 to 16 pairs, 

 prominent on both sides, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide ; petioles 

 I to 1-25 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary at the branch 

 ends, over a foot long, white, softly hairy ; branchlets few-flowered. 

 Flowers -5 in. across, white; pedicels 3 in. long. Petals lanceolate, 

 white woolly, disc black. Stamens 5. Fruit oblong, black sessile 



Fl.M.P., I. 



MM 



