442 XLV. ANACARDIACE^ (oLiVETi). [Sorlndeia. 



liolate ; leaflets coriaceous, oblong, the lower ovate-elliptical or -oblong, dis- 

 tinctly acuminate, slightly paler beneath, with a prominent midrib and curving 

 lateral nerves; 5-10 in. long (the lower smaller), 2-2|- in. broad; petiolules 

 3-4 lines. Panicles glandular-puberulous, probably from below the leaves, 

 ^-1 ft. long, with divaricate, racemose, lateral branches. Pedicels equalling 

 or shorter than the flower. Flowers 4-nierous. Calyx-lobes broadly deltoid. 

 Petals slightly imbricate at the tips. Stamens 4 on the oi\tside of a plicate 

 pubescent disk ; anthers small, ovoid, much shorter than the filaments. Fe- 

 male flowers not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Corisco Bay, Mann ! 



Mr. Barter sent, from Lagos, a specimen of a tree allied to this, or perhaps identical with 

 it, bearing male flowers, clustered in short panicles, 1 or 2 in. in length. I cannot, with 

 our imperfect material, either make a distinct species of it or unite it. 



6. S. longifolia, Oliv, A large glabrous tree. Leaves 2-3 ft. long, 



unequally pinnate, multifoliolate ; leaflets coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, with a short obtuse apiculus, green above, red-brown beneath when 

 dry, the midrib and straight lateral nerves (arching at their extremities), pro- 

 minent beneath, with obscure venation ; 6-9 in. long, 1|— 2 in. broad ; pe- 

 tiolule 2-4 lines. Panicles rusty-puberulous, fasciculate or much branched 

 below, from the branches below the leaves or on the old wood. Flowers 

 subsessile or pedicels shorter than the flowers. Calyx with 5 deltoid teeth. 

 Stamens 5, alternate with the petals, around a hirsute disk ; anthers ellip- 

 tical-oblong, rather coriaceous, equalling the filaments. Female flower not 

 seen. — Bupuisia ? longifolia^ Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 287. Sorindeia (Oligrmdra) 

 macropkylla. Planch, in Herb. Kew. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Yogel ! 



3. MANGIFERA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 420. 



Flowers polygamous or dicEcious. Calyx 4-5 -partite or lobed, unaltered 

 in fruit. Petals 4-5, imbricate in aestivation, the median line often thickened 

 below, on the inner side, into a prominent ridge. Stamens 1 or 4-5, 1 or 2 

 antheriferous. Ovary free, sessile, 1-celled, with a lateral style; "ovule as- 

 cending." Drupe fleshy, with a fibrous or woolly endocarp. — Trees. Leaves 

 alternate, simple, entire, coriaceous. Panicles terminal. 



A small genus of Lidia and the eastern Archipelago, with the following western outlier. 

 One species, Mangifera indica, the Mango, is widely cultivated in tropical countries for the 

 sake of its excellent fruit. 



M. gabonensis, A. Lecomte, is an Irvingia {Simarubea). 



Calyx 5-partite, with imbricate segments. Leaves oblong-oval or -lan- 

 ceolate, distinctly petiolate *1. M. indica. 



Calyx shortly 4-lobed. Leaves broadly oblanceolate, attenuated to the 



base *. . 2. M. africana. 



*1. M. indica, Linn. ; DC. Frod. ii. 63. A glabrous tree. Leaves 

 oblong-oval or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, usually narrowed into 

 the distinct petiole ; ^-1 ft. long, 1-2^ in. broad ; petiole 1 in. {^\-% in.). 

 Panicle many flowered, terminal, glabrous or puberulous. 



Cultivated ; of Indian origin. 



