Mangifera.'] xlv. ANACARDiACE.f: (olivkr). 443 



2. M. africana, Oliv. A tree, wholly glabrous, of 30 fl. or more. 

 Leaves very coriaceous, shining, somewhat clustered toward the emU of the 

 branches, rather broadly oblanceolate, much attenuated below to the sliort 

 petiole or winged base, rounded at the apex with a narrowed acute apicnlus ; 

 midrib and lateral nerves prominent beneath ; 6-14 in. long, 2- 3 J in. broud 

 towards the apex. Panicle terminal, erect, exceeding the leaves, 1 Ij ft. 

 long, pyramidal, with spreading or ascending branches. Pedicels articulated 

 at base, equalling or shorter than the CTimpanulate, shortly and oblufeely 4- 

 lobed calyx. Petals oblong-spathulate, clawed, not appendnged wilhin. 

 Antheriferous stamen solitary ; filament thinly glandular-puberulous ; slaroi- 

 nodia minute, rudimentary. Temale flower not seen. 



Upper Guinea. River Muni, W. tropical Africa, Mann ! 



*•!. ANACARDIUM, Rottb. ; Eenth. et Hook. f. (ien. PI. i. 420. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx 5-partite ; segments imbricate, deciduous. 

 Petals 5, narrow, imbricate. Stamens 10, few or all antheriferous, unequal. 

 Ovary free, sessile, obovate, with an oblique style ; " ovule lateral." Nut 

 reniform, oblique, supported upon a fleshy pear-shaped enlargement of the 

 torus and pedicel. Seed reniform. — Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, 

 simple, petiolate, entire, coriaceous. Panicles terminal, bracteate. 



A small tropical American genus, the following species of which has become wiilily sjinaJ 

 in hot climates. 



*1. A. occidentale, Linn. ; DC. Prod. ii. 62. Leaves obovate or ob- 

 ovate-elliptical, broadly rounded or retuse above, cuneate or slightly rounded 

 to the petiole, glabrous, with prominent midrib and divergent lateral nen-es, 

 usually 3-6 in. long, 2-3^ in. broad ; petiole -^1 in. long. 



I have seen specimens only from Cougo and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea. It is cul- 

 tivated also on the East Coast. 



5. H^MATOSTAPHIS, Hook. f. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 422. 



Flowers small, dicccious. Male fl. (only known): Calyx unecpially 3-fid ; 

 lobes obtuse. Petals 3, obovate-oblong, imbricate. Stamens 6, un((jual, 

 alternately longer, all fertile. Ovary 0. Fruit an oblong crimson dru|)c, 

 with a thick 1-celled, 1-seeded, bony endocarp. Seed exalbuminous, pendu- 

 lous, \\'\\\\ curved fleshy cotyledons and a minute radicle. — A small tn-e. 

 Leaves alternate, unequally pinnate, multifoliolatc, collected at the cxtn^mi- 

 ties of the branches. Panicle elongate, laxly branching. Flowers shortly 

 pedicellate. Fruit acid, edible. 



Based upon the following solitary species, peculiar to \S . tropical .\frica. 



1. H. Barteri, Ilook.f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 169. /. 25. Ix-avcs 



narrow, 9-15 in. long. Leaflets alternate or subopposite, petiolulnte, oblong, 

 obtuse or emarginate, entire, rather glaucous beneath, \\-2\ in. long, \ J in. 

 broad ; petiolulcs \-l\ lines. Panicle? 1 1 ft. long or more, liractcolcs 

 minute. Drupe 1-1 in- Jo^S- 



