MangtferaJ] XLYI. ANACARDIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) 15 



than the leaves, stout, finely pubescent. " Flowers very small, | in. diam., sul)sessile. 

 Sepals broadly ovate, tomentose. Petals orbicular-ovate, with 2 short or more con- 

 fluent ridges. Disk with 5 or 6 subulate points. Stamens short, 



5. BE. sclerophylla, Hook. f. ; leaves glabrous "broadly Elliptic with, 

 obtuse narrowed tips most thickly coriaceous base acute or rounded nerves 

 obscure, petioles much thickened at the base, panicle pubescent of many erect 

 stout spiciform branches, petals not much exceeding the sepals, stamen 1. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches very thick, woody, glabrous, angled, and channelled. Leaves 4-5 by 

 2-2 in., alternate, not approximate at the ends of the branches, exceedingly thick 

 and hard when dry.smooth on both surfaces; midrib strong; nerves about 10, faint; 

 reticulations very obscure ; petiole 1 in., of the upper leaves \ in., extremely thickened 

 at the back especially, the thickening sometimes extending up the midrib. Panicle 

 4-6 in. long. Flowers sessile, ^ in. diam. ; bracts ovate. Sepals ovate, pubes- 

 cent. Petals ovate-oblong, with 3 short ridges. Ditk small. Young drupe nearly 

 orbicular. No other Mangifera has foliage at all like this. 



ft Panicle quite glabrous. 



6. BE. sylvatica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 644; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate usually long-petioled, panicle ample glabrous, branches slender, 

 flowers pedicelled, petals 5 with 3 ridges, stamen 1 with no imperfect ones, 

 ovary smooth, style lateral. M. indica, Wall. Cat. 8487 1. 



TEOPICAL NIPAL and SIKKIM HIMALAYA, J. D. H. ; SILHKT, Roxb.; KHASIA 

 MTS., H.f. <$[ T. ; ANDAMAN ISLS., Kurz. 



I am in some doubt about this plant, which is well figured in Eoxburgh's 

 drawings, but of which I have seen no flowering or fruiting specimen. I believe 

 it to be a common tree in the Silhet, Khasia and Sikkim jungles, with usually 

 longer more membranous young leaves than the Mango, and a more open lax per- 

 fectly glabrous panicle, and loose pedicelled flowers. Eoxburgh contrasts it with 

 the cultivated sorts as having a much larger panicle, with the numerous ramifica- 

 tions more erect and slender, flowers more completely monandrous, disk villous. 

 The leaves he describes as in the common Mango. The drupe he figures as ovoid, 

 gradually narrowed at the top into a sharp curved beak. Graham (Cat. Bwnb. PL) 

 states that is a native of the Bombay Ghats, but no one has I confirmed this. 

 Kurz's specimens, thus named from the Andaman Islands, have leaves 1012 by 

 2|-3l in., membranous, much reticulated, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, petiole 

 very slender -2 in.; nerves 16-20 pairs, slender, arched. I have gathered similar 

 specimens in Sikkim and Silhet, with petioles 4 in. long, and Wallich's 8487 I. quite 

 agrees with these. My Khasia ones, with slender branched panicles (as in Eox- 

 burgh's description and figure), but flowers all dropped, have leaves like those of 

 M. indica. Kurz (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 75), observes that Miquel has 

 incorrectly identified this plant with M. indica, from which it is at once distin- 

 guished by the very diiferent white flowers, the disk and acuminated fruit. 



7. BE. long-ipes, Griff. Notul, iv. 419 ; leaves oblong- or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late acuminate faintly reticulate, panicle very lax spreading branches slender, 

 flowers pedicelled, petals 5 narrow with one slender basal ridge branching 

 into 5 nerves, stamen 1, imperfect ones minute. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maimgay. 



A tree. Leaves 6-10 by l|-3 in., with 14-10 pairs of nerves, reticulation 

 obscure* above, more distinct beneath; petiole |-1| in. Panicles usually longer 

 .than ,the leaves, branches widely spreading, pedicels \ in. Flowers ~ in. diam. 

 Sepals ovate, subacute. Petals white, with yellow veins, very narrow, recurved. 

 Ditfc broadly conical, papillose, 5-lobed. Stamen far exserted, filament elongated. 

 Ovary smooth ; style lateral, long, slender ; ovule obliquely ascending. This, as 



