ANACARDIACEJE 



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Stem erect, terete, glabrous, stout, tapering upwards, ultimately 

 woody ; 1st internode 5'4 cm. long ; 2nd 4 mm. long ; 3rd 4 mm. 

 Leaves simple, entire, cauline, alternate, exstipulate, petiolate. 

 Nos. 1-6. Small, reduced to scales. 



FIG. 257. Mangifera indica. P, plumnle 

 of a second embryo or proliferation of 

 the first or true embryo ; B, the radicle 

 of the same. 



Buchanania latifolia, Eoxb. 



Fruit a drupe, with a small quantity of fleshy sarcocarp, one- 

 celled, one-seeded, solitary by abortion ; endocarp hard, bony, late- 



