we. BENGAL PLANTS. (Buch 
ous; albumen 0 or very scanty; embryo large, with fleshy 
cotyledons. 
Leaves simple :— 
arts of the flower not altered in fruit :— 
Carpels 5, rarely 4 or 6, but only 1 fertile; stamens 8-10 
Carpels solitary ; stamens He all our species) 1 only ...Mangifera. — 
Parts of the flower altered in fruit :-— ee 
Petals accrescent; calyx and peduncle unaltered ; carpel so 2 
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Petals not accrescent :— a 
Ovary inferior, composed of 3 united carpels but 1-celled 1-ovuled; 
drupe more or less sunk in the eae 2 stamens 5 :— i 
Petals imbricate ; calyx 5-lobed ; style 1..........++ 
Petals valvate ; calyx shortly 5- at i85 styles 3. ..-Ho see 
Ovary seam — set on a much enlarged apex of peduncle; : 
petals imbrica 
Stamen iba ; viteiea 3; ovule pendulous from a nearly apical 
funicle ; ovary 1-celled, but composed of 3 united carpels : 
carpus: 
aes 8-10; style 1; Pts with a basilar funicle; carpel 
7 ..Anacardium. 
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ary 
Leaves pins compound :— 
celled, 1- — d :— 
Trees ; styles 3 1 the 
Ovule pendiatede from near apex of ovary ; — 7 : 
distant styles ; leafless at time of flowering .. 
Ovule oe a — Panicle i ivi. si.,ie.2. evi licsispeneede ote gee 
Climber ; Oye Oi.. .e er his ks ere alberee eevee Ta out 
Drupe 2-5- ohing Shdoiled ovules a leaflets (in 
species) with a distinct Marginal Nerve ......seseeereseeeerert® Spondias 
202. Buchanania Roxb. — 
Trees; leaves alternate, petiole d, simple, entire; stil d xis 
#lowers small, hermaphrodite, in crowded terminal and 
icles.. Calyx short, 3-5-toothed or -lobed, ae 
imbricate, Petals 4-5, 
5-lobed, 
Carpels 
others imperfect; styl rate; ovule 
: yie stout, stigma trunca' fleshy 
pendulo: & basal funicle. Fruit a small, slightly 
