434 pextandria Monogynia. Alangifera. 



J. M. oppositifolia, R. 



Leaves opposite, lanceolar, acuminate. Panicles terminal. Sta* 

 mina from four to five, all fertile. 



Meriam, the vernacular name at Rangoon in Bwrma, where the tree 

 is indigenous, and grows to the general size of a small apple tree in 

 .England. The wood is somewhat red, hard, close-grained, and said 

 to be very durable. Flowering time the month of March, fruit ripe 

 in June and July. 



Branches and branchlels smooth and green. — Leaves opposite, 

 short-petio'ed, lanceolar, polished, obtusely acuminate; from four 

 to six inches Song, and from one to two broad. — Stipuies none, but 

 the scales of the bud remain for some time at the base of the young 

 shoots. — Panicles generally terminal, shorter than the leaves, oblong, 

 rather dense ; ramifications opposite, smooth in every part. — Bractes 

 ovate, acute, caducous. — Flowers numerous, minute, pale-yellow.— 

 Calyx from four- to five-parted, segments rounded — Petals four or 

 five, oblong, a keel down the micklie on the inside. — Filaments four 

 or five, short, alternate with the petals. Anthers ovate with an ob* 



tuse point Germ obliquely ovate, one-celled, and containing one 



ovulum attached to the side of the cell, under the perforation of the 

 stigma. Style scarcely any. Stigma of three, very unequal lobes, one 

 of which is much more elevated and much larger; between it and 

 the lower and smaller lobes, the channel may be traced. — Drups 

 sub-ovate, a little compressed, smooth, pale-yellow, the size of a small 

 pullet's egg, one-celled, like the mango the pulp is yellow, and univer- 

 sally eaten in Burma.— Naf oblong, &c. in every respect like that of 

 the common mango, but much smaller, thin, and of a soft texture, 

 easily cut, fibrous on the outside, smooth on theinside, chesnut-colour- 

 ed, one-celled, eyalvular— Seed solitary, conform to the nut. Integu- 

 mentno other than the nut could be observed.— Perisperm none.— 

 Embryo erect. Cotyledons conform to the seed, oblong, fleshy. P/a- 

 mula pointed, curved up, two-lobed. Radicle inferior, conic, trans- 

 verse. 



