20 XLVI. ANACAEDiAOEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mangifera. 



20. in. pollcarpa, Grif. Notul. iv. 416 (polycarpa), t._ie7, f . 2 (csesia) j 

 leaves large sessile oblanceolate obtusely acuminate faintly reticulated undulate. 



Maiacca, Griffith. 



A large tree, like M. fmtida; branches stout. Leaves nearly 1 foot long, very 

 coriaceous, nerves 20-30 pairs, arcbed ; petiole \ in., winged, flattened. Flowers 

 unknown. Drupe otlong, base ratber broader, brown, dusty all over, of a strong 

 Dorian or Mango taste ; flesb and juice copious acid and pleasant ; stone lanceolate, 

 compressed, coriaceo-fibrons ; embryo obclaTate. — Griffith, from wbom most of the 

 above description is taken, says that this is the ' Camang,' and that he proposes for it 

 the name ot Mangifera ?poUcarpa (misprinted polycarpa, at p. 416 of the Notulse), 

 in allusion to the russet-coloxired fruit, which is unique in the genus. Judging from 

 the foliage, this is probably allied to M. ccssia. 



DOXIBTFUIi SPECIES. 



Manoifkea. Pegu, Kwrx n. 2021 ; leaves very like those of M. fragrans in 

 shape and size and with equally slender petioles ; but the nerves are far less nume- 

 rous, about 20 pair, arched, very slender, and the under-surfaoe is far less finely 

 reticulate, pale brown and quite opaque. 



Mangifeba. Pegu, Kurz n. 2020 ; leaves 14-18 by 3^-4 in., narrowly 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate membranous glaucous beneath, finely but not closely 

 reticulate, nerves about 30 pair slender well defined slightly arched, petiole 2-4 in. 

 very slender. — I give this as a Mangifera on Kurz's authority. 



*a iLNA-CARDIVni, Bottb. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, quite entire. Parmhs 

 terminal, bracteate. Flowers small, polygamous. Calyx 6-partite, segments 

 erect, imbricate, deciduous. Petals 6, linear-lanceolate, recurved, imbricate. 

 Disk filling the base of the calyx, erect. Stamens 8-10, aU or some fertile ; 

 filaments connate and adnate to the disk. Ovary obovoid or obcordate ; style 

 filiform, excentric, stigma miuute ; ovule 1, ascending from a lateral funicle. 

 Nut Hdney-shaped, seated on a large pyriform fleshy body formed of the 

 enlarged disk and top of the peduncle ; pericarp cellular and full of oU. Seed 

 kidney-shaped, ascending, testa membranous, adherent ; cotyledons semi-lunar; 

 radicle short, hooked. — Disiexb. A small tropical American genus, of whiehi 

 one species is naturalised in Asia. 



A. occldentale, Idrm.; DC. Prodr. ii. 62; leaves obovate or obovate- 

 oblong glabrous obtuse retuse or rounded at the tip, base rounded or cuneate. 

 Moxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 312; Wall. Cat. 990; Wight. ^ Am. Prodr. i. 168; &rdh. 

 Cat. Bomb. PI. 40 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Somb. Flor. Swppl. 18 ; Griff. Notul. iy. 

 408, t. 565, f. 3 e./. ; Sedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 16S.—Pheede Sort. Med. iii. t. 54. 



Hotter parts of IsniA, especially near the sea. Naturalised from America.. 

 Ceylon. 



A small tree ; trunk short, thick, crooked. Leaves 4-8 by 3-5 in., hard ; nerves 

 about 10 pair, nearly horizontal; petiole i-| in. Panicles 6-10 in., pubescent; 

 blanches long naked to the tips where the flowers are collected ; bracts lanceolate, 

 gibbous, hoary. Mowers i in. diam., yellow with pink stripes. Stamens usually 9, 

 all fertile, one larger than the rest. Fruit 1 in., on a pyriform fleshy receptacle- 

 2-3 inches long. — The Cashew- nut. 



4. BOXTEA, Meissn. 



Trees. Leaves opposite, petioled, coriaceous, glabrous, quite entire. Flmoers 

 small, in axillary and terminal panicles, polygamous. S^als 3-5, deciduous. 



