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ones tipped with a small gland: ovary oblique,.1-celled, 1-ovuled 
style 1,. curved downwards: drupe somewhat compressed: nut 
woody, 1-celled,, 2-valved, covered on the outside with fibrous 
filaments :. seed solitary. 
(1) M. Inpica. (Linn.) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p. 170:—Dec. prod, IT, p. 63.—« 
Roxb. fl. Ind. L..p. 641. 
Syn. M. montana, Heyne.—M. domestiea, Gaertn, 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. IV. t. 1, 2.—Rumph, Amb. I, t. 25... 
Spec. Cuar. Leaves alternate, lanceolate; acuminated, gla- 
brous: panicles pubescent, erect: petals 5: the fertile stamen arise 
ing from the inner. side. of the disk: drupe obliquely oblong or 
somewhat reniform: panicles terminal, much branched: flowers 
small, greenish-yellow. 5 
All over India, flowering in February and March, This is the- 
common Mango. 
(2) M. synvartica. (Roxb,): 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. I. p. 644. 
Serc., Cuar. Leaves alternate, lanceolate: panicles terminal 3: 
flowers numerous, small, white, slightly pinkish, 
Silhet, flowering in October. 
GENUS V. ODINA. 
Octandria Tetragynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. The native name in the south of India latinized. 
Gen. Cuan. Polygamous: ealyx 4-lobed, persistent: petala: 
5, oblong, spreading : stamens inserted. below the. margin of the. 
disk.: disk 8-crenated: rudimentary pistil in the male, 4-partites 
ovary free, oblong, 1-celled : ovule solitary : styles 4: drupe renis 
form, not compressed. , 
(1) O. Wopier. (Road. ) 
— Adent. W. & A. prod. I. p. 171.—Roxb. fl. Ind. IL p. 298, 
* Engrav. Royle’s Ill. t. 31. f. 2.—Wight’s Icon. t. 60. 
Spec. Cuan. Large tree: leaves alternate, unequally pinnated:- 
leaflets 3-4-pair, almost sessile, oblong-ovate, acuminated, quite 
entire : sepals rounded : stigmas simple: drupe very hard, 1-celled : 
1-seeded : racemes terminal, fascicled: flowers small, greenishe 
yellow, purplish externally, 
Coromandel Mountains. Malabar- Hill; Bombay. Hindostan: 
Fravancore. Flowering in February and March. This is one of 
the most commonly: cultivated and best. known trees in the Peniny 
