MANGirEEA.] ANACAHDIACEM. 189 



extremities of tlie branches, oblong or obovate-oblong", rounded at the 

 apex, ronnded cordate or cuneateat the base, usually contracted below 

 the middle, entire, coriaceous, hispidly pubescent beneath ; lateral nerves 

 16-24 pairs, stout, slightly arched ; •petioles short and thick, not winged. 

 Panicles equalling or shorter than the leaves, stout, branches spreading. 

 Flowers \-^ in. in diam , subsessile, fascicled, greenish -white, oblong, 

 much longer than the calyx; filaments subulate. Drupe 1 in. long, 

 obliquely ovoid or oblong, smooth, shining, black, seated on an orange- 

 red cup. 



Siwalik range, Dehra Dun, Eohilkhand, Oudh, Gorakhpur. Distbib.: 

 Outer Himalaya from the Sutlej to Sikkim, and throughout the hotter 

 parts of India to Assam, absent in the E. Peninsula and in Ceylon, extend- 

 ing to the E. Archipelago, and N- Australia Leafless between Feb. and 

 April, the new leaves and flowers appearing in May. The pericarp 

 of the fruit is largely used in dyeing, and a kind of marking ink is also 

 prepared from it- Its medicinal properties are fully described in the 

 Dictionary of Economic Products. The fleshy cup or hypocarp is eaten 

 after being roasted. 



Var. cuneifolia, Boxh.; Fl. Ind. ii, 86 Csp.J; Boyle III. 174 ; leaves cune- 

 ate at the base. Dehra Dun. Distbib.: Trop. Himalaya, Behar, 

 Khasia Hills, Konkan. 



Mangifera, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 13. 



Trees. Leaves alternate, simple, petioled, quite entire, coriaceous. 

 Flowers small, polygamous, in terminal panicles ; pedicels jointed ; 

 hracts deciduous Calyx 4-5 partite : segments imbricate, deciduous. 

 Petals 4-5, free or adnate to the di*=k, imlnicate Stamejis usually 

 1-5, inserted just within the disk or on it. usually only one perfect and 

 much larger than the others. Ovary sessile, 1-celled, oblique; style 

 lateral ; ovule usually pendulous from a basal funicle. Drupe large, 

 fleshy ; sione compressed, iSbrous. Seed large, compressed, testa 

 papery. — Species about 30, chieflv H;^layan. 



M. indica. Linn. 8p. PI. 200 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i, 461 ; W. & A. Prod. 170 t 

 Boyle III. 170; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 51 ; Brand. For. Fl. 125 ; F. B. I. ii, 13 ; 

 D C. L'Orig. PI. Cult. 159; Watt E. D. Vern. Am, ambi. (The Mango- 

 tree.) 



A large evergreen tree with widely spreading branches and dark-coloured 

 bark, quite glabrous except the panicles. Leaves crowded at the enda 

 of the branches, 6-12 in, long, oblong or obovate-lanceolate, acute 

 acuminate or obtuse, acute at the base, margins often undulate, purplish- 

 green when young, dark green when mature, shining ; lateral nerves many, 

 arcuate ; petioles swollen at the base. Panicles terminal, about 1 ft. 

 long, usually tomentose ; bracts elliptic, concave. Flouers pale yellow, 

 scented, subsessile, male and2-sexualonthe same panicle. Sepals oblong, 

 concave. Petals twice as long, with;3-5 dark yellow ridges. Dish fleshy. 



