206 XLI. ANACAEDIACEiE [Buchanania 



than leaves, pedicels longer than flower. Calyx minute, petals 4 or 5, elliptic, obtnse,. 

 anthers sagittate, oyary pilose. To this is referred B. intermedia^ Wight Ic. t. 81^ 

 " Naggari hills near Madras," of which I have not seen specimens. 



B. laxiflora, Knrz F. Fl. i. 307 {G-ehoUay, Karen), Martahan, Beeling river on lime- 

 stone (D.B., Fehrnary 1862), is not a Buchanania^ possibly a new genus. L. broadly 

 ovate, pubescent, blade 6, petiole thick, ^ in. long, Panicle tomentose, terminal, ample^ 

 12 in. long. Fl. unisexual, ^ only known, minute. Sepals 5, triangular, petals 5, 

 valvate. Stamens 10, filaments broad, glabrous, disk 10-lobed. 



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



Evergreen trees. L. petiolate, simple, entire, coriaceous. Fl. small, poly- 

 gamous, in terminal panicles. Calyx 4-5-parted, deciduous, petals equal in 

 number, with thick pi-ominent longitudinal nerves. Stamens 4-5, usually in- 

 serted on the fleshy lobes of the disk, one stamen only perfect, much larger 

 than the others. Ovax-y sessile, 1-celled, oblique, ovule 1 attached to the side 

 of the cavity above its base, style lateral simple. Fr. a large fleshy drupe^ 

 endocarp fibrous, cotyledons fleshy, plano-convex, often unequal and lobed. 

 Species about 30, Indo-Malayan region. 



A. Panicle pubescent or tomentose. 



1. M. indica, Linn.; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 162; Brandis F. Fl. 125. Tlie 

 Mango tree. Vern. Am^ amba, amri^ Hind. ; tfll^ Kol ; Ul^ South. ; Amhiy 

 Mar. ; Mavu^ Kan. ; Mamidl, Tel. ; Mad, Tarn. 



A large tree. L. dark green, coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, blade 5-12^ 

 petiole f-lj in., sec. n. slightly arching, numerous, alternating with shorter 

 intermediate nerves. Panicles large, erect, pubescent. Fl. nearly sessile^ 

 petals twice the length of calyx lobes, anther 1, oval, purple, sterile stamens 

 minute, 2-4. Drupe 2-6 in. long, yellow when ripe. 



Indigenous in Burma, Sikkim, the Nambar forest Assam, the Khasi hills, in ravines 

 on the higher hills of the Satpura range in Ivhandeish and along the Western Ghats. 

 Cultivated all over India and Burma, excepting the northern part of the Punjab. FL 

 February-April. Pr. May-^July. In JSTorth and Central India the fruit of ungrafted 

 trees is stringy with a strong turpentine flavour, while the fruit of good grafts is ex- 

 cellent. In Burma the tree is not generally grafted, the seeds of a good kind as a rule 

 producing good fruit of the same description. This is believed to be the case in sorae 

 other parts of tropical India. 2. M. caloneura, Knrz F. Fl. i. 305 ; Taw thayet, Sinnin 

 thayet^ Burm. Eastern and southern slopes of the Pegu Yoma. L. oblong, acuminate^ 

 blade 4-6, petiole 1 in. long, sec. n. slender, 16-20 pair, venation between them con- 

 spicuously reticulate, intermediate nerves very slender or none. Fl. nearly sessile on a 

 tomentose panicle, calyx pubescent. Fr. not compressed, 2 in. long, endocarp large, 

 thin- walled. 



B. Panicle glabrous* 



3. M» sylvatica, Eoxb. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 304. Vern. Sinnin thayet, Burm, 

 A large tree. L. lanceolate, chartaceons, blade 5-12, petiole 1-3 in. long, 



sec. n, 16-24 pair, strongly carved. Panicle glabrous, with slender branches, 



pedicels J-| in. long, petals linear, 3-4 times the length of calyx-lobes. 



Drupe nearly as large as the Mango, yellow when ripe, much compressed, stone 



fibrous, large. 



Nepal, Sikkim (to 3,000 ft.), Khasi hills. Andamans. Pegu Yoma. Hills east of 

 Toungoo, 2,000 ft,, near streams, common. Fl. February-May. 4. M. andamanica, 

 King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65 (1897), 470. Andamans. L. coriaceous, obovate, 

 obtuse, blade 3-5 in., narrowed into petiole J-f in. long, sec. n. 10-12 pair, reticulation 

 prominent. Fl. tetramerous, pedicels as long as flower, petals twice the length of 

 calyx-segments. Drupe 1~1J in. long, pulp thin. 



14. GLUTA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 21. 



Evergreen trees, with acrid resinous juice. L. coriaceous, simple, q,uite 

 entire^ crowded at the ends of branchlets. FL small, bisexual, in axillary or 



