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terminal, small and delicate, ferruginously tomentose. Flowers 

 pale red. five-leaved, tomentose. Coro//a five-petaled, 



petals narrow. Stamina ten, monadelphous at the base, the al- 

 ternate ones short. Style one, longer than the stamina. Cap- 

 sule obovate, less oblique than usual in the genus, embraced at 

 the base by the enlarged persistent calyx, smooth, bursting 

 on one side, one-seeded. Seed attached nearly at the base, 

 the umbilicus half embraced by the cup-shaped caruncula, 

 which is rather smaller than usual. 



Obs. — This is a small delicate species, having smooth 

 shining leaves with emarginate points ; the panicles are small, 

 and seldom bring more than one or two fruit to perfection. 



XXL ANACARDIEiE. 



MANGIFERA QUADRIFIDA. MSS. Jack.'' 



Leaves lanceolate with attenuate base. Panicles loose, 

 axillary. P/oe(;er5 quadrifid monandrous. Petals glandular 

 at the middle. 



Malay. Assam Kumbong. 



Sumatra and other islands of the eastern Archipelago. 



A loftier tree than the common Mango, with a straighter 

 trunk, and more compact foliage. Leaves alternate, long- 

 petioled, lanceolate, acute, attenuated to the base, very entire, 

 smooth, coriaceous and flat. Petiols roundish, somewhat 

 thickened at the base. Stipules none. Panicles lax, open 

 and spreading, axillary, crowded at the summits of the 

 branches. From two to four panicles generally come out 

 just below the thick termination of the branch, each sup- 

 ported by a leaf. Sometimes there are other panicles below 



* Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey. 2. 440. 



