4fiG G. King— MaferiaU for a Flora of tJie Malayan Fmimuhi. [H'o. S,- 
PJian. I¥, 239. B. Oandaria, Blutne Miis. Bot. Lngd. Bat. I, 204, (sub 
B. oppositifolta.) 
Malacca: Griffith, No. H05 ; Maingay, No. 478, Pemk ; StJoHe-, 
chini. No. 1938 j Kin g'» Collector, No. 679. 
This spocieii bae larger leaves and frnit than 7?. htirtnanicat and 
the panicles nve inndi more denaoly flowered than in that species. 
The calyx moreover in this is very tonientose^ and. the petals are 
narrow oblanccolate and spreading. 
3, Mangifeba, Linn. 
Trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, qnite entire, coriaceous. Mowers 
smnll, polygaraonB, in terminal panicles, pedicel articulate j bracts deci- 
duous. Sepals 4 or 5, imbricate, deciduous. Petals 4-5, free or adnata 
to the disc, imbricate ; nerves thickened, sometimes ending in excrescen- 
ces. Stamens 1-5, rarely 8, inserted jnst within 'the disc, or on it, I 
iisnally moi^ pei-fcct and mnch larger than the others ; the others with 
imperfect or smaller anthers, or reduced to teeth or quite absent. Ovary 
sessile, l-celled, oblique ; sttjle lateral ; ovuh pendulous, f unicle basal; or , 
inserted on the side of the cell above its base, rarely horizontal. Drupe, 
large, fleshy ; stone compi-essed, fibi-ous. Seed large, compressed, testa 
papery ; cotyUdons plano-convex, often nnequal and lobed. — Distkib. 
tropical Asiatic, chiefly Malayan ; about 30 species. 
Disc fleehy, tumid, more or less deeply 4- or S-lobed, 
ilie petals inserted at its base. 
Sepals and petals 4, stamen 1. 
Panicles puberulous.. 
Leaves narrowly elliptic or elliptic-ob- L 
long, tapering much to each end, Ihiuiy 
coriaceous ; petioles 1 to 1'25 in. long ... 
Leaves elliptic, snb- coriaceous, jjetioles 
■25 to 4 in. long ... 
Leaves broadly elliptic, slightly obo- 
vate, thiclitly coriaceous ; petioles '25 to 
•76 in. long 
Panicles quite glabrous. 
Leaves not reticulate, or very indis- 
tinctly so on the lower surface only ... 
Leaves distinctly reticiiilate. 
Leaves broadly oblanceolate or obo- 
• vate-elHptic ... 
Leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong- lan- 
ceolate. 
1. 
2. 
3f. niicrophylla. 
3. M, scleroph7jlla. 
4. M, Maingayi, 
5. M. widamani«a. 
