470 G. King — Mtttm-iah for a Flora of the Malttijan Ftftn'tmih. [No. ^, 
— k-.' 
long ne the Bepole, obkm^, with 'S to 5 confluent vertical ridgos Stai^nett 
1, flhort ; the statninodea miuute, tootii-like. Ovary f*ia\nme ; ihtt alyle 
shor-t, fiulmSiite, Kiib-terminiil. Fniit aiikiiowu. Kiigler in DC. Mou. 
PL an. IV, 208. 
Malacca : Mfiinfray, Wo. 472. 
I have never Been ihisj, and the foregoihg dcaci ipiion of it is com- 
piled fi-om Sir Joseph Hooker who makbs the following note: — 
'* Tlicro fippeaf to be two varieties of I Lis in Maingaj'fi Etprlinriiim | 
on© (ealled Sapooripf or Sfimpoiifr), wiili Inrjijej- loitveanot iiarrowetl jiito tlie jiotiolG^ 
opiujac abov<>, with Bunk iierveB, tunyd betwepu Ihe nprvpB j t!i© other (irmrketl jis 
truly wOil) ivith bromi (wlioii dry) moro Bhitiitig lenvea, lunrrowoct imto tho yietiote, 
more reticuUtod beneath, and th© nervoa not Bunk i its loaves are tike IhoBo of 
M. indicii from which its gh^brouB podicelted floworH (ind wartod potnla at onco 
dietiBgiiiBh it j both differ from M. quadriftd^x in tho infloreHcence. The first Tarioty 
haB, accordiiig^ to Maiogay, globoao'grGon fraifc 3.4 by 2^-3 in." 
5. Manoifera andamanica^ King n. sp, A perfectly glaljTOUB 
tree ; young brandies slender and with pale bnrk. Leaves drying very 
pale, broiidly oblanceolate or obovate'tdliptic, flio apex TOimded or 
obttiee, gradually narrowed from above the middle to tlio broad 
ciliannelled petiole both surfaces finely reticulate, shining, the lower 
pfiler i main nerves 10 or 12 p*iirfi» cnrving npwards. slightly promi- 
nent on the lower sarfuce; lengtli ii'25 to 4-'5 in , breadtli 1-25 to 2 in. ; 
petioie '5 to '75 in,, thickened in its lower lialf. Panicles terminal, 
twice as long as the leaves or even three timea as long, branching fram 
the base, the branches spreading, lax, the flowers borne at the extrem- 
iiioB of the slender nltlmate bi-anchlets. Flowerg "3 in, in diam., quite 
glabrous, on pedicels abont as toTig as themselves } bmcfceoles if any 
deciduoua. Septds 4, lanceolate, slightly unequal, snb-concave. Petals 
4, twice as long as the sepals, ovale-elliptfc, witli 5 aub-conflaent ridges 
on the lower half of the inner surface. Sktmen 1, shorter than the 
petals, inserted on the inner edge of the fleshy deeply 4-k)bed dif?c. 
Omry sub-globi)He : style flub-terminal, neiirly aj? long as tJie petals. 
DnipG elliptic, glabrons, nearly J 5 in. long when ripe, tho palp thin. 
Andaman Islands : King's Collectors. 
A vei-y distinct species allied to If. Ifawjoj/i, Hook, fil;, bttt with 
smaller more obtuse leaves and larger flowei s than that species. 
6. Mangifei*a L0»GiPETiO[,ATA, King n, sp. A glabrons tree 40 
to 60 feet liigh ; yonng braiichew ratlier stout, with pale hrown bark. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, tapering to both ends, the 
apejc shortly acuminate, gradually nai-rowed in the lower third to the 
long petiole, both surfaces pale when dry and distiuctly reticulate ; 
main nerves 16 to 20 pairs, slender, slightly prominetit on both fiurfaces, 
spreading, cui'ving, the midiib very prominent and sti-ong ou the lower 
