Melanorrhcea.] 
XLV. ANACARDIACEAS. 
(3) M. Curtisii 
529 
Stamens 10 , .... 
Stamens numerous; fruit wings short. 
Drupe small, long stalked; leaves oblong 
obovate, hairy beneath 
Drupe large, 1*5 in. through; wings very 
short, caducous; leaves lanceolate, 
glabrous ...... 
Calyx withering and persistent as a collar 
Petals not accrescent in fruit. 
Petals oblanceolate; leaves 6 to 15 in. long . 
Petals elliptic; leaves 4 to 5 in. long 
(4) M. pubeseens 
(5) M. macrocarpa 
(6) M. torquata 
(7) M. aptera 
(8) M. inappendiculata 
Fig. 52.—Melanorrhcea Wallichii. 
(1) M. Wallichii Hook. fil. F.B.I. ii. 25; King, Lc. 484. M. 
Maingayi Hook. fil. Lc.; King, Lc. 
Tree 80 to 100 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-obovate obtuse 
or rounded, narrowed to base, glabrescent; nerves 12 to 16 pairs, 
prominent on both sides, 3-5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
1 to 1*25 in. long. Panicles terminal and axillary at the branch 
ends, over a foot long, white, softly hairy; branchlets few-flowered. 
Flowers ’5 in. across, white; pedicels ’3 in. long. Petals lanceolate, 
white woolly, disc black. Stamens 5. Fruit oblong, black sessile 
Fl.M.P., 1. m M 
2*5 
