Flora Medica

STALAGMITIS.227. Stalagmitis ovalifolia Brown and Graham in Comp. toB. M. ii. 197. col. 2.Xanthochymus ovalifolius Roxb. fl.ind. ii. 632. W. and A. 102. Southern provinces of India;Ceylon.Wight,Leaves oval, shining. Flowers lateral, fascicled, male and hermaphroditemixed. Anthers 6-8 to each bundle. Ovary 3-celled. Fruitoval, 1-3-seeded. Dr. Wight persists in the opinion that this yieldsone kind of true Gamboge in Ceylon. See Sot. Mag. comp. vol. ii.MAMMEA.Sepals 2, deciduous, equal. Petals 4-6, coriaceous, somewhatequal, deciduous. Stamens distinct or slightly united atthe base, indefinite, deciduous ; filaments short ; anthers adnate,2-celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary 4-celled ; ovule solitary,erect. Style short; stigma 4-lobed, with emarginate lobes.Fruit pointed by the remains of the style, with a hard putamenand fleshy rind, 4- or by abortion 2-3-celled. Seeds large, thick.Trees having leaves containing pellucid dots. Flowers usuallysolitary.228. M. americana Linn. sp. pi. 731. DC. prodr.i. 561.Cambessed. mem. p. 56. Sloane ii. 123. t. 217. f. 3. WestIndia Islands.(Mammee Eng. Abricot-sauvage Fr.)A tall tree. Leaves oval or obovate, entire, blunt, shining, leathery,opposite, short-stalked, 5-8 inches long. Flowers solitary, white, sweet,1| inch in diameter. Fruit roundish, 3-7 inches in diameter; it is coveredwith a double rind, the outer leathery, 1 line thick, tough, brownishyellow, scored crosswise ;the inner thin, yellow, adhering firmly tothe flesh which is firm, bright yellow, with a pleasant singular taste and asweet aromatic smell. Skin and seeds very bitter and resinous. Barkabounds in a strong resinous gum, used by negroes for extractingchigoes from their feet. Melted down with a little lime juice anddropped into sores it is effectual in destroying maggots at the firstdressing. A bath of the bark hardens the soles of the feet like Mangrovebark. Lunan.CALOPHYLLUM.Flowers often by abortion polygamous. Sepals 2-4, petaloid,deciduous. Petals 2-4, alternating with the sepals. Staminausually numerous, or sometimes definite, more or less distinctly4-adelphous at the base or distinct : filaments short : anthersdehiscing longitudinally. Ovary ovate, 1 -celled ovule : solitary,attached to the bottom of the cell. Style longish, flexuose.Stigma large, peltate, irregularly lobed. Fruit drupaceous,1-celled, 1-seeded. Trees with leaves furnished with numeroustransverse parallel slender nerves. Flowers disposed in axillaryracemes or panicles. W. and A.115 i 2