the god of riches, according to some authors; tho' others deny that the word stands for such a deity, and understand by it only riches themselves. Our Saviour says, We cannot serve God and mammon; that is, be religious and worldly-minded at the same time. Our poet Milton makes Mammon to be one of the fallen angels, and gives us his character in the following lines.

least created spirit that fell From heav'n: for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent; admiring more The riches of heav'n's pavement, trodden gold, Than ought divine, or holy else enjoy'd, In beatific vision: by him first Man also, and by his suggestion taught, Ranck'd the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth, For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a spacious wound, And digg'd our ribs of gold. Let none admire, That riches grow in hell; that foil may best Deferve the precious base.

MAMMEA, Mammae-Tree; a genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the polyandra class of plants. There are two species; both of them large ever-green trees of the hot parts of America and Asia, and retained here in hot-houses for variety; both of them adorned with large, oval, oblong, stiff leaves, and large quadripetalous flowers, succeeded by large round edible fruit of a most exquisitely rich flavour. They are propagated by seed, which is to be sowed in small pots of light earth, and plunged in the bark-bed, where they will soon come up; give gentle waterings, and about August transplant them into separate pots a size larger, plunging them into the bark-bed, and giving shade and water till fresh-rooted. In this country they must never be taken out of the house.