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MYRISTICA. 



PltftClA MONADELIUllA, LiMt* 

 OROO NATURALISE LAURL JvS** 



CHARACTER GENERfCUS. 



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SPECIES. 

 MYRISTICA otoba. 



Akuor cxwka, onmilm* partibiu ghlKTritiu. Folia altrrna, Mihspi- 

 ihamca, oblonga, 1mm attvmuu, apicc rotuudata, emu acuminc 

 brcvi, Mi[T.i niiida, subtus albida, vciiosa* coriacea, inlcgeninia* 

 IViioli etnalicnhlif polllcarcs* Farmini florcs snpra nice mum a\.l- 

 larcm conferii* Calyx inferos, irilidm, ladniU aculu, crcctis, 

 Corolla nulla. Pislillunt : ovarium -loboMim ; >lvb.* miirm, brevis- 

 *iimi*:>ligmala Iria, Md>iriata t glamluloco-viscosa, patenlia, Pcri- 

 cnr|>iuni : bacva spbarrica, carnota, unilocular.* » glubrrrima : caro 

 rrassa, QXaraccns in rrustsuii durissimam »oti deb been tcm* 



Itabilnl m vjl\is rcgiai Bogotcn&is , Irequciis juxla Marimiiia, ubi 

 vulgo Otoba dicilur. 



Ait im J limit dc c-ii it .- nic & i inijii.Mite meiU ( 20 metres ) , cl ires- 



loullu. 

 Trono droit, cvlmdrimic* <lu diameirc dc vingt a tmite police* 



(8 decimetres), reeouverl d'unc eeorce iro-bntiic, legerement 



gcrctrc : bois blauc trevdun 



