104 — cxxvi. MYRISTICEÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Myristica. 
AN, Canara and N. MALABAR, Heyne, &c. . . 
A tall foe. Leaves thinly coriaceous on the flowering branches, thick and leathery 
on the fruiting, more or less shining above, nerves very slender ; petiole 2-1 in tel 
panicles 1-1} in. axillary and supra-axillary ; peduncle naked below, subum! e "wd 
cymose above; bracteole an orbicular scale; perianth 2 in., puberulous, 3-to0 Pe ; 
anthers connate in a cylindric shortly stipitate column. Female panicles ew n 
flowers larger. Fruit 2 by 1 in., pubescent.—A fruiting specimen apparently o Pod 
species from Dalzell (marked amygdalina ?) has oblong leaves 10 by 4 in. and roun An 
at the base; the detached fruit accompanying it is, however, long and pubescent " i : 
Rheede’s and Beddome's figures of malabarica. On the other hand, fruits tha 
accompany Wight's Malabar specimens of malabarica are shorter broader and only 
1} in. long. 
5. M. malaccensis, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, branches rather 
slender, leaves 8-10 in. linear-oblong acute or acuminate, nerves 15-20 pair 
slender, male fl. in subeymose fascicles bracteolate subglobose, anthers 
about 7. 
Mazacoa, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1305). 
Habit of M. malabarica, but leaves longer, usually rounded at the base but 
sometimes acute, petiole rather short j-j in., panicle longer 3-4 in., with ri 
numerous much smaller flowers 4, in. long, on slender rather longer pedicels. Periant 
3-toothed ; anthers connate in a broad sessile column, tips acute.— The probable 
fruiting state of this, according to Dr. Maingay’s Herbarium notes (Kew Distrib. 
1304) in specimens of which the leaves 6 in. long are elliptic-oblong obtuse very 
leathery acute at the base with a very stout petiole, * Fruit subglobose 14 by lj in. 
glabrous, pale-yellowish ; pericarp thick, fleshy, 43-75 in. thick; aril complete, slightly 
lobed at the tip, clear reddish orange, testa slightly crustaceous pale brown.” 
6. M. magnifica, Beddome Fl. Sylv. t. 268; young parts clothed with 
golden pubescence, leaves 10-24 in. thickly coriaceous linear-oblong acute or 
acuminate densely stellately tomentose beneath glabrate in age, nerves 20- 
26 pairs, male flowers tomentose deuse crowded on very short stout axillary 
peduncles bracteolate, fruit large oblong. 
Sovru TRAVANCORE; in the plains, Beddome. . 
An immense gregarious tree, 100 feet high, described by Beddome as having 
buttressed trunks, most like M. laurifolia, but different looking, with different 
pubescence venation and antheriferous column, and a larger fruit. Except in the 
much larger size and pubescence, I see no difference between this and laurifolia. 
The specimen communicated by Beddome, and which he says was pronounced at Kew 
to be M. malabarica, consists of a single leaf 20 by 6 in., with 20 pairs of nerves, 
and a very stout petiole and midrib; it is perfectly glabrous, presents no definite 
character but size and corresponding number of nerves ; both the texture, colour and 
nervation occur in leaves of M. laurifolia aud malabarica. 
7. M. Maingayi, Hook. f.; branches stout black, shoots and inflo- 
rescence rusty-tomentose, leaves 7-10 in. linear-oblong acute or acuminate 
glabrous, nerves 14-18 pairs, male panicles axillary and. supra-axillary; 
peduncle and pedicels short very stout, perianth bracteolate ovoid, column 
of anthers slender acute. 
Matacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 1289). 
A lofty tree. Branches much angled by the contraction of the bark in longitu- 
dinal ridges. Leaves very coriaceous, 2-24 in. broad, pale brown, nerves slender, 
base acute or rounded ; petiole 1 in. Male panicles decurved, 8-10-fld. ; peduncle 
compressed; pedicels about i in. ; perianth as long, broadly ovoid ; bracts caducous ; 
bracteole broad half as long as the perianth; anthers 9, stipes very short, pubescent. 
— Approaches M. hyposticta, Miquel, of Java, but the stout branches with black bark 
and very coriaceous leaves not glaucous beneath appear to distinguish it. 
