( 2756A. 2757 B. ) 
MyristTIca OFFICINALIS. AROMATIC, or 
True Nurmec TRree. | / 
KEK EEE EEE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
Dia:crA Monapenpnia. 
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( Nat. Ord + emnces, ) 
Generic Character. 
Mase. Cal. o. Cor. campanulata, trifida. Filamentum 
columnare. Anthere 6—10, connate. Fam. Cal. o. 
Cor. campanulata, trifida, decidua. Stylus nullus. Stig- 
mata 2. Drupa nuce arillata, monosperma. Wi... 
Specific Character and Synonyms. a 
Myristica officinalis; foliis oblongo-ellipticis subacumi- 
natis glabris subtus_palidioribus, nervis simplicibus, 
pedunculis paucifloris, perianthiis urceolatis. 
Myristica oflicinalis. Linn. Suppl. p. 265. Gert. de 
Fruct. v. 1. p. 194. t. Al. f. 1. Smith in Rees Cycl. 
Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 155, 156. 
Myrisrica moschata. Thunb. in Act. Holm. 1782. p. 45. 
_. Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 134. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 4. p. 869. 
Fes ee Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 64. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 
| Ae et ee 
Myristica eaiaeee « Lam. Act. Par. 1788. p. 155. t. 
5—~7.” Lam. Dict. v. 4. p. 385. Lam. Ml. t. 832. 
Roxb. Pl. of Corom. v, 3..t. 267... 
Muscape. | at, Voy. de la Nouv. Guin. p. 194. t. 
foe ALG, LIT ZTE 7 
uae Mrounscs seu Para. Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. 2. p. 
au Ak, £4, Bs | ; 
Nox Moscuata, fructu rotundo. Pluk. Phyt. t. 219. 
_Descr. A dicecious tree ; its trunk rising to the height 
of from twenty to twenty-five feet, clothed with a greyish- 
tet brown 
