MYKISTICEAE. 2U7 



7. Myristica sylvestris iioutt., MiQ. FL Lid. hut. I. 2,//. 61. Folia brovibsimc pctiolata sub- 

 sessilia, e basi ro(iiii(biln vel lato-subcunoat^ eloiignto-lincari-lnnceolata brevi-aoumiiiata subt'oriacea, supm 

 cilo glabrata, subtus pateiUi-niulti-costulata ct transverse venosa, iuuioia cum iniiovatioiiilms furfure stel- 

 liitn ochrascenti-tomento:^a vix onmino glabrescentia; paniculae (fern.) ex axillis veteribus ortae brevi- 

 tcr pcduuculatac ocliraceo-toiiiciilosae br(^vcs densac, in fructu laxiorcs, bractois nbovato-cllipticis dense 

 tomentosis ramos ramulosque invohicrantibus ciubicis; flores brcviter pcdiccllati, pedict-Ho ebractcolato 

 tomentoso, pcrigonio glabriu>;oiilo ellipsoidco bifido; frnctus in panicnia pauci, immaturi subglabrati 

 ovoideo- vel elllpsoideo-oblongi superne leviter attenuati, pcricarpio crasso; semen arillo coniplcto 

 aequabili involutuin. 



Arhoi' alt'mvma a teysmanno dicta, ramuVu elongatis validis cylindricis, vetustioribus digitum crassis adhuc foliosis. 

 Folia peiiolis crassis brevissimis uuuc subiiullis autice caualiculatis suffulta, patentia, a basi seusim sed parum 

 angustata, \\ — 1} pedis longa, 8 — 2^ poll, versus basin lata, subtus in sicco ocliracei colons, co:>tulis utriiique 

 circiter 35 — 40 patulis ante marginem arcuato-uuitis venisque transversis reticulatis i)rominulis notata. Pam- 

 culae iiicuiitc autliesi 2 — 2^ poll, longae coudcnsato-pyramidntac, ramh brftvibus, foribus brevi-pedicellatis dcM- 

 sis, superioribus subumbellatis, lateralibus passim ternatim confcrtis, obsitis. Periyunmm biilduni? (ex liina 

 obscure observata). Faniculae fructjferae tripollicares. Fructus pedunculis vix scmipollicaiibus sullulti, iuinialun 

 feie 2 poll longi, perkarpw crnsso. — Species magnifica, Pyrrhosae sectioni iii fallor adscribenda. Noslnim esse 

 HOUTTUYNii stirpem uec nun ad RUMtnii Valalavi secundam pertinere, descriptionibus comparatis noii est 

 quod dubitem. Icon b-umphii vero mala; foliorum, niagnitudiue valde dimiuutu delincaluiuiu, uervi nutncro nl- 

 mis reducto exliibentur. 



ri.\B. Boeroe, prope Oki, Bafjan. — Fomm foliis minoribns usqne spithameis: Jmdoina, ubi „Pa- 

 lala dawon-besar vel Palala-oetau" vocatur. 



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8. iMtristica MACROC0M4 MIQ. n. sp. Innovatioiies ochraceo-stellato-tomentosne ; folia distincte 

 petiolata, e basi truucato-rotiiiidata laiiceolato-subaequilato-oblonga acuminata coriacco-porginnncca, 

 adulta subglabrata, pube stellata secus costam subtus subpersistente, costulis utriuque circiter 25 tc- 

 iiuibus proininulis patentibus ante marginem arcuato-unitis, venis transversis tencris rcctis flexnosisquc 

 parum prominulisj panicula fern, fractifera laxa elongata folii i longitudinis ; fructus immaturi poUicc 

 longiores'obloiigo-ellipsoidei utrinqne acuti; arilhis completus. ' 



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A sup. foliis latioribus, costulis paucioribus, indumcnto et inflorescentia iam differt, inter lianc et M. nesopliilain 

 medium teuens. Peiioli poUicares. Folia in sicco parum discolura griseo-fuscesceuiia, 1 — \\ ped. loiiga, 3—5 

 poll lata. Panicula unica supp. 9 poll aequans. Fructus immaturi pedicello longiores, poUicem superautes. 



HaB. Moluccarum insula llalmaheira. 



9. Myristica corticosa hook. //. — mjq. /. c. p. 69. 



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Species maxime variabilis, cui M, intermedia b\.., miq. /- c. atliuugenda vidt-tur, du^ciepaiis ioliia Jiiinoribus, pubc 

 densiore, fructu ellipsoideo, nee iion M. geminata miq. L c. SuppL 1- />. 385, 



E praesentibus speciuiinibus sequeutes forziiae constaiit: . 



a. avtplifolia, foliis amplis elongatis, frnctibus jduri-fasciculatis lougius pediccUatis ochraceo- 

 tomcnteUis. 



IIab. Cdebes borealis, in provincia Mcnado, ubi ,/ Rahann" vocatur: riedel. 



b. tomentella, ramulis petiolis costaque subtus diutius ochraceo-furfurco-toincnt(dlis, foliis iiiagnis 

 elongatis^ fructu brevi-pcdicellato. 



Has. Awboina, ubi ,/Palala dawon-kitjil vel P. poeti" vocatur. — Ceram. 



Observ. I. Numcrus staiuinuju in liac specie ma^ns quam in reliquis variat. 



Olserv. IT. Hiiic spcciei valde similis etiara M. palemhanrca miq. FL Inil. hat. Snppl. I, p. ■'384', statim tamen 

 dignoscitur peduuculo commuiii distiucto, baud ad tuberculum reducto, pedicellis fructiferis gracilioribus, brac- 

 teola ovata acuta in medio diutius persistente. 



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