\ 



1 



3^4 



Of tlie maleftower the calyx confiils of one 



led 



at 



le 



into 



thre 



e 



ft 



a 



b 



> 



b r i in 

 rding to I 



fifting of fiiort filaments, infert 



■ 



bell-fliaped leaf, d 



•/ 



■> 



teetn : there is no corolla : 



La Marck, are from fix to twelve, joined 



1 



the 



forrcunded with anther^s, which are long 



Of 



th 



\\cfcwa 



GZ 



receptacle, and 

 united. 



the calyx is fiipilar to that of the male Fiower - 



men 



m 



1 



d by tvv^o R'lgm 



th 



oval, 



rnit IS 



d 



d fupp 



or oval, and of 



fty 



upoiis kind, of which the external covering is flefhy, toup-h 



e 



a 



_ ^ , nd 



by opening at the top feparates into two valves, and difcovers the 



Mace, which has a reticulated 



appearance 



5 



d divides into th 



ions 



, wMch clofely invefl a {lender fhell containing the feed 

 Nutmeg. 



Th 



tree is a native of the Eaft Ind 



01? 



Molucca I 



particularly the 



. The Nutmeg has been fuppofed to be the Comacum of Theophraflus ^ 

 but there feems little foundation for this opinion, nor can it with more 

 probability be thought to be the Chryfobalanos of Galen. Our firfl 

 knowledge of it was evidently derived from the Arabians ; byAvic 



was called Jiauiib 



Rumphius both figured and defc 



Jaufiband,* which fignifies Nut of Band 



b 



but the fig 



by him is fo imperfed, and the defcription fo confufed, that Lia- 

 n^us, w^ho gave it the generic name Myriftica, was unable to alTigr 

 its proper 



characters. S 



account of the Mufcadier is ftill 



more erroneous ;^ and the younger Linnaeus was unfortunately milled 



Myriftica in the clafs Polyandria, and 



by this author, placing 



defcribing the corolla as confifting.of five petals.'' Thunberg, who 

 examined the flower of the Nutmeg, places it in the clafs monoecia, 

 and according to his defcription, the male fiower lias but one filament, 

 furrounded at the upper part by the antherse f and as the filaments are 

 fhort and flender,and the antheras united, this miftake might eafilyarife 



*, 



/. 



^'265 



Lib. ii. cap. 5035 and by Serapion it was named Jeuzb 



^ Voyage a la Nouvelle Giiincey p. 194. t. lib. 

 A£i. Stockholm. 1782.^. 46. . ' 



».. 



d 



ipph 



% 



ip 



Mr. Dryander inform 



columnar filament, and concludes 



De La Marck muft have been deceived by 



dividing the fibres of this organ ; confequently the myriftica Ihould in ft 



monadelph 



Mr 





