844 DIOECIA MONADELPHIA. | Myristica. 
in the centre of the calyx and nearly of the same length, thick, © 
linear-oblong, and obtuse, Anthers in general about nine 
pairs, linear, adjoined lengthways to the upper half of the 
filaments, but their chief bond of connexion appears to be 
at their lower extremities, Frmaxe, Peduneles axillary, 
solitary, rather longer then the petioles, while in blossom as- 
cending one-flowered. Bractes, that of the flowers as in the 
male, Flowers small, yellow, inodorous. Calyx as in the 
male, Corol none, Germ ovate, one-celled, containing a 
single seed, attached to the bottom of the cell, Style scarcely 
any. Stigma two-lobed. Drupe superior, somewhat turbinate, 
smooth, of the size of a small pullet’s egg ; when ripe yellow, 
and then dividing into two equal portions, beginning at the 
apex, one-celled. Mut oval, ovate, or neatly round, mark- 
ed with broad superficial furrows corresponding with the 
divisions of the deep orange coloured aril, or mace, other- 
wise smooth; colour a dark brownish black, very hard, 
and as the shell is of equal thickness every where, these im- 
pressions are equally evident on the inside, and are communi- 
cated to the seed, or nutmeg, itself, attached by a large umbili- 
cus to the bottom of the cell. Seed conform to the nut, and 
covered with a single, light brown, thin, spongy integument. 
Perisperm conform to the seed, while fresh rather soft, juicy, 
and somewhat farinaceous, variously variegated, (ruminatum, 
Gert.) with rust coloured veins, while fresh more fragrant 
than after being dried. mbryo erect, patelliform, lodged 
in the base of the perisperm, white, and of a firm fleshy con- 
sistence. Cotyledons two, thick, fan-shaped, and expanding 
from the middle upwards; margins irregularly cut, or ere- 
nulate, Plumula of two unequal Jobes. Radicle inferior, 
hemispherical, ; 
It is well known that the description of this plant in the 
Supplementum Plantarum of the younger eens taken 
from Sonnerat is that of another species. 
_ Lamarck’s description, so far at least, as relates. to the sta- , 
mens and style, appear to me to have been taken from the 
