Myristica, DIOECIA MONADELPHIA. 847 
lary, from two to three-flowered. Aril, or mace, fleshy, and 
undivided ; nut oblong. 
Palala secunda. Rumph. Amb, ii. p. 26. ¢. 6. 
A native of the Malay islands, 
6. M, spicata, R. 
Leaves short-petioled, bivedlanewlate, smooth and firm. 
Female flowers numerous, on short, Nas * axillary spikes. 
Calyces pitcher-shaped, 
A native of the Moluccas. Introduced into the Botanic 
garden in 1798, and in 1804 one female tree blossomed dur- 
ing the rams, when it was about twelve feet high, All 
the flowers proved abortive; no part of the tree possesses 
any fragrance. 
7. M. angustifolia, R. 
Leaves narrow-lanceolate, acute, smooth, entire, glaucous 
underneath. Male umbellets axillary, sub-sessile. 
"A very large tree, a native of the mountainous countries im- 
mediately east of Bengal, where it blossoms about the begin- 
ning of the rains in June. oe fe 
8. M. parviflora. R .% 
Leaves short-petioled, ovate-oblong,smooth, Female ra- 
cemes axillary, of the length of the petioles, : : 
A native of the Molucca islands, One female tree in the 
Botanic garden, in twelve years attained the height of about 
fifteen feet, with a straight trunk of proportional thickness, 
It blossoms regularly wttinay the zane, but the flowers have 
rican proved abortive. 
9. M. linifolia, R 
- Leaves linear, 7s and hard ; Siibile and other ten- 
der parts déhsely clothed with brown ramentaceous scales. 
Male flowers in axillary fascicles; anthers from ane to 
twenty on the — of a tape peltate — 
