Myristicee. | THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. 323 
occurs in the colder parts of the Himalaya and in Kunawur, and the species (H. conferia) 
is nearly allied to H. salicifolia. 
The fruit of Eleagnus angustifolia is acidulous, that of E. orientalis (zinzid) is eaten 
in Persia, as is, in India, that of Z. arborea and conferta, and in the Himalayas that 
of E. Ghuwaeen, nob., and Hippophae conferta ; as of H. rhamnoides in Europe. 
Eleagnus parvifolia. Wall. Cat. N. 4026. Ic. ined. 849.—Tab. 81. fig. 1—(@) Flower seen from 
above; (6) from below; (c) the same, cut open. 
I have figured this species from the E. I. Company’s drawings made under Dr. Wallich’s superin- 
tendence, though none of my specimens exactly correspond with it; but those of the species called 
ghuwaeen, in Sirmore and Bisseher, approach it, as well as E. wmbellata, Thunb. All the species 
require revision, as some vary much in the form of their leaves, others are spinescent or unarmed, 
according to the locality. 
143. PROTEACEZ. 
As we have seen the Eleagnee in the northern, so the Proteacee chiefly inhabit the 
southern hemisphere, especially New Holland, Southern Africa, and S, America. Em- 
bothrium, the most southern genus, ascends, as Mr. Brown remarks, in his masterly 
exposition of the order, the greatest elevation: some extend north even to Guiana. 
A genuine species of Protea was found by Mr. Bruce in Abyssinia. Rhopala, chiefly 
occurring in S. America, is also met with in Cochin-china and the Malayan Archipe- 
lago. To this genus the Indian species of Helicia were referred. This must now be 
considered the most northern in its distribution, as species extend along the Malayan 
Peninsula to Silhet and the Pundua mountains (vy. Wall. Cat. N. 1040, 2072, and 
3661); so that here, as in the Epacridee, we find the flora of India connected with that 
of New Holland, even by a family so strikingly characteristic of the latter, 
144. MYRISTICEZ. 
The Myristicee, usually placed near Laurinee, are considered by Dr. Lindley more 
closely allied to Anonacee. They are natives exclusively of the tropics of India and 
America. In the Old World, they extend southwards from the tropical islands to New 
Holland, and northwards along the Malayan Peninsula to Silhet, where is found 
M. longifolia, Wall., and in the mountains of that district J. floribunda, Wall., with 
M. angustifolia, Roxb. Other species are peculiar to the Peninsula. 
Nutmeg forming the albumen, and Jace the arillus of the seed of Myristica 
moschata, are well known for their grateful and aromatic properties. They are produced 
in the largest quantities in the Moluccas, but have been successfully cultivated in 
Penang and Bencoolen, but especially in Sumatra. The trees thrive and bear fruit 
even so far north as the Calcutta Botanic Garden, and ‘might no doubt be successfully 
cultivated in Travancore and the Tinnivelly district, as well as on the Malayan Penin- 
The nutmeg is called juephul in India, with jous-boa (fragrant nut) as its Persian 
wuntree, P. bisbaseh with amakun (ysnze) assigned as its Greek name. 
name; and mace—ja | 
Other species yield aromatic nuts, as M. tomentosa, perhaps the M. dactyloides of 
in Brazil, and 4. Olobda, in Santa Fé. 
Gertner; J. officinalis, according to Dr. Martius, 
g, have a volatile, as well as a 
The plants of this family, like those of the followin 
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sula. 
