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MYRISTICA FRAGRANS, Houtt. 

 Nutmeg. 



Native of Eastern Moluccas. 



A tree, 20 to 40 feet high, with simple alternate leaves : small pale 

 yellow flowers, male and female on separate trees ; fruit fleshy, yel- 

 low, bursting into two valves, and showing the dark-brown shell of 

 the seed covered with the scarlet mace ; the shell is brittle and con- 

 tains the nutmeg. MyristicaeecB) 



Seed the Kernel or "nutmeg" and the " mace" are principally used 

 for flavouring. 



In medicine, nutmeg possesses aromatic, stimulant, and carminative 

 properties ; but in large doses it is narcotic. 



Volatile oil of nutmeg obtained by distillation, may be used for same 

 purposes as nut-megs. 



Expressed oil applied in chronic rheumatism, paralysis, and sprains. 



NASEBERRY. See Achras Sapota. 

 NASEBERRY BULLET TREE. See Sapota Sideroxylon. 



NECTANDRA EXALTATA, Or. 



Timber Sweet Wood. 



Native of Jamaica and Dominica. 



A high tree ; leaves simple, 3 to 4 inches long ; flowers whitish , 

 berry with a cupule half as Jong as itself. (Lam-incce) 



Wood. <: Common up to a height of 3,000 feet above the sea. A 

 tree with a diameter up to two feet and height of 40 feet. It is used 

 in coarse carpentry and coopering, but has few qualities to recommend 

 it." (Hooper.) 



NECTANDRA LEUCANTHA, Nees. 



Timber Sweet Wood, White Sweet Wood, Long-leaved Sweet 



Wood, Shingle Wood. 



Native of West Indies and tropical South America. 



A tree ; leaves simple, 4 to 9 inches long; flower whitish ; berry dark 

 blue, (Laurineoe,) 



Wood. " This tree grows straight to about 2 or 3 feet in diameter. 

 It splits and saws freely and makes very good boards, but not very 

 lasting. Shingles and staves are frequently made from it, as also from 

 the common sweet wood." (Harrison.) 



NEGRESSEE. See Buctda capitata. 



NEW ZEALAND FLAX. See Phormium tenax. 



NICKER SEEDS. See Cjesalpixia Boducella, and C. Bonduc. 



