XLIII. 



NUX MOSCHATA. 



(myristica moschata.) 



The Nutmeg-tree. 



Synonyms.— Nux Moschata, fructu rotundo, Bank. ILi/., 407; PluJc. Phyt. 3 

 t. 219. Nux Myristica seu Pala, Humph, Herh. Ami., vol. ii. p. 14, t. 4. Myris- 

 tica aromatica, Lam. act. Tran. 1788, p. 155, t. 5—7 ; Lam. Diet., v. 4 ; Boxb. PI. 

 of Coromandel, vol. iii. t. 267. Myristica officinalis, Linn. Suppl., p. 265 • Gcert. 

 de Fruct., vol. i. p. 194, t. 41. Myristica Moschata, Willd., Sp. PL, vol. iv. 

 p. 869; Sprengel, Syst. Veget, vol. iii. p. 64. 



Foreign Names.— Fr. ; Le Muscadier, Noix muscade, Muscades. Ital. : Noee 

 moscada. Span.: Nuz moscada, Moscada. Port. : Noz moschada. Germ, t 

 Muskat niisse, Aromatische niisse. Dut. : Muskaat noten. Swed. : Muskotf. 

 Dan. : Muskatnod. Muss. : Mushkatnoi orcein. Aral. ; Jowzal-teel. Pers. t 

 Jouzbewa. Tarn. : Jodicai. Hind. : Jaephal. 



Nat. Order, Lauhineje, Juss.; Myristiceje, Brown; Holo- 



racem, Linn.— Dicecia, Monadelphia. 



Gen 



Flowers dioecious. Calyx urceolate, three-toothed. Males: 

 Filaments monadelphous. Anthers six to ten, connate. Females: 

 Ovary simple. Style none- Stigma two-lobed. Pericarp fleshy, two- 

 valved, one-seeded. Seed enveloped in a fleshy 



axil 



Spec. Chae.— Leaves oblong, acuminate, smooth, whitish beneath, and 

 with simple nerves. Peduncles one to four-flowered. 



History.— It is very doubtful if the ancients were acquainted 

 with this tree. According to Sprengel, Stackhouse, and 

 Schneider, the K^ocxov of Theophrastus is the Nutmeg-tree. 

 Dr. Koyle (Antiq. of Hindoo Med., p. 106) differs from this 



Fig. 1. Section of the male flower. 2. Section of the female flower. 3. A mag- 

 nified anther. 4. The embryo magnified. 5. The mace. 6. The nutmeg (seed). 



