Myristica. dioecia monadelphia. 847 



lary, from two to three-flowered. Aril, or mace, fleshy, and 

 undivided ; tint oblong. 



Palala secunda. Rnmph. Amh. ii./). 26. t. 6. 



A native of the Mahiy islands. 



6. M. spicata. R. 



Leaves short-petioled, broad-lanceolate, smooth and firm. 

 Female jloicers numerous, on short, solitary, 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 rains, 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 

 vuiderneath. 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. 



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 during the rains, but the flowers have 

 hitherto proved abortive. 



9. M. linifolia. R. 



Leaves linear, smooth, and hard ; petioles and other ten- 

 der parts densely clothed with brown ramentaceous scales. 

 Male flowers m axillary fascicles; anthers from fifteen to 

 twenty on the margin of a triangularly peltate dish. 



