Myristica. ] Myristicacee. 2417 
A native of Tropical America; also naturalised in India if it is the 
same as the P. pellucida of Haines and of Gamble. 
Page 433.—For Myristica Linn. read: 
Male fis. few, moderate sized, in close racemes or 
clusters . : : ; , ; , : ) 2s (MYRISTICA, 
Male fl. numerous, very small, in large panicles . 2. HORSFIELDIA. 
1. MYRISTICA Linn. 
Trees; 1. alternate; entire, spreading distichously, exstipu- 
late; infl. of cymes, umbels or small panicles, from the axils 
of fallen or living leaves; fls. comparatively large, urceolate 
or ovoid, stalked; perianth 3-lobed; stam. 10-30, connate 
into a column at base; aril much cut into lacerate linear 
segments.—Sp. 83; Trop. Asia and Oceania. 
Page 434.—For M. laurifolia Hk. f. & Thw. read: 
1. M. dactyloides Gaertn. Fruct. p. 194 (1788). M. laurifolia 
Hk. f. & Th. Fl. Ind. p. 163 (1855). Perimavara, S. (F. Lewis). 
Endemic. 
2. HORSFIELDIA Willd. 
Male flowers in lax panicles; female flowers in short thick 
panicles or racemes, from the axils of fallen or living leaves; 
fls. usually minute, yellow, globose, fragrant, sessile or 
stalked; stam. 6-30, united into a column; aril entire or 
scarcely lobed.—Sp. 52; Trop. Asia and Oceania. 
Page 435.—For Myristica Horsfieldia Bl. read: 
1. Horsfieldia Iryaghedhi Warb. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 
LXVIII, p. 288 (1897). Myristica Iryaghedhi Gaertn. Fruct. I, p. 196 
(1788). Horsfieldia odorata Willd. Sp. Pl. IV, p. 872 (1805). Myris- 
tica Horsfieldia Blume Bijdr. p. 577 (1825). Thalan, S. 
For Myristica Irya Gaertn. read: 
2. Horsfieldia Irya Warb. in Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges. XIII, p. 85 
(1895); in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. LXVIII, p. 317 (1897). Myristica Irya 
Gaertn. Fruct. I, p. 195. (1785). 
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Cryptocarya Wightiana Thw. 
Endemic. 
Page 442.— 
4. Cinnamomum litsezfolium Thw. 
Near Gartmore Estate, Maskeliya. 
5. C. citriodorum Thw. 
Towards Bottumba in Sabaragamuva (F. Lewis). 
Machilus macrantha Nees. Kolla-mavu, T. (Gamble). 
Part ITItf. 
