Myristica.'] flora indica. 157 



fructu late ovali vel subgloboso toraento brevissimo ineano, arillo crasse 

 carnoso. 



Hab. In montibus Kliasia, alt. 2-3000 ped. !— (v. v.) . 



Arbor excelsa, trunco apice horizontaliter et subverticillatim ramoso. Famuli 

 elongati, foliosi, rugulosi, adulti cinerei, glabrati. Folia 6-10 poll, longa, l£-2£ 

 lata, pet. f-poll., supra glabra, lucida, subtus glauca, sccus costam ct nervos cinereo~ 

 furfuracea. Pedunculi axillares, vix ^-pollicares, rigidi, lignosi; pcdicelli eorum 

 apieem versus inter bracteas squameefonnes fasciculati, graciles, %-\ poll, longi, 

 ciuereo-iucani, supra medium bracteolam latissimam amplectentern minutam ge- 

 rentes. Alabastri masculi subglobosi, obtuse triquetri. Fructus plerumque solitarii, 

 pedicello crasso, o vales, minute fusco-puberuli, 2-pollicares. Vaha crassre. Arillus 

 erassissimus, camosus, demum coccineus, sequalis, apice lacerus. Nucleus oblongus, 

 leevis, obliquus, chalaza infra-apicali. 



This species (the most northern of all Nutmegs) is readily distinguished from M. 

 longifolia by the much fewer and smaller flowers on longer stalks, by the flat-topped 

 disc (if that character is to be relied on), and especially by the very different fruit. 

 The leaves also are narrower, much thinner in texture, and not cordate at the base. 

 The leaves of both, however, vary a good deal, and some of the smaller ones of M. 

 longifolia are not easily distinguished from those of the present species. 



4. M. attenuate (Wall. Cat. 6791 !) ; ramulis tenuiter furfura- 

 ceis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis longe attenuatis basi acutis vel rotundatis 

 subtus glands, pedunculis axillaribus paucifloris, disco piano 12-lobo, 

 fructu ovali vel oblongo fulvo-tomentoso, arillo tenuissimo. — M. amy- 

 galina, Graham, Cat. Bomb., non Wall. 



Hab. In montibus Concan, Dalzell! Law! — (v.s.) 



Ardor forsan excelsa. Hamuli elongati, graciles, adulti glabrati, cortice nitido 

 rugnloso. Folia secus costam et nervos subfurfuracea, demum glabra, 5-8 poll, 

 longa, lf~2$ -lata, petiolo £-poll. Pedunculi axillares, 1-2 lineas longi, apice brac- 

 teati, 3-4~flori. Pedicelli petiolos sequantes vel paullo superantes, filiformes, apice 

 subclavati, prope florem unibraeteolati. Flores subglobosi, laxe tomentosi. Fructus 

 sesquipollicares. Arillus apice lobatus. Semen oblongurn; chalaza unilateral], a 

 vertice ± poll, distante. 



Our specimens from Law and Dalzell agree very well with those of Heyne. The 

 leaves have a tendency to vary in shape, and are sometimes quite rounded at the base. 

 The fruit is broader in the "Wallichian specimens than in the others, but the seed is 



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same 



5. M. glaucescens (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis glabrescentibus, foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis basi plerumque rotundatis supra glaberrimis subtus 

 glaucis, pedunculis brevissimis paucifloris, disco piano 10-15-radiato, 

 tructu ovali-oblongo ferrugineo-pulverulento, arillo tenui. — M. Suma- 

 trana, Bl. Rumph. i. 187. Knpma irtauceseens. Jack, in Mai. Mm 





Mag. i. 149, non Wall. 



Vlalayana ad Malacca, Griff.! Cuming, 2315 ! 



Distrib. Sumatra, Jack; ins. Philipp., Cuming, 1042 ! 1309 ! 



Arbor ramulis rugulosis ; partes novelise furfuracese, cito glabrescentes. Folia 5-8 

 poll, longa, H-2i lata, petiolo i-poll., juniora secus costam et nervos furfuracea, 

 cito glabrescentia. Pedicelli graciles, petiolum sequantes, medio bracteolati. Flores 

 ferrugiueo-tomentosi, foeminei ovali-oblongi, masculi subglobosi. Fructus, secundum 

 ••A, 1. c., parvus, olivse magnitudiuem non attinens, ex spec, in Herb. Bcutham as- 

 servato subdobosus. cerasi mairuitudtne, valvis tenuibus, arillo indiviso. 



