158 flora indica. [Myristicacece. 



Specimens from Malacca in the Hookerian Herbarium appear -to us to be identical 

 with the plant described by Jack, and with the numbers of Cuming quoted above. 

 If we are correct in these identifications, the species must be widely distributed. 

 In our description we have chiefly followed Jack. 



6. M. gibbosa (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis glabriuseulis, foliis anguste 

 lanceolatis acuminatis basi acutis subtus pallidis (in sicco flavescenti- 

 bus), fructu oblongo tomentoso obliquo hinc gibbo, arillo tenui. 



Hab. In mont. Khasia ! — (v. v.) 



Arbor, ramulis gracilibus foliosis, cortice griseo ruguloso ; partes novelise tener- 

 rime furfuracese, cito glabrescentes. Folia glaberrima, coriacea, suj)ra nitida, subtus 

 pallida, secus costam subfurfuracea, cito glabrescentia, 4-7 poll, tonga* 1-1| lata, 

 pet. §-§ poll. Pedicellus fructus -^-pollicaris (pedunculo brevissimo). Fructus 

 valvte crasse coriacesc, intus castanese, nervosa, rugulosro. Arillus apice tantum 

 sublacerus. Semen obliquum, chalaza longe infra-apicali. 



This species, which appears very distinct both in leaves and fruit, was obtained by 

 us in the Khasia hills, with ripe fruit, in the month of June. We are inclined to 

 associate with our Khasia plant a single specimen of a male plant in flower, collected 

 by Griffith at Mergui, on the Tenasserim coast, which is evidently quite unlike all 

 the states of if. corticosa, and which cannot be confounded with any other species. 

 The leaves of this Mergui plant are identical with those of if. gibbosa; and if the 

 two be the same, the male flowers of that plant may be thus described : — Peduncufi 

 axillares, validi, \ pollicem longi, lignosi, nudi, apice in ramos plures abbreviates 

 dense squamosos divisi. Fedicelli plures, ■J—^-pollicares, medio bracteolam minu- 

 tam amplectentem gerentes. Calyx ovalis vel campanulatus, -|-trilobus, ferrugineo- 

 pubescens. Columna staminea superne subclavata. Anther a 12, suberectse, disco 

 breviter lobato adnatse. 



7. M. corticosa (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis glabratis, foliis anguste 

 lanceolatis utrinque acutis rariusve obtusis subtus glaucis, periuueulis 

 axillaribus abbreviatis plurifloris, disco piano 8-12-lobo, fructu ovali 

 pulverulento, arillo carnoso. — Knema corticosa, Lour. FL Coch. 742 ! 

 Myristica globularia, Lam. M. glauca, Bl. Bijdr. 576, Riimph. i. 182. 

 t. 60. M. lanceolata, Wall. Cat. 6794? ! M. missionis, Wall. Cat. 

 6788 ! M. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. hid. iii. 847 ! 



Hab. Chittagong! Tenasserim ! et in penins. Malayans ! — (Fl. Jan. 

 Apr.) (v. v.) 



Distrib. Java ! Cochin China ! Borneo ! 



Arbor srepe excelsa. Famuli cortice rnbicundo vel fusco-cinereo, glaberrimi ; 

 partes novelhe vix subpulverulentee. Folia elongato-laneeolata, interdum sed raris- 

 sime obtusa, 4-7 poll, longa, 1-l^vel rarius 2 poll, lata, petiolo ^-f-poll., rigide co- 

 riacea, glaberrima, venulis in sicco creberrimis reticulars. Fedunculi l-t-3 liueas 

 longi, areolis sqnamarura delapsarum notati. Fedicelli graciles, supra medium 

 bracteolati. Flores tenuissime tomentosi. Arillus puniceus, multipartita. Cha- 

 laza obliqua. 



Our Chittagong plant is undoubtedly the same with that from Singapur in Herb. 

 Wallich, and we can in no way distinguish if. missionis, "Wall., which was perhaps, 

 therefore, obtained by Konig from the Straits, and was not a native of the Madras 

 Peninsula. Our specimens quite agree with Blume's figure and detailed description, 

 and with Loureiro's specimens in the British Museum. "We adopt Loureiro's name, 

 because we have no doubt that, on a general revision of the Order, his genus Kne> % 

 will be kept up. 



8. RL intermedia (Bl. Humph, i. 187j ; ramulis glabriuseulis, 



