160 flora indica. \Myristicacea . 



pet. -|-f -poll. Paniculce ad axillas foliorum delapsorum, ramosisshnse, 3-6-pollicares, 

 floribus minutis glabris. Ant her a 6-8. Fructus diametro fere pollicaris, extus gra- 

 nuloso-tuberculatus, glaber, valvis crassis coriaceis intus glabris rufescentibus. AriUus 

 tenuis, earnosulus, coccineus vel aurautiacus, complctus. Nucleus globosus, bilo parvo. 



Sect. 3. Pvrrhosa. — Calyx 2-4-lobus, glaber. Columna sta- 

 minea depressa, subglobosa, apice concava, tota antherifera. 

 Flores in paniculis axillarihus dispositi. 



Blume appears to have brought together under the name of Pyrrhosa all the pani- 

 culate Nutmegs ; but the species included by him in the group by no means agree in 

 floral characters. As defined above, however, it constitutes a very natural group. 

 M. (P.) Java?iica, Blume, belougs to our last section, and M. (P.) Horsfiehlii, 

 Blame, though anomalous as to inflorescence, seems rather referable to Eumyristica. 



11. M. crassifolia (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis validis, foliis ovalibus 

 vel oblongis utrinque obtusis, antheris 4 sessilibus ovalibus in colum- 

 nara depresse globosam coalitis. 



Hab. In peninsula Malayana ad Malacca, Griff. ! — (v. s.) 



Ardor, cortice fusco rugoso glabro. Folia crasse coriacea, nervis obliquis rectis 

 apice tantum curvulis, subdistantibus, 5-9 poll. Jonga, 3-4^ lata, petiolo f -poll. Pa- 

 nicula axillares, ramosissimse, pubescentes, 4-6 poll, longae, bracteis ad ramos pri- 

 mordiales subpersistentibus ovalibus. Flores minuti, ad apices ramulorum fasciculati ; 

 calyx plerumque bivalvis. 



12. M. amygdalina (Wall. Plant. As. Ear. t. 90, Cat. 6797!); 

 foliis oblongo-lanceolatis vel cuneato-oblongis utrinque acutis, paniculis 

 ramosissimis puberulis, floribus brevi-pedicellatis, fructu oblongo, arillo 

 apice lacero. — M. exaltata, Wall. Cat. 6804 ! (excl. spec, ad Moulmein 

 Uctis supra ad M. Irya ? % elatis.) 



Hab. In Ava inf., Wall.!; Malacca, Griff.! — (v. s.) 

 Distkib. Sumatra, Marsden ! {in Herb. Hook.) 



Arbor procera. Hamuli teretes, glabri, cortice rugoso cinereo. Folia 5-8 poll, 

 longa, If— 2-J lata, petiolo i-poll., basi plerumque longe attenuata, utrinque glabra, 

 subtus ferruginea. Panicula 3-5-pollicares, plerumque ad axillas foliorum delapso- 

 rum sitse, ad ramificationes bracteas ovatas acuminatas cito deciduas gerentes. Calyx 

 globosus, plerumque trilobus. Columna staminea glabra, 3-4-loba, antheris lineari- 

 bus apice incurvis. Fructus paniculati, breviter pedunculati, glauci, amygdali mag- 

 nitudine, hinc sulco profundo exsculpti ; valvas crassse. Arillus aurantiacus, tenuis, 

 carnosus. Chalaza infra-apicalis. 



The flowers of this species are as small as those of 31. Irya, and very numerous, 

 and the panicles are elongated, with long, much-spreading branches. 



13. M. globularia (Bl. Rumph. i. 191. t. 64. f. 2, non Lam.); 

 foliis ellipticis vel lanceolatis utrinque glabris, paniculis ferrugineo- 

 tomentosis, floribus minutis globosis ad apices ramulorum fasciculatis 

 brevissime pedicellatis, fructu ovoideo parvo. 



Hab. In penins. Malayana ad Malacca, Griff. ! — {v. s.) 



Arbor mediocris. Hamuli fusco-cinerei, glabri ; partes novella; ferrugineo-pube- 

 rulae. Folia utrinque acuta, apice plerumque acuminata, 4-5 poll, longa, 14— fere 2 

 lata, petiolo -f-poll., coriacea, supra nitida, subtus ferruginea, nervis subdistantibus 

 parallelis ultra medium minus conspicuis curvatis. Paniculcs ad axillas foliorum 

 delapsorum 2-3-pollicares. Calyx 3-4-lobus. Antherte in globum 3-4-lobum coa- 

 litie. Fructus (ex Blume, /. c.) i-pollicaris. 



