Myristica.] flora indica. 163 



of Wallich's Catalogue, from which the fruit is described, has a mark of doubt ap- 

 pended to it, and its leaves are too imperfect to enable us to determine whether or 

 not it be identical with the flowering specimens. 



20. M. laurifolia (Hi. et T.) ; ibliis ovali-oblongis vel oblongis 

 glabris, pedunculis masculis abbreviatis crassis apice plurifloris, fructu 

 ovali tomentoso. 



Hab. In Zeylania, Walker ! Gardner! Thwaites! — (v. s.) 



Arbor, cortice griseo vel rufescente rugoso. Hamuli lsevigati, glabri ; partes no- 

 vellae vix puberulte, Folia utrinque obtusa vel acutiuscnla, supra lucida, subtus pal- 

 lida, conspicue ohlique nervosa, 6-9 poll, longa, 2-4 lata, petiolo ultra-pollicari. 

 Pedunculi masc. axillares, plerumque bini, 4-2 poll, longi, lignosi, cicatricibus brac- 

 tearum crebre notati. Flores pedicellis vix lineam longis suffulti, dense tomeutosi, 

 ovales, pedicellis duplo longiores, bractea rotundata calyci adpressa suffulti. Calyx 

 breviter 3-lobus. Columna staminea pedicellata, apice processu connectivi apiculata. 

 Anthera circa 9. Fructus solitarius, ovalis, in spec, immaturis dense tomentosus, 

 pedicello ^-\ poll, smTultus. 



21. M. obtusifolia (Wall. Cat. 6808 !) ; foliis obovato-oblongis 

 rigidis supra glabris nitidis subtus ferrugineo-glaucis sparse puberulis, 

 paniculis fructiferis parce raraosis fusco-tomentosis. 



Hab. In Malaya ad Singapur, Wall.! — (v. s. in Herb. Linn. Soc.) 



Folia 6-12 poll, longa, 3-4J lata, petiolo 1-1^-pollicari, nervis obliquis distan- 

 tibus rectis apice arcuatis subtus prominentibus notata. Flores ignoti. Panicula 

 fructiferae l£ poll, longge. Fructus -f-pollicares, oblongi, tomcntosi. Semen subglo- 

 bosum, arillo subcompleto, testa tenui. 



22. M. Malabarica (Lam. Act. Paris. 1788. p. 162); foliis an- 

 guste oblongis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, inflorescentia mascula axillari 

 dichotome cymosa multiflora, floribus laxe umbellatis, fructu oblongo 

 fulvo-incano. — Blame, Rumph. i. 185. M. dactyloides, Wall. Cat. 6786 ! 

 {vix Gartner). M. notha, Wall. Cat. 6787 \—Meede, Hort. Mai. iv. t. 5. 



Hab. In sylvis densis Malabariaa et Concan, Sykes ! Balzell! Law ! 

 (Fl. Nov. Feb.) {v. s.) 



Arbor excelsa; ramuli glabri, cortice rubcscente licviusculo. Folia superne an- 

 gustata, apice obtusa, basi acuta vel rarius rotundata, 4-8 poll, longa, H-4 lata, pe- 

 tiolo ^-1 -pollicari, glaberrima, subtus glauca. Cymes mascara 1-3-pollicares; ramuli 

 op]>ositi, apice umbellatim pluriflori. Pedicel I i J— | poll, longi, graciles. Alabastri 

 fere globosi. Calyx inflates, late ovalis, trilobus, pubescens, basi bractea amplec- 

 tente adpressa latissima munita. Ant her a 15 in columnam solidam oblongam pedi- 

 cello brevi crasso pubescente suffultam coalte, connectivo apice apiculata?. Flores 

 fieminei ad apicem pedunculi axillaris nmbellati, pauci (in spec. 2) ; masculis majores, 

 urceolati. Ovarium dense tomentosum. Fructus 2^-3 pollices longU3, oblongus, 

 pericarpio bivalvi crasso carnoso. Arillus ex rubro flavescens, irregulariter fissus, 

 lacunosus, lobis versus apicem in conum seminis apici insidentem contort uplicat is. 

 Semen ovoideum, erectum, utrinque obtusum, subobliquum, ventre plauiusculum, 

 dorso convexius, tegmine lignoso tenui, fragili, arilli pressione irregulariter sulcato, 

 medio latere chalaza notato." Rhaphe a hilo ad chalazam linearis. 



According to Rbeede, tbe pericarp is acid and astringent, with a disagreeable smell. 

 r Hie aril is less agreeably flavoured than true mace, and the nut has scarcely any 

 taste or smell. 



3, M. Horsfieldii (131. Bijd. 577, Rumph. i. 1»«) ; foliis ovato- 



oblongis acuminatis subtus stellato-pulx JSCentibus, floribus dense glo- 



