ICONES PLA]!^TARUM. 49 



Hab. Island of Fernando Po, Mann, n. 572. 



Arhor 60-80-pedalis. Folia oWonga, acuminata, basi suLncquallter 

 cordata, sa?pe pedalia, venis primariis subtus elevatis transversis paral- 

 lelis ad ntrumque latus costae in speciminiLus nostris 30-50, supra 

 depressis parum conspicuis. Panictdce mascula) axillares, ramosa?, 

 2^^-pollicares. Gapihda pisiformia vix 1^ lin. diametro, apices versus 

 ramulorum conferta, numerosa. Mores in capitulo numerosi, subses- 

 siles. Periantbium ^ lin. diametro. Columna staminea primum m- 

 clusa, in flore evoluto periantbio conspicue longicr. Flores fcBminei 

 ignoti. 



This and the species figured in the following plate are the first 

 nutmegs that have been found in tropical Africa, and both are due to 

 the exertions of Mr. Mann. Their nearest ally is certainly the_ If. 

 UorsfieUii of the Malayan Archipelago, which was raised to a distinct 

 genus by Willdenow, reduced to a section of Mt/ristica by Alph. Do 

 Candolle, but which might well be included in one section with the 

 M. Irya, Gaertn. G. Bextham. 



Fig. 1. Perianth. 2. The same open. 3. Stamens seen from above. 



Plate 1262. 



MYRISTICA MANNII, Bentli. 



Mtristice^. 



Mannii 



paniculis masculis axillaribus, capitulis paucis gioDosis miuu^uii», ^.^.x. 

 anthio 3-fido in pedicellnm brevem contracto, antheris d-t> brcvibns 

 ad apicem columnae elongata) clavata3 adnatis. 



Hab. Old Calabar and Cameroon rivers, Mann, n. 2290 and 752. 



Arlor 40-50-pedalis. Folia obovali v. anguste oblonga, acute acu- 

 • _x_ 1 • ^ • ,-i„+^ — 1 R_10nnll. lontra. 2-5 pen. 



lata, coriacea, supra nitidula subtus scauriuscuin eu y.^M.a, r^-f" 

 mariis 10-20 subtus elevatis supra parum conspicuis, basi obliqua, 

 petiolo 2-3 lin. longo. FanlculcB mascnlw ad ax.llas breves, ferrugi^neo- 

 tomcntellae, e ramulis paucis apice monocephahs compositse ^«/™ 

 globosa, 6-9 lin. diametro. floribus dense confertis etsi brcviter ped eel- 

 latis. Ferianthii limbu^ 3-partitus, U Im. diametro. Columna 



