Myristica.] cxxvi. MYRIBTICE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 105 



Sect. II. Pyrrhosa, Blume (Irya, H. f. Sf T., Horsfieldia & Gymna- 

 cranthera, Alph. DC.}. Male flowers ebracteolate (bracteoles fugacious) 

 generally minute, in many-fld. compound panicles (or paniculate heads in 

 M. Horsfieldii). Anthers combined in a fleshy oblong turbiuate spherical 

 or 3-gonous sessile (rarely stipitate) column or cup. 



* Anthers produced to the base of the column, closely combined through- 

 out their length (not separable), or the tips alone free. 



f* Panicles more or less tomentose. 



8. 1*1 . superba, Hook. f. $ Thorns. Ft. Ind. 162 ; branchlets leaves 

 beneath and panicles scurfily rusty-tomentose, -leaves 12-18 in. elliptic- 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, nerves 25-30 pair, male panicles robust, perianth 

 glabrous, staminal column subsessile solid ovoid obtuse, anthers 10. Alph. 

 DC. in Prodr. xiv. 1. 194. 



PENANG-, Phillips. 



Branches stout. Leaves coriaceous, 4-8 in. broad, bright red brown, and loosely 

 stellately tomentose beneath ; nerves firm, nearly straight ; petiole f in. Male 

 panicles in the axils of fallen leaves, 4-6 in. long ; perianth ^ in. long, ellipsoid, 

 obtuse, 3-4-toothed ; pedicel as long, very stout ; anthers closely confluent to their 

 tips in a subsessile column not apiculate. Female fl. and. fruit unknown. 



9. M. Murtoni, Hook. /. ; branchlets young leaves beneath and 

 panicles rustily tomentose, leaves 10-12 in. oblong very coriaceous glaucous 

 beneath, base ronnded or cordate, nerves 20-30 pair slender spreading, male 

 fl. % in. long broadly ovoid in short stout dense-fld. panicles very shortly 

 pedicelled, staminal column fusiform sessile, anthers with the tips free. 



SINGAPOKE, H. J. Murton. 



Branches very stout. Leaves 3-5 in. broad, brown and shining above, old quite 

 glabrous beneath; petiole -f in., very stout, glabrous. Male panicles 1-2 in. long; 

 flowers densely crowded, perianth lobed ij-way down ; anthers slightly twisted. Fern. 

 ft. and fruit unknown. This appears to be nearest to M. superba, differing in the 

 much smaller flowers and fewer anthers with free tips. 



10. 1*1. tomentosa, Hook. f. fy Thorns. FL Ind. 161; branchlets 

 leaves beneath and panicles softly rusty-tomentose, leaves 6-12 in. elliptic- 

 oblong lanceolate or oblanceolate at length glabrate, nerves 12-20 pair, 

 male panicles robust, perianth T ' 3 in. diam. globose glabrous granulate, 

 staminal column sessile turbinate solid top depressed. Alph. DC. in Prodr. 

 xiv. 1. 204. Myristicacea, Wall. Cat. 9025. 



PENANG, Porter, Phillips. MALACCA, Maingay (M. Wallichii, Kew Distrib. 

 1284). DISTBIB. Borneo ?. 



Branches stout, bark grey. Leaves 2-2| in. broad, thinly coriaceous, dull brown 

 above, bright red-brown beneath ; base acute or cuneate; petiole \ in. Male panicles 

 like those of M. Wallichii, but not so long and stout ; pedicels slender ; perianth 

 3-4-clef't, glabrous ; anthers about 15, quite confluent ; tips incurved but not free. 

 A Bornean plant entirely resembles this, except in that it has a much smaller staminal 

 column, with only about 10 anthers. I greatly doubt the constancy of the characters 

 drawn from the number of anthers in this genus. 



11. HI. Wallichii, Hook.f. $ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 161; shoots ashy 

 grey, leaves 8-12 in. oblong or linear-Oblong acute or acuminate glabrous 

 or sparingly rusty-tomentose beneath, nerves 20-25 pair, male panicles 

 very stout rusty-pubescent, perianth Vo in- diam. subsessile glabrous, sta- 

 minal column a depressed 3-gonous 3-lobed fleshy sessile cup with incurved 



