Myristica.'] cxxvi. MYRISTICE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 107 



glabrous, leaves 6-8 in. elliptic -lanceolate acute at both ends, nerves 8-12 

 pair, male panicles much branched, perianths ^ in. diam. globose 2-3-fid, 

 staminal column cupular subglobose, anthers firmly united, fruit ellipsoid, 

 aril nearly entire yellow. Hook. f. $ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 160; Alph. DC. in 

 Prodr. xiv. 1. 203 ; ? Kurz For. Fl. ii. 283. M. exaltata, Wall. Cat. 

 6804 B ?. 



TENASSEBIM; at Tavoy and Moulmein, WallicJi. 



A tall perfectly glabrous tree. Leaves 1|~2 in. diam., coriaceous, pale brown on 

 both surfaces, narrowed into a petiole ^ in. long. Male panicles, from the axils of 

 fallen leaves, 3-5 in. long and nearly as broad, branched from the base, quite glabrous ; 

 flowers loosely clustered, pedicels as long as the perianth, slender ; staminal column 

 globosely trigonous, fleshy, concave ; anthers about 8, wholly combined. Fruit shortly 

 peduncled, 1^ in. long; pericarp rather thin, glabrous; aril yellow, lacerate at the 

 tip only. This species again was founded on fruiting specimens of Wallich's, but I 

 think there is no doubt that his ". exaltata, B ?, from the same country is the same 

 in male flowering state. In the " Flora Indica " there are united with it two very similar 

 Malaccan plants, which have, however, quite different stamens (one is M. polyspherula, 

 the other perhaps the same). I am in doubt as to Kurz's M. amygdalina ; his 

 description agrees with that here described except in that the leaves have 12-19 pairs 

 of nerves and the panicles are supra-axillary. A plant of Heifer's differs only in 

 having more anthers and rather larger flowers, tending to unite the following 

 with this. 



15. HI. glabra, Blume Bijd. 575, and Rumphia i. 191, t. 64, fig. 1 ; 

 quite glabrous, leaves 3-8 in. elliptic-lanceolate or oblong obtuse acute or 

 acuminate, base acute, nerves 7-14 pair, male panicle much branched, 

 perianths T * - T ! in. diam. ovoidly globose 2-4-cleft glabrous, staminal 

 column oblong or turbinate, anthers firmly united tips incurved or in flexed, 

 fruit oblong or ellipsoid, aril thin scarlet. Hook. f. <fy Thorns. FL Ind. 

 161 ; Alph. DC. in Prodr. xiv. 1. 202. M. integra and M. floribunda, Wall. 

 Cat. 6799, 6805. 



SILHET, WallicJi, J. D. H. $ T. T. ? TENASSEEIM, Heifer (Kern Distrib. 4358). 

 SINGAPOBE, Wallich, Murton. MALACCA, Maingay (KewDistrib. 1286). DISTRIB. 

 Java. 



Leaves coriaceous, not glaucous beneath, rather pale brown, very variable in size 

 and apex, but base always acute and petiole short, hardly exceeding | in. Male 

 panicles 2-6 in., quite glabrous, branched from the base; peduncles and pedicels 

 slender. Staminal column variable in length, top rounded ; anthers 12-15, the tips 

 meeting in a concavity or not. Fruit broadly oblong or ellipsoid, 1 in. long, deeply 

 grooved on one side towards the base ; valves thick. I doubt this being different 

 from M. amygdalina. Heifer's specimens have much smaller flowers than the Silheb 

 ones, and more numerous anthers. 



16. 1*1. bivalvis, Hoolc.f.; quite glabrous, leaves 7-10 in. linear- 

 oblong obtusely acuminate, nerves 15-20 pair, male panicles much branched, 

 perianths in. diam. broader than long transversely 2-valved, staminal 

 column a laterally compressed 2-fid fleshy cup clothed with numerous 

 and deeply inflexed anthers. 



SINGAPORE ; in jungles behind the Botanical Gardens, Murton. 



A bushy tree, 30-40 ft. high, bark grey. Leaves 22-^ in. diam., darker brown 

 above, pale not glaucous beneath ; nerves very spreading ; petiole - in. Male 

 panicles quite glabrous ; perianths the largest of the group, turgid, transversely 

 oblong; pedicel as long as the valves ; anther column an obconic compressed sessile 

 fleshy cup, or rather a cup formed of the firmly united anther-cells, which are 

 incurved as two inflexed opposite flaps, tips of the cells not free. A plant from 

 Roxburgh's Herbarium resembles this closely, but the leaves are more membranous 



