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4 in. long and 2^ in. wide, coriaceous and shining, 

 moderately dark -green above, paler beneath, quite 

 glabrous, as is the whole plant. In bad soil or when 

 insufficiently manured they have a more or less yellow 



NUTMEG TREE. 



colour, and in shady places are of a deep green. The 

 trees are usually unisexual, bearing male flowers or 

 female flowers only, but it is not uncommon to find a 

 tree with flowers of both sexes upon it. It has long 

 been known that a male tree after some years, usually 



