, 218 MYRISTICA FRAGRANS 



Church., Med. Bot., by Burnett, vol. ii, pi. 104; Lumsdaine, 

 in Pharm. Journ., vol. ii, 1st ser., p. 516; Crawfurd, Diet. 

 Indian Islands, 1856, p. 304; The Malay Archipelago, by 

 Wallace, vol. i, p. 452; Seemann, in Hooker's Journ. Bot., 

 vol. iv (1852), p. 83 ; Collingwood, in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. x 

 (Bot.), p. 45 ; Gmelin's Chem., vol. xiv, p. 389, and vol. xvi, 

 p. 209; Journ. de Pharm., Fev., 1864, p. 150; Royle's Mat. 

 Med., by J. Harley, p. 464. 



DESCRIPTION OP PLATE. 



Drawn from a male plant in Kew Gardens; the female flower added from 

 Roxburgh. 



1. A branch with flowers. 



2. Section of male flower. 



3. Column of stamens. 



4. Section of the same. 



5. A female flower opened. 



6. Fruit bursting open. 



7. The same with one valve removed, showing the seed. 



8. Section of seed. 



9. Seed with the testa removed. 



(25 enlarged.) 



