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THE SPECIES OF MYEISTICA 





Dissert, 1784, p. 83 



Dissert, de Myristica, 1788, p. 3 



Willd 



IV. 



2, ». 869 



Blu 



Bijdr., 575; /fatf. *7. Lid 



843 



M. aromatica, Lamfe. Act. I 



1 7S8, >• 155, ^ 5 to 7 



? 



' 



& III Gen 



t. 832; itos£. Coram. PL iii. 267 



The Nutmeg of commerce is said to be indigenous only in the Eastern Mol 



but, as 



it has been introduced 



d 



is 



ltivated in most of the p 



dealt with in 



this paper, I give a description and figure of it 



Pi 



108 



Myristica fra 



Houtt, 



1 



Branch with male flowers 



2 



j 



twig with 



female flowers; 3, ripe fruit 

 (empty); 6, seed — of naiura 

 enlarged. 



4, section of the same showing seed and arillus ; 5, arill 



7, male flow 



section : 8, androecium 



9 



> 



y 





4. 



Myristica Malabarica, Lamlc. in Act. Paris, 1788, 162. 



A large tree; all 



parts, 



except the inflorescence, glabrous; young branches very thin, rather pale. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, sometimes almost membranous, elliptic-lanceolate or narrowly oblong, sub-acute 

 at either end; upper surface shining, the lower dull, not paler than the upper when dry; 

 main nerves 8 to 14 pairs, thin and indistinct on both surfaces, the midrib stout; length 

 4 to 6 in., breadth 1*25 to 2*25 in.; petiole about 5 in., slender. Male flowers in slender, 

 open, di- or tri-chotomous, axillary or supra-axillary umbellulate cymes, often nearly half 

 as long as the leaves; buds '2 in. long, ovoid-globose; pedicels -25 to 



4 in. long, 



slend 



puberulous; the bracteole semi-orbicular, minute, closely applied to the base of the flower 

 at one side; perianth minutely scurfy, puberulous outside, glabrous within; its teeth short, 



Androecium apiculate; anthers 10 to 14, linear; stalk about a fourth of the 

 of the column, sub-globular, rufous-tomentose. Female flowers more globose and 



bels not much 



triangular. 



length 



larger than the males and in simple, few-flowered, rather stout, axillary um 



longer 



than the petioles, pointed, *25 in. in 



diam. ; the bracteole forming 



a narrow 



> 



imperfect cup round the base of the flower; ovary sessile, ovoid-globose, pointed, densely 

 rufous-tomentose; stigma large, sessile, 2-lobed. Fruit elongate-oblong, pointed, densely 



rufous-tomentose, 2 to 2'5 in. 



yellow, irregularly lobed and lacunose, extending to 



long 



and 1*25 in. in diam.; arillus (ex A. DC.) reddish- 



the apex of the seed ; seed ovoid, 



obtuse, slightly flattened on one side; the testa shining. Hook. fit. Sf Thorns, Fl. Ltd. 163; 



Hook. fil. FL Br. InL v. 103; A. DC. in Prod. xiv. 1, 194; Dal 



Gibs. FL Bomb. 4 ; 



Beddome FL Sylvat., t. 269. M. tomentosa, Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 175 (not of H. f. 

 M. dactyloides, Wall. Cat, 6786 (not of Gcertn.) ; M. notha, Wall. Cat. 6787. 



T.)\ 



Western coast of Peninsular India, from the Concan to Malabar, in the wet forests at 



the base of the hill 



s; common. 



Plate 109. Myristica Malabarica, LamJc. 



Branch with male flowers; 2, twig with 



female flowers; 



ripe fruit — of natural size; 



male flower — dissected ; 



ovary from 



female flower of fig. 2 



enlarged. 



t 



5 



Mvi 



gigantea, n. sp. King 



A tree 90 to 130 feet high; all parts 



y 



the leaf-buds, apices of branches, inflorescence and fruit, glab 



young branches thin, at 



first rusty-puberulous, afterwards glabro 



d dark-coloured. Leaves small, coriaceous 



9 



glabrous 



wly oblong- elliptic or linear-lanceolate, rather blunt (sometimes sub-acute) 



at either end, when dry the edges re vol 



upper 



face shini 



•- 



pal 



d 



pale,, sub-g 



at first; nerves 12 to 18 pairs, sub-hor 



towards the margin ; 

 petiole *5 to *75 in. 



midrib bold beneath ; length 3 to 



4-2 



in. 



j 



when dry; lower 

 faint, evanescent 



breadth -9 to 1*4 in. 



? 



Ma 



panicles axillary 



from the axils of fallen leaves, cymose, 



