OF BRITISH INDIA. 



€89 



rusty-pubescent, twice as long as the petioles; perianth »15 in. long, ovoid, with short 

 blunt or subacute teeth, rusty-tomentose outside, sub-glabrous inside; pedicel •! to 

 '2 in. long; bracteole narrowly semi-annular, embracing half the base of the perianth 

 tomentose. Androecium half the length of the perianth, cylindric, blunt; ant] rs linear, 

 about 10, sometimes deficient in the lower third of the column; stalk about one-third 

 of the length of the column, tomentose. Female flowers unknown. J 7 (immature/ 1 in. 



long, solitary, on a thick woody pedicel *5 to 1 in. Long, broadly ovoid, slightly point< 1, 

 densely and minutely rufous tomentose ; arillus extending to the a] \ of tho seed, thin, 

 narrowly fimbriate to nearly the base; se I ovoid, shining. 



Perak: at elevations under 1,000 feet. Scor, h!ni No. 15)10; KingU C Ucctor Nos. 58GG 



and 6050. 



A very distinct species, distinguished by its small, narrow, glabrous, coriaceous I n 

 and condensed, many-flowered, minutely rufous-tomentose panicles of male Bower*. It 

 forms a larger tree than any of the species here described -h- nco its specific name. A 



Jy allied species, but with glabrous, sub-obovoi.l, sub-gibbous fruit, Mntraeted o 



the base, occurs in New Guinea (Forbes, No. HO, in fruit only). Sir J - |.h Hoo 

 informs me that there is in the Kcw Herbarium a leuf-spccimcn closely rese.nbl.ng tins 



(Motley, No. 145), but it has neither flower nor fruit. 



Plate 110. Myristica gigantca, Kin;,. 1, Branch with male flower.; 2, branch v <h 

 young fruit; 3, section of young fruit ; 4, arillus; 5, young saed-*/ Mtev. the; 0, male 

 flower: 7, andrrecium— flj/ar^fi. 



6. Myristica C 



A. DC. in Ann. Se. Aat. S< . 4, vol. 1, )>■ 20, A- Pr I xiv. 

 v( l"l 90 "7 tree; "all parts glabrous, except tho lcal-buds, male and (male inilor U» 

 and 'fruit- young branches rather «l„.dcr, darlc-colourcd, .Inning. U*v * oormceou*, 



-, ly 'elLtic^blong to oblongdaneeolate, tho apex sub-acute, the bwe .-antttc 



„Lh narrowed, never round, 1, sometime, slightly unequal ; upper surface very 



oft 



shining the lower dull, rather darker in colour; mam nerves about 1 .to 14 



foint and depressed (when dry) on the upper surface, bol , below; all ,u, 



slightly carving, interarching faintly in ide the margin ; len th of blade 



ery 



scending and 



;r. » in b„.d.l 2 .o I h.1 l««. n to IS to. M- / - « - T..~l 



bract< 



jiiiieiii.115 



long, len 

 half-orbicular, covering 



htly with age. Flowers on pedicels -1 to -2 

 nart of the base of the perianth; ptrimth > lit long, mflnted 



I mm m A P il ..T 'i* Inn^rrk VMtAtW 



T;T;I l*» ?U lar, extending about a fourth of its length rufo,, 



tubular, -ts t et h 4 broadly . , ^^ mtefa( j, tha „ , ie 



tomentose on side and £»"■ " ^ from a f( , urtl , (o a third of the length of .he 



perianth, cyhndnc *£"*£ ^ /( _, in axilIary cymes, like the males bu 



column; anthers 9 or 10, une. . ' , ;t or in airS) axi n arv 



few flowered ; ; the ^ ^^tve^es^ ^ghtly ridged a, „g_ one side, an 



shortly pedunculate, ellip. , ' . BTOCnlate; length 25 in., diam 



d 





snony F — --•"- - na rrowed, apiculate; lengtn » in., unuu. .« ... 



sub-gibbous at the base , P sub . deciduous , scurfy, rufous tomentum, th.ckh 



1-5 in. ; pericarp covered w. h n.nn to * , depressedly 



coriao eous, but not fles y; P^ncle ^jj^ ^^ f/ , ,, 



p/. oy. ii 



/«c?. v. 103, 



**% T.2, ~ 7. 7 ' »: - o.,'^, «• * * * 



399. • M. launtoiia, 



