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THE SPECIES OF MYEISTICA 



Ion 



„ and 1-35 to 1-5 in. in diam., covered with rufous, woolly tomentum, rugulose 



demeath the tomentnm, the ridges protruding and glabrous ; arillus thin, extendmg to the 



of the seed, its sides cnt into wide areote ; seed ellipsoid, blunt at both ends, about 



apex 



2 in. Ion 



Perak: Scortechini No. 1551; King's Collector Nos. 5537, 7258. ^ 



Named in honour of Sir Hugh Low, k.c.m.g., late British Resident at Perak, to 



.vhose ever-ready help Malayan Botanists were, for forty years much beholden. 



Plate 120. Myristica Lowiana, King. 1, Branch with male flowers; 2, ripe fruit 



of small size; 3, seed with arillus; 4, the same with arillus removed; 5, male flower 



6 male flower ; 7, andrcecium and bracteole— en Urged. 



of natural size ; b, male nower , *, 



13 Myristica Maixgayi, Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 104. A tall tree; young branches 



rather stout, at first rusty-tomentose, afterwards glabrous, with thin, usually dark 



bark often ridged. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, linear-oblong, acute or sub-acuminate; 



upper surface shining, lower dull, rather darker than the upper; nerves 16 to 18 pairs 



slicrhtly prominent beneath, impressed above, evanescent towards the margin; length 



5-5 to 8 in., breadth 1-25 to 1-75 in.; petiole -8 to -9 in. Male flowers rusty-tomentose, 



•25 in. long; in drooping, solitary, axillary, 10- to 16-flowered, shortly 2- to 3-branched 



umbellate cymes; pedicels -15 in. long; bracteole half -orbicular, embracing the lower half 



of the flower on one side. Perianth ovate, rusty-tomentose outside, granular withm ; 



teeth ovate, acute; andrcecium fusiform, shortly apiculate ; anthers 7 or 8, linear; 



stalk of column very short, rufous-villous. Female flower unknown. Fruit oblong, 3 



to 3-5 in. long and 1-5 in. in diam., blunt, glabrous; peduncle -75 to 125 in. long, stout, 



woody; pericarp thick, fleshy. Arillus fleshy, reaching to the apex of the seed, deeply 



fimbriate in its upper half. Seed ellipsoid, smooth, 2 in. Ion 



S- 



Malacca: Maingay No. 1289 (Kew Dist.) Perak; Scortechini. Penang ; Curtis 



No. 245 



Plate 114. Myristica Maingayi, Book. fil. 1, Branch with male flowers; 2, ripe fruit 



/ 



3, section of ripe fruit ; 4, arillus and seed ; 5, lateral view of seed-o/ natural size 

 6, male flower; 7, male flower laid open; 8, andrcecium— enlarged. 



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* 



14. Myristica Andamanica, Book. fil. Fl. Br. Jnd. v. 103. A glabrous tree, 25 

 to 40 feet high ; young branches slender, smooth. Leaves membranous at first, coriaceous 

 when old, ovate-elliptic or elliptic-oblong, or sometimes obovate-oblong, apex acute, 

 base rounded or cuneate ; upper surface shining, pale green when dry ; lower dull, pale 

 but not glaucous, the midrib strong; lateral nerves 12 to 15 pairs, spreading, rather 

 straight, thin in young leaves, but stout in old ones; length 9 to 14 in., breadth 4 to 

 6 in.; petiole 1 to 1-25 in., stout. Male cymes supra-axillary, on short woody peduncles 



8- to 12-flowered; buds sub-globose, -15 in. in diam.; pedicels about -2 in. long; the 



bracteole large, sub-orbicular, puberulous outside, embracing the lower half of the flow 



on one side ; perianth globular, with short triangular acute teeth, puberulous outside, 

 glabrous within; andrcecium short, thick; anthers about 15, linear, extending almost 

 to apex of the column, but not to its base. Female flowers unknown. Fruit broadly 

 ovoid, 2 to 25 in. long, glabrous ; pericarp thickly coriaceous, sub-succulent ; arillus 

 enveloping the whole of the seed but much laciniate at the sides; seed irregularly 

 grooved, shining, ovoid or ovoid-cylindric. M. elliptica, Kurz Fl. B. Burm. n. 282 



(not of Wall.) 





