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THE SPECIES OF MYRISTICA 



triangul 



te 



ed teeth 



shortly stalked, cylindric, not api 



lik 



the ra 



but with longer, 



fy-tomentose outside, glabr 

 e ; anthers about 6, linear, 

 pedicels and shorter teeth ; 



inside ; andrcei 

 nate. Female Jl< 



ary 



minutely tomentose ; stigma sessile, divided by a central groove into two oblong 



aril 1 us 



of youn«" 



o 



seed extending to its apex, deeply 



d 



ly laciniate 



ly ovoid, 

 lobes ; 



Fru it 



known 



Selandor : Singapore Botanic Gard 



Collectors 



I 



F. L»S. ^ 



seen 



a 



single specimen of this, kindly lent to me by Mr. H. M. Ridley 



-le 



Director of the Botanic Garden, Singapore 



It is very distinct f 



any 



pecies of this section by its campanulate male flowers, which are bor 



rvi.~ £ ..i* -fUm^a /™ fV»o anKfarv sneoimen which I h 



on 



short 



other 



t-like 



racemes. 



mentary 



is very 



Pla 



The fe 



flowers on th 



itary specime 



I have seen have 4 rud 



thers, as shown in figure 6 of the 



accompanying 



The youn 



cr 

 O 



fruit 



fragrant, having a powerful odour of piment 



d nutmeg combined 



121 



Myristica suavis, King 



1 & 2, branches with male flowers 



3. branch 



witl 



i 



tly fertilised ovaries 



natural size 



4 



5 andrcecium; 6, ovary and stigma with rudimentary stamens; 7, recently 



male flower with its bracteole; 



fertilised 



y 



7 



8, arillus from 



i 



tly fertilised ovule — enlarged, 



Sub-sect. Horsfieldu. Male flowers 



minute, in many -flowered glom 



mixed 



th sub-persistent bracteoles on large, open 



> 



branching panicles 



Andrcecium and fruit 





as 



Eamy 



17 



Myristica Horsfieldu, Blume Bijdr 



577 



Rumphia 



l. 



192 



Wall.) A tree 40 or 50 feet high 



young 



branches rather slend 



, t 63 {not i 

 at first densely 



and minutely tawny-tomentose 



ultimately glab 



V 



ery coriaceous, 



elliptic-oblong or oblong, acute 



sbinin 

 the 



O 



dark- coloured 



Leaves 



edges 



ved, the base rounded or sub-emargmate ; upper 



lowe 

 pairs 



at first rusty- torn entose 



finally glabrous and pale 



i 



prominent beneath, spreadin 



cr 



d 



interarching 



10 in., breadth 2-5 to 4-5 in. 



i 



petiole 



75 to 1 in., stout. Male panicles 



spreading 

 numerous 



3 



to 5 in. 



long 



and 3 in. broad 



My 



) 



7 



small, closely packed in small capi 



are 



distantly scattered upon 



the 



stout 



rufous-tomentose branch 



when dry slightly 

 face glabrous, shining ; 

 main nerves 16 to 24 



7 to 



xillary, 



Flowers 



which 



rachis. 



submarginally ; length 



ty-tomentose 



25 to '5 in. in dia 



m 



i 



and 



Perianth obovate, '05 



sub -persistent 



orbicular 



in diam 

 woolly < 



essile, glab 



th 



bracteoles between the flo 



tside; andrcecium sessile, clavate, depressed at the 



top 

 as 



anthers about 6, linear, confluent. Female panicles short 



few -flowered 



i 



th 



in the male 



? 



ovary 



d-glob 



ty-tomentose 



o 



ma 



sessile. Fruit shortly 



peduncled, sub-globular, obtuse, slightly grooved, glab 



about 2 in. 



diam 



pericarp 



ent 



pal 



fl e shy 



Hook, fil 



xiv. 1 



200 



Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 



entire, completely enveloping the smooth ovoid seed. 



DO. in Prod, 



lea, Wall., from 



Thorns. FL Ind. 163: Book, fil FL B 



Ind 



106 



A 



pi. 



2, p. 63 (excL syn. M. ferr 



11 the foregoing). M. glomerata, Miq. FL Jungh. i. 171 



M 



Iry 



cr 



hedi 



i. 



196 



t. 



41 



fig 



Goer in. Fruct 



bad) 



Horsfieldia odo 



4 (excl. syn.) Pyrrhosa Horsfieldii, Wight Ic. 1857 {very 



Willd. JSp. 



Fl 



iv. 872 



Ceylon, common; Singapore and Java (cultivated) 



Dr 



T 



forms me that this is a common tree in the low country in 



Cevlon. It is truly wild there, and he never saw it cultivated 



Blume's original 



ipell 



cr 



was 31. Horsfieldia. but he afterwards corrected it to M. Horsfield 



