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THE SPECIES OF MYRISTICA 



Singapore : Wallich, Can tley No. 41, 



Ridley. 



Malacca : Harvey, 1 



Distrib. Nos. 1290, 1293, 1302, 1303, 1306), Ridley. 

 Perak: common at elevations under 500 feet. 



Penang : 



■ (Kew 

 Curtis Nos. 487 & 804. 



Var. maj 



? 



King 



Young branches rather darker coloured than in the typical 



form 



leaves 5 to 7 



arger 



than the typical form and more 

 Raucous beneath, the nerves more distinct on the lower surface ; 



male panicles rather longer (2*5 to 



3 in.) ; the flowers larger (*15 in. 



long) ; fruit larger (*75 to 



1 in. 



long) 



and 



rcely ridged on the 



d 



pposite the groove 



M 



Griffith (Ki 



Dis trib 



No 



4355) 



Perak 



King 



Collector Nos 



6548 



CG22, 6736 & 7928: Wray Nos. 2399 & 2695 



Th 



ty may possibly be a distinct species, but the male flo 



are so lik 



those of true 31. Farquha 



Wall 



that it seems desirable to consider it as a 



The female flowers, when found, may possibly afford some specific character 



leaves, the 

 Hook. fil. 



ety forms a connecting link with the little-known sp 



variety 

 regard 

 3L Griffithii 



A 



Plate 136.- Myristica Farquharian 



Wall 



1, Branch with panicles of male flo 



2, female panicle ; 3, twig with ripe fruit ; 4, section of fruit showing arillus and 



d 



fruit of 



>ty major 



tural me ; 5, male flowers ; 6, andrcecium ; 7, female 



flowers ; 8, ovary— enlarged, 



t 



33. Myristica Forbesii, n. sp 



King. 



A tree 40 to 70 feet high ; glabrous in 



all parts, except the rufous-tomentose leaf-buds and puberulous panicles and flowers 

 young branches rather slender, pale brown. 



> 



oblong to elliptic, acuminate, the base cuneate, both surfaces tinged when dry with 



Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 



both 



purplish-brown ; the upper 



shining, 



the lower pale, glaucous ; main nerves 13 to 



17 pairs, thin but- distinct beneath, sub-horizontal to ascending, interarching within 



the margin ; 



length 6 to 10 



in. 



> 



breadth 2 to 4 in. ; petiole about *5 in. 



Male 



panicles axillary or in the axils of fallen leaves, spreading, 2 to 2*5 in. long and 

 about the same breadth. Flowers pedicellate, in sub-globular clusters, ovoid, # 15 in. 

 long ; pedicels about as long ; perianth with 3 ovate sub-acute teeth ; andrcecium 

 sessile, ovate, blunt or sub-quadrangular and truncate ; anthers from 6 to 10, quite 

 free at the apex and sides ; the cells narrow, distinct, twisted. Female panicles condensed, 

 fewer-flowered than the male and not more than 1 in. long, scurfy-pubescent 

 inside ; teeth of perianth acute; 



oblique. 



Fruit 



ovary sessile, ovoid, scurfy-pubescent, the stigma 

 in racemes of 3 to 12, when young sub-globular, when ripe narrowly 



obovoid, grooved, slightly scurfy, *75 in. to 1 in. long; peduncle rather stout, thickened 



upwards, *35 in. long ; pericarp coriaceous ; arillus extending to the apex of the seed, 



thin, pale, fleshy, divided to the base into many narrow segments ; seed smooth, 

 ellipsoid or slightly obovoid. 



Malacca : Mamgay 



No. 



No. 1293. Perak 



1295 [Kew Distrib.) Penang : Maingay {Kew Distrib.) 



common at elevations up to 800 feet. Singapore, Ridley. Distrib. 



Sumatra: Forbes No. 2976 (?). 



This is closely allied to 31. Griffithii, Hook, fil., and to 31. Farquhariana, Wall. ; but 



it has larger leaves, of thinner 



texture, which 



dry of a more purplish-brown colour, 



