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THE SPECIES OF MYEISTICA 





ripe 



Plat 



fruit 



141. ' 

 3, rip 



Mjristica Irj 



Gcertn. 1, Branch with 



m 



pan 



fruit dehiscing and 



showing the seed and arillus 



2, branch with 

 seed with the 



arillus removed — of natural 



5 & 6. male fl 



7. male flo 



opened up and 



from above ; 8, section of male flower showing the andrcecium ; 9, anthers ; 10, female 



flower* 

 stiarma 



11, section through 

 13. vert 



female flower showing ovary 



12 



ap 



of ovary, show 



, ™«, w ing 



cal section through ovary— enlarged, 



Plate 141 bis, Myristica Irya, Gcertn., var. longifol 



1 



Branch with mal 



P 



2 



fe 



panicles, var. Wallichi 



3 



leaf 



4, cluster of ripe fr 



5 



ed 



and toothed arillus — all of natural 



F> 



original drawings made 



Ceylon specimens and kindly 



t to 



me 



Dr 



Ti 



• 



f.9A. Director 



of the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniy 





38 



Myristica glabra, Blume Bijd, 



576 



quite glabrous ; young 

 coloured, slightly scurfy 

 obovate, acute or sub-acut 

 nerves 9 to 14 pairs, 



branches rather stout 



th 



A tree 40 to 50 feet high; all parts 



bark cinereous 



* 



Leaves thinly 

 often much m 



coriaceous 



i 



ptic-obl 



wed 



in 



th 



1 



gh, the tip 

 , usually i 



dar li- 

 ghtly 



third to the acute base 



rather faint ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 2 to 3 in. ; 



peti 



•5 to 



1 in. Male panicles from the 



broad, many-flowered. Flowers globular, glab 



axils of fallen leaves, 3 to 3*5 in. long and nearly 2 in. 



less than •! in. in diam. ; ped 



as 



g as or longer than the flowers ; 



perianth thin, bifid or with 3 broadly triangul 



teeth 

 sides 



Andrcecium ovate or sub-globular, sessile ; anthers about 10, 1 



free at the 





d 



apices, convex. Female fl\ 



unkno 



grooved on 

 thin. 



one 



de 



1-25 to 1 



in. 



long; 



m . Fruit 

 pericarp 



void or ellipsoid, glabrous 



rath 



er 



fleshy 



entire, 



pletely envelopin 





the 



void smooth 



thick 

 seed. 



arillus orange 

 Blume Rumphu 



j 



It 



202 



191 



t, 64, fig. 1 A 



B 



H. 



T. FL Ind. 161 



y 



A 



DO. in Prod, xiv, 1 



'xcl. syn 



M 



intesrra 



o 



Wa 11 



Cat 



6799) 



Miq 



Fl 



In d. Ba t. i 



7 



2 



Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. v. 107. M. amygdal 

 ii. 283. M. Kurzii, King MSS. 



Km 



(not 



P 



65 



Wall.) For. Fl. B 





Burmah, Kur 



Pla 



142 



t. ' S. And 

 Myristica 



King, Collectors of Calcutta Garden 



glab 



Blume 



1 



branches with ripe fruit — of natural size ; 4, 5 & 6, male fl 



Branch with male flowers ; 2 & 3 



>wers ; 7 andrcecium — -enlarged 



39 



M 



sp. King. A tree 40 to 70 feet high ; young branches 



as thick as a goose quill, minutely warted, puberulous at the tips, ultimately glabrous 



Leaves srlabr 



ptic, acute or sub acute, usually narrowed in the lower fourth 



to the cuneate base ; upper surface pale, greenish-b 



whe 



dry, d 



the lower 



pale, bright brown; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, spreading, iuterarching *1 in. from the slightly 



ved 



at first 



margi 

 but u 



) 



rati 



prominent beneath, minutely and sparsely scurfy-puberul 



mately quite glab 



length 7 to 10 



breadth 2*5 to 3*5 in. 



j 



de at th 



b 



and 



petiole *5 to *75 in. Male panicles from the axils of fallen leaves, w 



narrowing upwards, much branched, lax, the main rachis rather stout, 3*5 in. long 



and 2 

 diam.. 



in. 



de at the base ; fi 



shorte 



rather few, buds glob 



rath 



er 



der •! in. in 



tha 



the pedicel, rath 



fy ; perianth leathery, glabrous, with 3 



sometimes 4, triangular teeth. Andrcecium almost 



thers 13, narrow, elongate, their sides 



ile, sub-depressed, sharply tri 



o 



unknown. Fruit on the branche 



joined 



their 



apices 



free 



Female fl\ 



bl 



below the leaves, in pairs or solitary, broadly ovoid 



j 



slightly pointed when young, glabrous, 1*75 in. long by about 1-35 in. in diam.; 



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