OF BRITISH I>'DIA. 



311 



pericarp thickly leathery ; arillus fleshy, entire, covering the whole 



s 



eed 



tl 



apex. 

 Perak 



Seed ovoid, faintly reticulate, smooth 



» 



lappi 



at 



at elevations of from 300 to 2,000 feet, King's Collector Nos. 5059, 6004 



965 & 10413; Wray Nos. 2218, 2705 



Plate 143 



Myristica majuscula, King 



Singapore, 



? Hu licit 



1 



Lea f 



5 



fruit; 4, ripe fruit; 5, section of ripe fruit; 6, arillus covering 

 7, male flower; 8, androecium 



2, male panicle 



seed 



3, 



tural 



youn _- 



f / c e 



n larged 





40 



My 



branches rather stout 



n. sp. King. A spreading tree, 80 to 100 feet high \ oung 



glabr 



oblong 



prominently 2-ridged 

 lanceolate, shortly ac 



lenticellate, 



glut) rou 



L 



tin 



ii 



c«ria 



dull, the upper olivaceous, the lower b 

 thin but prominent beneath, 



- 



petiole '25 in. Male panicles from 

 branched, spreading, 4 to 6 in. 



(whe 



y 



base acute: both surfaces 



dry); main nerval 15 to 20 pa 





spreading; length 7 to 11 



in., breadth 



2-76 to 4 in.: 



> 



o 



f 



of fallen leaves, 'glend- r. much- 



long and about 



as many broad, glabra «>nt 



Mali 



flowers about '05 



in 



d 



triangular. Andrcecium sessile, 



obovate-globular, glabr 

 harply trigonous; anth 



; perianth leathery, its truth 3, 

 about 9, slightly conjoined by 



th 



sid 



th 



apices quite free, their cells very distinct. Female panicles shorter and 



stouter and much fewer-flowered than tho males, 3*5 

 puberulous towards their tips, g 



to 5 in. long; 



their bran 



labrous below. F, 



• w 



the mal 



rly 



1 



in. long, 



ovoid, glabrous;' perianth rather thick, 2 or 3-toothed ; ovary sessile, broadly 



d, sub- compressed, ridged in one side 



ma very sh 



, oblique, slightly 2 lobed 



Fruits 6 to 8 in 



dy spreading cy 



from below 



ovoid, glabro 



us, 1-2 



pedicels '25 in. long; pericarp rather thinly coriaceous; 

 arillus covering the whole of the seed, slightly lacit 



in. long and *9 in. in diam.; 



iate and 



ppi 



at th 



e 



ap 



seed ovoid, smooth 



Singapore 



Wallich. Perak, King 



Collector Nos. 4704 & 6771; Scorteehini N 



1C49 



Malacca, Griffith {Kew Dist.) N 



4351. Perak, King 



Col tec to 



Nos 



4704. G771 & 



7447 



Scorteehini No. 1649 



Tl 



pecies 



is readily distinguished by 



2-ridged 



youn 



<T 



branches 



d 



rgo 



cymes 



of ovoid fruit 



Th 



is 



f the plants mixed up by Wallich in his No. 680*3 



and issued under the name of 



i 



M. Horsfieldia, Bl. (?)," which it d 



mac 



ble 



The other species 

 & Thorns., 



th 



xed are {fide F. Br. Ltd. v. 106) M. Wallichii, Hook, til 



and M. polyspherula, Hook, fil 



Plai 



2, panicl 

 seed 



144 



Myristica brachiat 



King 



1. Branch with panicle of male flowers; 



of female flowers ; 3, panicle of ripe fruit ; 4, ripe fruit ; 5, arillus covering 



■)f natural 



ni 



ale flower; 7, androecium ; 8, female flower; 9, ovary- m 'urged. 



Ridleyana, n. sp. King 



41 Myristica Ridleyana, n. sp. mng. * « cc ~ - ~ 

 the panicle and leaf-buds ; young branches slender dark-coloured 



i-iitf pamv „u rtT1 /1r\r flip miner 



A tree 40 to 60 feet high ; glabrous, except 



nceolate, acuminate ; the base cuneate 



Leaves thinly 



when dry the upper surface greenish 



i 



bright brown 



mam 



nerves 7 to 10 pair 



3 



pieuous 



> 



preading ; length 3 to 5 in. 



i 



breadth I to 1-5 in.; petiole -4 



to 



Vale panicles from the axils of leave- 



about P25 in. long, spreading, scurfy or almost ; glab 

 in diam-, glabrous, slightly 



or of f 



Flowers depressed -glob 



leaves, 

 •05 in. 



3 or 4 



sub- erect anthers 



calv ; ped 



than the flowers; perianth with 



"T?. ?T" Qr \' t9 teeth- andrcecium sessile, with 7 or 5 broaaiy-ovat< 



