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THE SPECIES OF MYRISTICA 



curve upwards and interarch inside the margin; length 6 to 15 in., breadth 1*5 to 

 4 in. * petiole *25 to '75 in., stout, rufous-tomentose when young. Male flowers in 

 6 to 8-flowered umbels from short axillary tubercles, elongated in var. monticola ; 

 buds *15 in. in diam., oblong-obovoid ; pedicels '25 to *35 in. long, almost sessile in 

 var. monticola ; the bracteole minute, sub- orbicular, close to the base of the flower ; 

 perianth lobes obovate, blunt or sub-acute, thick, concave, outside minutely rufous, 

 stellate-hairy like the pedicel, inside glabrous, ridged; staminal disc very small, slightly 

 concave, orbicular, sub-3-angled, lobed, glabrous; anthers 6 to 10, sessile, sub-erect; stalk 

 cylindric, as long as the perianth tube. Female flowers sessile, in shortly but stoutly 

 pedunculate 4 to 6-flowered axillary umbels; buds ovoid, lobes of perianth ovate, blunt, 

 externally rufous stellate-tomentose ; internally glabrous ; ovary sessile, ovoid-conic 

 rusty-tomentose, style shorter than the ovary, cylindric, glabrous ; stigma of 2, rounded 

 compressed, erect lobes. Fruit in pairs or solitary, axillary, shortly peduncled, sub 

 obovoid or ovoid, slightly pointed, slightly ridged, 1 to 1*5 in. long, *75 to 1 in. in diam. 

 pericarp thin, dry, densely covered with harsh, short, rusty tomentum, often sub-glabres- 

 cent when old; peduncle '2 in., stout; arillus thin, deeply-lobed, covering only the 

 lower half of the mottled ovoid seed. 



Perak, Penang : at elevations of 500 to 800 feet. Malacca, Cantley. Sungei 



Ujong, Cantley. 



Var. monticola, King. Leaves smaller (6 to 10 in. long), their bases sub-acute or 



rounded, nerves rather fewer (18 to 22), petioles longer (*5 to *75 in.) 

 and rather slender ; male flowers almost sessile, on slightly elongated 

 warted peduncles; stalk of staminal disc rather longer than in the 

 typical form. 



Perak : at elevations of 2,500 to 3,800 feet, King's Collector, Scortechini, Wray. 



A variety found only in the hills. The anthers are arranged en a staminal column 



resembling that of Irya, but having a stalk as in Eumyristica. 



Plate 148. Myristica oblongifolia, King. 1, Branch with male flowers ; 2, twig 



with ripe fruits ; 3, section of fruit shewing seed covered by arillus ; 4, arillus ; 

 , seed — of natural size ; 6, male flower ; 7, andrcecium ; 8, male flower of var. monticola ; 

 9, andrcecium of monticola; 10, female flower; 11, ovary and stigma — enlarged. 



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45. Myristica Kunstleri, n. sp. King* A tree 30 to 50 feet high; young branches 

 slender, slightly and minutely rusty-tomentose at first, quickly becoming rather dark and 

 glabrous. Leaves glabrous, thinly coriaceous, much reticulate when dry, elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, sometimes ovate, shortly and rather bluntly acuminate or acute, occasionally 

 obtuse, the base cuneate or rounded, slightly unequal ; upper surface shining, pale 

 greenish when dry, lower sub-glaucous, of a dull brownish white with numerous 

 small brown dots, sub-lacunose, the lateral nerves and midrib prominent and brown, 

 minutely scurfy ; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, spreading, arching within the margin ; length 

 3 to 7 in., breadth 1*5 to 3 in.; petiole * 5 to *75 in. Male flowers in 4 to 12-flowered 

 umbels from short, woody, axillary tubercles ; pedicels *3 to *4 in., slender, the minute 

 bracteole about the middle; buds '1 to *15 in. in diam., depressed-globose; segments 

 of perianth fleshy, broadly-triangular, concave, glabrous within, minutely tomentose 

 externally, as are the pedicels; staminal disc small, sub-rotund, obscurely 3-angled, flat, 



