OF BRITISH INDIA. 



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Var. major, King. Fruit narrowly ovoid, pointed; the perianth not sub- 

 accrescent or persistent, rufous-tomentose at first, partially glabroui 

 when ripe, 1*5 to 25 in. long. 



Perak; King's Collector Nos. 5600, 5720, 6059, 7551, 10340. Penang ; Ourtii 

 Nos. 1459, 2456. 



The leaves of this variety are usually rather larger than those of the typical form, 

 and the fruit is always much larger. It might be better to treat this variety as a dlatinct 

 species, for the perianth of the female is neither sub-accrescent nor }>» distent at the base 

 of the fruit. 



Plate 155. Myristica furfuracea, Book, fit 6f Thorns. 1, Branch with male fl 





2, twig with female flowers; 3, cluster of ripe fruit; 1, seed covered by arillus; .*>, seed 

 with arillus removed; 6, ripe fruit of var. major— of natural ■; 7, male flower; 

 8, andrcecium; 9, female flower; 10, ovary— enlarged. 





52. Myristica laurina, Blume Rumph. i. 189, t. 61. A tree 40 to GO feet high 



young branches rather stout, pale brown, faintly striate; the youngest harshly rufous 



tomentose. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly acuminate cr 

 acute, slightly narrowed to the rounded or minutely cordate slightly unequal base; upper 

 surface shining, glabrous; lower covered, especially on the nerves, with minute, stellate, 

 loose, rusty hairs; main nerves 12 to 18 pairs, spreading; length 4 to 9 in., breadth 

 1-5 to 2-5 in.; petiole '25 to '35 in., rufous-tomontose. Male Jfowcrs in dense, 

 axillary, many-flowered umbels; pedicels -2 in. long, the bracteolo above the rmddle 



or mih-sessile * buds -1 in. in diani., ovoid or slightly obovoid, densely shaggy, rufous- 

 tomentose- teeth of perianth ovate, concave, glabrous and striate mside; stammal disc 



sm 



glabrous, concave, bearing 7 to 9 erect, sessile, extrorse anthers: stalk glabro 



cylind 



thickened towards the apex, striate. Female flowers like the male, but 



always sessile, and the rachis woody and elongating ; ovary sessile, deprcssedglobose 

 densely rnfous-tomentose; style or very short; stigma as long as the ovary wrth 2 



deep, obovate, laterally compressed, sub-lobulate , lobes FruU 7o to 1 m rarely 1*6 



i„ Ion. when ripe; ovoid or ellipsoid, often obovo.d, blunt, sub-sessile or shortly ped.ccllate, 



enselv covered with coarse rufous tomentum; arillus thin, red, entire, completely 



densely covered w ^ ^ ^ ^ . % 7Q . 



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I he best mar i horizonta , the loose , stellate hairs of its young 



which are erect. "^ ^ tawt w , othcnvise exC el,ent figure shows 

 5T *S in X : d " g -te, and the leaves have attenuate bases, much the more 



form of leaf-base being .un ded and cordate.^ ^ ^ ^ % ^ rf 



common 



^ . Ki ume , i t lirancn witn maie uuwcib, *, F <«« ^ 



Plat * 156 "y^J^Sri 3 branch with nearly ripe fruit ; 4, a ripe fruit 

 branch wh.ch has borne female ^now , , ^ ^^ by ^ ^ , 



5, vertical sectxon throu h yo™^ ^ from aW . 8j the 8ame unopened wMh its 

 £££ iTi andtciu^ 10, fe-le flower; 11, ovary, style, and stig.a-^W- 



