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THE SPECIES OF MYRISTICA 



prominent ben 



pread 



o* 



J 



lengtl 



6 to 1 in., breadth 1*5 to 2*5 



petioles 



2 



to *5 in., slend 



3 J ale fi< 



on 



shor 



slend 



er 



7 



8 



to 



12-flowered axill 



y 



tubercles, depressed-obovoid, not angled 



1 in. in diam., the pedicels from *2 to *3 in. 



b 



bracteole 



perianth divided half-way down into 3 broad, tri 



concave 



i 



fleshy teeth, minutely cinereous-tomentose 



tside, as are 



pedicels, glabrous and 



internally; stalk of staminal di 



very short, the disc itself triangular, almost flat; anthers 



about 16 or 18 with short filaments, dehiscing downwards 



Female fl< 



Fruit axillary, solitary or in pairs, rarely 



clusters of 



3, pedicellate 



rs unknown, 

 ipsoid, -5 to 



6 in. long, when y 



densely and 



tomentose ; pedicel very slender, 

 thin, uniform, completely envelopin 



3 to *4 in. 



ly stellate rufous- tomentose, when old scantily 



pericarp thinly coriaceous ; arillus 



long; 



the 



eed, laciniate at the 



ery apex ; 



seed 



d 



sm 



oo th 



A. DC. in Prod. xiv. 1 



205 



M. lonsrifol 



Wall 



var. erratica, Hook. fil. Fl 



Br. Ind. v. 110 



M. corticosa, Hook. fil. fy Thorns. Fl. Ind. 156 {in part 



? M 



foli 



j 



Roxh. Fl Ind. iii. 847 



This is ck 

 in all its part 



allied to M. longifolia, Wall 



the leaves alone 



pted 



It is 

 d the* 



j 



however, smaller than that 



are someti 



as la 



species 



smaller forms of 31. longifolia 



Their bases, however, in tl 



they are never cordate, 

 and they are much sm 



The fri 

 er than 



of 



are on thin pedicel 



ther 



: th 



rge as in the 

 } or rounded 



are never sessile 



y 



of 



r/irolia 



being, 



y 



more th 



•5 to -6 in. in 



length 



M 



even when quite ripe, never 

 the anthers of this have short filaments. 



whereas those of M. longifolia are sessile, 

 much shorter. 



nd the stalk of the staminal d 



is in this 



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4347 



Kh 



G. Mann. Cacl 



Daleswari Forest, G. Mann 



P 



162 



M) 



erratica, Hook, fil 



Thorns 



1 



B 



i 



with 



m 



flower 



2. branch with fruit ; 3, section of fruit— of natural 



feen from th 



d 



6. tl 



same seen from abo 



4, male flower 



yed. 



andrcecium 





59 



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cr 



My 



branc 



LONGIFOLIA 



» 



Wall 



Cat 



6S01. A tree from 30 to 60 



feet high ; 



slend 



th 



} 



parts at first covered with rusty 



fy 



b 



tellate, deciduo 



afterwards glabrous, striate and rather pale leaves coria- 



ceous 



from linear- oblong to oblanceolate or elliptic-oblon 



both ends; the apex acute or sub-acute; the base slightly cordate 



spicuously 



owed to 



gin ate 



or 



ded, sometimes slightly unequal; both surfaces glab 



nerves 25 to 35 pair 



> 



prominent, spreading ; length 10 



the lower sub-glaucous; main 

 to 18 in., breadth 



3 to 5 in. ; 



petiole '5 to *75 



stout, deciduouslv tomentose 1 



the 



young 



branches. Male fit 



short, 4 to 6-flowered, axillary tubercles, pyriform or depressed-obovoid, bluntly 3-angled 



about *25 in. in diam 



th 



pedicels from *25 to *5 



Ion 



with 



perianth divided about half-way down into 3 broad 



gle minute bract 

 fleshy, concave teeth 



tellate 



outside, as are the pedicels, glabrous 



d str 



inside; stalk of 

 cular, obscurely 



3-angled, sub-concave, bearing on its edge about 14 to 18 sessile, sub-horizontal, 2-celled, 



staminal disc long, cylindric, slightly thickened above, the disc itself orb 



anthers. Female fl< 



unknown. Fruit axillary, solitary or in clusters of 2 to 3 



psoid 



or 



ovoid 



1 to 1 



long, blunt, densely 



ed with 



short 



stellate, rufous tomentum; never glabrous; arillus thin, uniform, laciniate near the apex, 



M. longifolia, A, DC. in Prod. xiv. 1, 204. 



mpletely enveloping the smooth ovoid seed 





