Myristica] XC. MYKISTICACEjE 523 



II. Horsfiddia, Willd. ; Warburg I.e. 262. Fl. small, globose, anthers 

 12-30, stigma minute, sessile, c? fl. in large compound panicles, bracteoles 0. 

 Aril frequently not laciniate. Species 51 from India to New Guinea. 



A. Perianth usually 3-valved, anthers connate, entirely enclosing the 

 globose column. 



(a) Staminal-column sessile. 



6. M. amygdalina, Wall. PI. As.Rar. t. 90; King, Ann. iii. t. 128. Assam. Khasi hills'. 

 Cachar. Andamans. Southern spurs of the Pegu Yoma, Martaban, Tenasserim. — 

 Malay Penins. A moderate-sized glabrous tree, 1. membranous, blade 4-7, pet. J— J in. 

 £ panicles spreading. 3—4 in. long, perianth iV J li in. diam. Fr. narrowly ovoid, l.'.in. 

 long, aril laciniate at the apex. King. Ann. iii. 310, refers the Andaman and part of 

 I he Burma specimens to M. glabra, Bl. 7. M. Kingii, Hook. f. ; King, Ann. iii. t. 127. 

 Sikkim 1-2,000 ft. Assam. Cachar. Young shoots scurfy pubescent, 1. thinly coria- 

 ceous, blade (i-10, |»'t. J-l in. long. S panicles 3 in. long, branches short, perianth } in- 

 diam. Fr. 1A by 1 in., supported by the persistent perianth. Aril entire. 



(b) Staminal-column shortly stipitate. 



8. M. Prainii, King, Ann. iii. t. 126. Andamans. A large tree, glabrous, only inflor- 

 escence rusty-pubescent. L. thinly coriaceous, blade 6-10, pet. stout, A— J in. <J panicles 

 lax, broader than long, 5-7 in. wide. Fr. ovoid, 1A in., peduncle stout, A in. long, aril 

 deeply laciniate. 



B. Perianth 2-valved, anthers free. 



ii. M. Irya, Gaertn. : King, Ann. iii. t. 141, 141(b). Tenasserim. Andamans. Ceylon. 

 Malay Penins. and Archip. A middle-sized tree, youngest shoots slightly pubescent, 

 branchlets glabrous, more or less angular. L. chartaceous, oblongto oblong-lanceolate, 

 blade 5-8, pet. J in. $ panicles axillary, 3-5 in. long, fl. ^ in. diam., fascicled on short 

 pedicels. Anthers6-18, free, on the edge of a flat topped obovate column. Fr. globose, 

 j in. diam., aril red, undivided, completely enclosing the seed. 



III. Gh/mnacranthera, Warb. I.e. 354. Anthers 6-12, linear, lower portion 

 adnate to an ovoid column, upper portion free, stigma sessile, more or less 2- 

 lobed. Aril laciniate nearly to the base. Fl. in axillary panicles, bracteoles 0. 



10. M. canarica, Bedd. MSS. ; King, Ann. iii. t. 138. — Syn. M. Farijuliariana, Hook, f. 

 & Thorns. ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 270. Vern. Undgi pdnu, Mai. Western Ghats in ever- 

 green forests. Konkan (?). Plains of South Kanara. Coorg. Wainad. Tinnevelli 

 and Travancore. A moderately-sized tree, immense in Travancore, youngest shouts 

 minutely pubescent, I. coriaceous, glaucous beneath, <f panicles rufous pubescent, 

 perianth obovoid, l in. long. Fr. globose, 1 in. diam. 



IV. A'ncnia, Loureiro ; Warburg I.e. 543. Fl. obcouical or subglobose, 

 anthers 8-20, sessile or nearly so on the edf*e of a circular stipitate and peltate 

 disk, style short thick. Bracteoles on the pedicel, in the middle, above or 

 below it. Pericarp tomentose, aril laciniate at the apex only. Species 38,. 

 from India to New Guinea. 



A. 3 fl. more than J in. diam. 



11. M. attenuata, Wall.: King, Ann. iii. t. 152. — Syn. if. corticosa, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 

 271. Veni. churn /»i»», Mai. Evergreen forests "f the Western Qhats from the 

 Konkan southwards ascending to 8,000 ft. A middle-sized or large tree, young branch- 

 lets and inflorescence densely rust y-t omen tosc, I. glaucous beneath, Ian.,-,, late or 



ohlong-lai date, blade 6 8, pet. \-h in. long. Sec. n. prominent beneath, tert, n. 



slender, parallel. $ fl. nearly globose, \-\ in. diam. Fr. ovoid, P. in. long, densely 

 tomen! ose. 



19, M. ltnifoila, Koxb. ; Warb. 1.0.558.— Syn. M. Ion gifolia, Wall.; PL Brit. Ind. v. 110 

 (partly); King, Ann. iii. t. |i;.|. liiii. Assam. Kliasi bills. Chittagong. Arakan. 

 Upper Burma. Young shoots and inflorescence densely dark-brown tomentose, I. 

 coriaceous, blade 12-80, pet. | | in. long, base usually rounded or cordate, sec. n. con- 

 spicuous, 25-86 pair, distinct!} anastomosing under the margin, tert, n, parallel. 

 <j fl. obconical, i in. long, bracteole small at or below the middle of pedicel. Fr. on 

 thick woodj tubercles, often solitary, ellipsoid, velvety, P. in. long, it. Clarkiana, 

 King, Ann. 1. 165, Chittagong, is a form with narrower 1., the fr. more pointed at both 

 eels. 18. M. angustifolia, Etoxb, ; Warb. I.e. 561. Syn. it. longifolta, Wall., var. 

 trratica, Fl. Brit. ind. v. 110; .1/. erratica, 1 1 . >. >k . i. & Thorns.; King, Ann. iii. t. 162. 



