284 MYRISTICACER. [Myristica. 
HaB.—Frequent in the tropical forests from Chittagong, Pegu, and Martaban 
Mare i 
down to Tenasserim, especially along choungs.—Fl. ch-Apr.—s.—SS.=Sis. 
etam. 
Remarxks.—Wood whitish, turning pale brown, rather heavy, fibrous, soon 
attacked by xylophages. Exudes red resin. 
5. M. corticosa, H.f. & Th. ; Bedd. For. Fl. 271.—An evergreen 
tree (40—50+ (?) ++ 3—4), the trunk somewhat fluted end dark 
grey, the young parts covered with a fugaceous, thin, tawny tomen- 
tum; bark about 2-3 lin. thick, grey, even, peeling off in thin 
shortly and bluntish acuminate, 7-9 in. long, on a glabrous strong 
petiole about } in. long, entire, coriaceous, glabrous, glaucous 
beneath, the nerves strong but thin, about 16-20, rather parallel ; 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests from Chittagong and the 
Pegu hills down to Tenasserim and th, ‘ki — ag oe 
March-Apr.—s.—SS. = SiS. waa e damans.—F]. Feb.-March ; 
RemarKs.—Wood brown or red, rather li ht, coarsely fibrous, rather close- 
_ grained, soon attacked by xylophages, Yields rod resin. Y 
LAURINEA, 
Perianth regular, the tube very short or none at the time of 
flowering, sometimes enlarged over or under the fruit, or rarely 
| stalked glands; anthers adnate, with 2 collateral or supe 
ee 
or (in Hernandia) from the inner to the outer side. Ovary free, 
vs (in Hernandia) adnate, 1-celled, with a solitary ovule suspended 
or rarely with a second . abortive ovule; style simple, often 
very short ; stigma capitate or dilated, entire or lobed. Fruit a 
berry or drupe, rarely dry or nearly so, the perianth entirely deci- 
