914 cix. MYRiSTiCACE^. [Myristica 



the negro name " Mutdje,'' or " Mutuge '' or " Entuge," plural " Ma- 

 tuge " (dirt tree) ; peduncles almost always unilateral, or rather the 

 flowering branchlets are unilateral and secund ; berries ellipsoidal, 

 ribbed, when ripe bivalved, green, aromatic ; aril fleshy, of a pretty 

 rosy colour ; the segments vertically erect, here and there anastomosing 

 among themselves, strongly aromatic but very bitter ; seed red-dusky, 

 even when fresh readily inflammable and burning like tapers, abound- 

 ing in a volatile oil. In primitive forests in the Sobatos of Bango, 

 Quilombo, Bumbo, etc., plentiful ; fl. Jan. to March, fr. July and 

 August 1855 ; also a young branch at the Cuango river, June 1856. 

 No. 781 (681 in Herb. Kew.). In secondary woods at the base of the 

 mountains of Serra de Alto Queta ; without fl. or fr., probably young 

 states of this tree. Nob. 782a (Nov. 1855), 7826 (May 1856), 782c 

 and ^S2d (June 1856). In the Mata Grande de Queta ; fr. end of 

 July. Coll. Cakp. 881. At Sange ; in fr. Coll. Carp. 882. 



This is the " Moscadeira Brava " (wild nutmeg tree) of Angola; both 

 the fruits and the nuts of this African species are smaller than those 

 of the Indian nutmeg, and cannot rival the latter in aroma ; but they 

 abound in oil, which in Welwitsch's opinion could be utilized for 

 various domestic purposes, and probably also in pharmacy ; the trees 

 are very productive, each one bears many alquiers (23 pints) of fruits 

 (see Welw. Synopse, I.e.). The Lichen n. 115 grew on this tree in the 

 prsBsidium of Pungo Andongo in May 1857. 



Island of St. Thomas. — In the primitive forests of Monte CafE^, at an 

 elevation of 2000 ft. ; fr. without leaves or fl. Dec. 1860. Coll. Cabp. 883. 



According to a MS. note of Welwitsch, " Muciila-sucu " is the 

 Mutuge de Sange ; and in Sobato Bango it is called " Melevatango," or 

 " M-levatango." In St. Thomas it is called " Cachao," and is used to 

 make thin boards. 



2. M. macrocarpa Welw. es Christy, New Commerc. PI. No. 8, 

 p. 27 (1885) ; non Blume. 



M. pterocarpa Welw. ex Warb. Monogr. Myrist. p. 243 (1897). 

 Staudtia pteroca/rpa Warb., I.e., and Muskatnuss, p. 386. t. iv. fig. 

 11 (1897). Brochoneura pteroca/rpa Warb., I.e., t. viii. 



Island of St. Thomas. — A tall tree ; fruit quite 2-J^ to 3 in. long 

 by If to If in. in diameter, crustaceous-bivalved ; aril entirely 

 capsuliform, thickly fleshy-coriaceous, at length deliquescent, bright 

 scarlet, truncate at the mouth. In the primitive forest ; fr. Dec. 1860. 

 Coll. Carp. 884. 



ex. LAURACE^. 



1. CINNAHOMUM Burm. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 155. 



1. C, zeylanicum Blume, Bijdr. El. Ned. Ind. (xi.) p. 568 

 (1825) ; Ficalho, PI. Uteis, p. 247 (1884). 



Lawrus Ginnamomum L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p.. 369, n. 1 (1753). 

 Arbor Canella zeilanica Breyn in Ephem. Acad. Nat. Cur., ann. 

 iv. & V. p. 139 (1676). 



Barra de Dande.— a tree, 20 to 25 ft. high, with a widely 

 spreading head. Cultivated at the banks of the river Dande near 

 Bombo by Senhor Antonio Dias ; fl. fallen Sept. 1858. Introduced 

 from the Island of St. Thomas. No. 6431. 



Prince's Island.— Cultivated and almost wild ; fl. Sept. 1853. Fr. 

 seen in the mountainous parts of the island. No. 6430. 



