Myristioa.] ploka indica. 157 



fructu late ovali vel subgloboso tomento brevissimo incano, arillo crasse 

 carnoso. 



Hab. In montibus KLasia, alt. 3-3000 ped. ! — («. v.) 



Jrbor excelsa, trunco apice horizontaliter et subverticillatim ramoso. Hamuli 

 elongati, foliosi, rugulosi, adulti cinerei, glabrati. Folia 6-10 poll, longa, IJ- 2^ 

 lata, pet. f-poU., supra glabra, lucida, subtus glauca, secus costam et nervos cinereo- 

 furfuracea. Fedunculi axillares, vix ^-poUicares, rigidi, lignosi; pedicelli eorum 

 apicem versus inter bracteas squamicformes fasciculati, graciles, -J— J poll, longi, 

 cinereo-iucahi, supra medium bracteolara latissimam amplectentem minutam ge- 

 reutes. Alahastn masculi subglubosi, obtuse tnquetri. Frucius pleruuique solitarii, 

 pedicello crasso, ovales, minute fusco-jmberuli, 3-pollicarea. Valva crassee. Ai-illus 

 crassissimus, carnosns, denium coccineus, Ecqualis, apice lacerus. Nucleus oblongus, 

 Itevis, obliquus, chalaza infra-apicali. 



This species (the most northern of all Nutmegs) is readily distinguished from M. 

 longifolia by the much fewer and smaller flowers on longer stalks, by the flat-topped 

 disc (if that character is to be relied on), and especially by the very different fruit. 

 The leaves also are narrower, much thinner in texture, and not cordate at the base. 

 The leaves of both, however, vary a good deal, and some of the smaller ones of M. 

 longifolia are not easily distinguished from those of the present species. 



4. M. attenuata (Wall. Cat. 6791 !) ; ramulis tenuiter furfura- 

 ceis, foliis oblongo-lauceolatis longe attenuatis basi acutis vel rotundatis 

 subtus glaucis, pedunculis axillaribus paucifioris, disco piano 13-lobo, 

 fructu ovali vel oblongo fulvo-tomentoso, arillo tenuissimo. — M. amy- 

 galiua, Graham, Cat. Bomb., non Wall. 



Hab. In montibus Concan, Balzell! Law!— {p. a.) 



Arbor forsan excelsa. Hamuli elongati, graciles, adulti glabrati, cortice nitido 

 ruguloso. Folia secus costam et nervos snbfurfuracea, demum glabra, 5-8 poll, 

 longa, lf~2|-lata, petiolo ^-poU. Fedunculi axillares, 1—2 lineas longi, apice brac- 

 teati, 3-4-flori. Fedicelli petioles a;quantes vel paullo superantes, filiformes, apice 

 subclavati, prope flor(3m unibractcolati. Flores subglobosi, laxe tomentosi. Fructus 

 sesquipoUicares. Arillus apice lobatus. Semen, oblongum; chalaza unilaterali, a 

 vertiee -J poll, distante. 



Our specimens from Law and Dalzell agree very well with those of Heyne. The 

 leaves have a tendency to vary in shape, and are sometimes quite rounded at the base. 

 The fruit is broader in the Wallichian specimens than in the others, but the seed is 

 the same in both. 



5. M. glaucescens (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis glabrescentibus, foliis 

 oblongo-lauceolatis basi plerumque rotundatis supra glaberrimis subtus 

 glaucis, pedunculis brevissimis paucifioris, disco piano 10-15-radiato, 

 fructu ovali-oblongo ferrugineo-pulverulento, arillo tenui. — M. Suma- 

 trana, Bl. Riimph. i, 187. Knema glaucescens, Jack, in Mai. Misc. et 

 in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 149, non Wall. 



Hab. In penins. Malayana ad Malacca, Griff.! Ouniing, 2315 ! — 

 {v. s.) 



DiSTRiB. Sumatra, Jack; ins. Philipp., Cuming, 1042! 1309 ! 



Arbor ramulis rugulosis ; partes novellas furfnraceae, eito glabreseentes. Folia 5-8 

 poll, longa, li-2i lata, petiolo i-poll., juniora secus costam et nervos furfuracea, 

 cito glabrescentia. Pedicelli graciles, petiolum aequantes, medio bracteolati. Flores 

 ferrugineo-tomentosi, fceminei ovali-oblongi, masculi subglobosi. Fructus, secundum 

 Jack, 1. c, parvus, olivse magnitudinera non attinens, ex spec, in Herb. Bentham as- 

 scrvato subglobosus, eerasi magnitudinc, valvis tenuibus, arillo indiviso. 



