158 FLORA INDICA. \_Myristicacea'. 



Specimens from Malacca in the Hookerian Herbarium appear to us to be identical 

 with the plant described by Jack, and with the numbers of Cuming quoted above. 

 If we are correct in these identifications, the species must be widely distributed. 

 In our description we have chiefly followed Jack. 



6. M. gibbosa (H.f. et T.) ; ramulis glabriusculis, foliis angiisto 

 laiiceolatis acuminatis basi acviiis subtus pallidis (in sicco flavescenti- 

 bus), fructu oblongo tomentoso obliquo liinc gibbo, arillo tenui. 



Hab. In mont. Khasia ! — (v. v.) 



Arbor, ramulis gracilibus foliosis, cortice griseo mguloso ; partes novellaj tener- 

 rime furfuraceaj, eito glabrescentes. Folia glaberrima, coriacea, supra nitida, snbtus 

 pallida, secus costam subfurfuracea, eito glabrescentia, 4-7 poll, longa, 1-lJ lata, 

 pet. I— f poll. Pedicellus fructus -i-pollicaris (pedunculo brevissimo). Fructiis 

 valves crasse coriacea;, intus eastanete, nervosa^, rngulosse. Arilhis apice tantum 

 sublacerus. Semen obliquum, chalaza longe infra-apicali. 



This species, which appears very distinct both in leaves and fruit, was obtained by 

 us in the Khasia hills, with ripe frnit, in the mouth of June. We are inclined to 

 associate with our Khasia plant a single specimen of a male plant in flower, collected 

 by Griffith at Mergui, on the Tenasserim coast, which is evidently quite unlike all 

 the states of M. corticosa, and which cannot be confounded with any other species. 

 The leaves of this Mergui plant are identical with those of M. rjibhosa; and if the 

 two be the same, the male flowei's of that plant may be thus described : — Pedunculi 

 axillares, validi, i poUicem longi, lignosi, nudi, apice in ramos plures abbreviates 

 dense squamosos divisi. Pedieelli plures, :j— ^-pollicares, medio bracteolam minu- 

 tam amplectentem gerentes. Calyx ovalis vel eampannlatns, ^-trilobus, ferrugineo- 

 pubescens. Cohimna staminea superne subclavata. Anthene 12, suberecta;, disco 

 breviter lobato adnatse. 



7. M. corticosa (H.f. et T.); ramulis glabratis, foliis anguste 

 lanceolatis utrinque acutis rariusve obtusis subtus glaucis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus abbreviatis plurifloris, disco piano 8-12-lobo, fructu ovali 

 pulverulento, arillo carnoso. — Knema corticosa. Lour. Fl. Coch. 743 ! 

 Myristica globularia. Lam. M. glauca, Bl. Bijdr. 576, Rumph. i. 182. 

 t. 60. M. lanceolata, TFall. Cat. 6794. ! M. missionis, Wall. Cat. 

 6788 ! M. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. Lid. iii. 84-7 ! 



Hab. Chittagong ! Tenasserim ! et in penins. Malayana ! — (FJ. Jan. 

 Apr.) {v. V.) 



DisTRiB. Java ! Cochin China ! Borneo ! 



Arbor saepe exeelsa. Uamuli cortice rubicundo vel fusco-cinereo, glaberrimi ; 

 partes novelise vix snbpulverulentse. Foha elongato-lanceolata, interdum sed raris- 

 sime obtusa, 4-7 poll, longa, 1-livel rarius 2 poll, lata, petiole ^-f-poll., rigide co- 

 riacea, glaberrima, vcnulis in sicco creberrimis reticulatis. Pedunculi 1-3 lineas 

 ■4ongi, areobs squamarum delapsarum notati. Pedieelli graciles, supra medium 

 bracteolati. Flores tenuissime tomentosi. Arillus punieeus, multipartitus. Cha- 

 laza obliqua. 



Our Chittagong plant is undoubtedly the same with that from Singapur in Herb. 

 Wallich, and we can in no way distinguish M. missionis, "Wall., which was perhaps, 

 therefore, obtained by Konig from the Straits, and was not a native of the Madras 

 Peninsula. Our specimens quite agree with Blume's figure and detailed description, 

 and with Loureiro's specimens in the British Museum. We adopt Loureiro's name, 

 because we have no doubt that, on a general revision of the Order, his genus Knema 

 wiU be kept up, 



8. M. intermedia (Bl. Eumph. i. 187); ramulis glabriusculis. 



