163 FLORA INDICA. {Myristtcacea . 



subtus glaucis, pauiculis ramosis, floribus majusculis ad apices ramorum 

 brevium umbellatis, pedicello calycem ovalem superante, fructu ovali, 

 arillo fere ad basin lacero. 



Hab. In Malaya ad Malacca, Griff'.! et Singapur, Wall.! ; et in 

 montibus Kiirg, Holienaclcer, No. 541 ! — (u.s.) 



DisTEiB. Ins. Pliilipp., Cuming, 901 ! 



Arbor, ramulis rubescentibus vix rugulosis glabris ; gemmfe vix puberulse. Folia 

 4-8 poll, longa, li-2 lata, petiolo i-poU., marginibus (in sicoo) recurvis. Fanicula 

 ad axillas foliorum delapsorum 2-3-pollicares, ramis elongatis vel abbreviatis. Flores 

 in umbellas subsessiles vel breviter pedicellatas 5— 10-floras congest!. Calyx ^ poll, 

 longus, 3-4-lobus, glanduloso-punctatus. Antherce 8, biloculares, apice ultra cou- 

 nectivum productse, liberfe, incurva;, in columnam oblongam subscssilem coalitse. 

 Flores fceminei ignoti. Fructus in paniculis ^-l-poUicaribas lignosis parum ramosis 

 subracemosis pauci (interdum sabsolitarii), ovoidei, glabri, f poll, longi. Arillus 

 profunde laccrus. CJialaza subtcrminalis. 



The elongated calyx and anther-column of this species indicate an approach to 

 Eumyristica, and the inflorescence is more simple than in the majority of Fyrrhosa. 

 The anthers are, however, distinctly involute, and lobed at the apex. 



Sect. 4. Eumyristica. — Calyx ovalis vel elongatus, 3-4-lobus. 

 Antherce in columnam cylindricam basi nudam coalitee. hifio- 

 rescentia varia. 



18. M. superba (Hf. et T.) ; foliis lanceolatis utrinque acutis sub- 

 tus tomento fulvo furfuraceis, paniculis furfuraceis elongatis ramosis, 

 floribus majusculis ad apices ramulorum umbellatis. 



Hab. In insula Penang, Phillips! — {v.s.) 



Arior torssM elata, cortice mguloso paUide fusco albo-punctato ; ramnli tomentosi. 

 Folia 12-18 poll, longa, 3-7 lata, pet. f-poU., flrma, supra glabra, subtus laxe tomen- 

 tosa (margine in sicco recurva), nervis conspicuis numcrosis obliquts rectiusculis pro]ie 

 marginem snrsum arcuatis. Fanieulm in asillis foliorum delapsorum sita;, 4-6 poll, 

 longa;, divaricato-ramosee, ad ramificationcs bracteis parvis rotundatis demum indu- 

 ratis miiniti. Flores in umbclla 3-7, \ poll, longi, pedicello ffiquilongo suffulti. Ca- 

 li/:c glaber, ovalis, apice 3-4-lobus. Antherai in columnam ovalem subscssilem coa- 

 litee, elongato-lineares, circa 18, apice longitudine subinsequales, columna connectivo 

 baud apiculata. 



There is no apiculus of connective beyond the anthers, but as the mass of the 

 column narrows into a rounded point, some of the anthers are continued to the apex, 

 while the others stop abruptly a little lower. 



19. M. elliptica (Wall. Cat. 6798 A!); foliis tenuibus lanceo- 

 latis vel oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis glabris subtus glaucis, pe- 

 dunculo supra-axillari brevi paucifloro, floribus fasciculatis pedicellatis. 



Hab. In Malaya ad Penang et Singapur, Vail.! — (t;. s.) 



Arbor, ramulis fuscis Itevibus glabris. Folia 6-10 poll, longa, 2i-34 poll, lata, 

 petiolo ^-poUicari. Fedunculus ^-poUicaris. Fractea rotundata, calyei adpressa. 

 Calyx masculus oblongus, subinflatus, tridentatus, \ poll, longus. Columna staminea 

 breviter pedicellata, cylindrica, connectivo apiculata. Cahjx foemineus urceolalus. 

 Ocar/uyn aureo-strigosum, intra calycem stipitatum, oblongum, superne attenuatum, 

 sulcatum. Stigma oblongum, bine canaliculatum. Fructus oblongus, 2^ poll, lon- 

 gus, glaber, valvis orassis carnosis. Arillns apice lobatus. Chalaza subapicalis. 



We have described this plant from imperfect materials, but it seems very distinct 

 from any of our other speeii's, as well as from those described by Blume. The B. 



