Myristica.] flora xndica. 163 



of Wallioli's Catalogue, from which the fruit is deBcribed, has a mark of doubt aj)- 

 pended to it, and its leaves are too imperfect to enable us to determine whether or 

 not it be identical with the flowering specimens. 



30. M. laurifolia (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovali-oblongis vel oblongis 

 glabris, pedunculis masculis abbreviatis crassis apice plurifloris, fructn 

 ovali tomentoso. 



Hab. In Zeylania, TTalker ! Gardner! Thwaites! — (v.s.) 

 Arbor, cortice griseo vel rufescente rugoso. Hamuli Isevigati, glabri ; partes no- 

 vella vix puberulas. Tolia utrinque obtusa vel acutiuscnla, supra lucida, subtus pal- 

 lida, conspicue oblique nervosa, 6-9 poll, longa, 2-4 lata, petiolo ultra-poUicari. 

 PeduncuU masc. axillares, plerumque bini, \-\ poll. longi, lignosi, cicatricibus brac- 

 tearum crebre notati. Flores pediceUia vix lineam longis suffulti, dense tomeutosi, 

 ovales, pedicellis duplo longiores, bractea rotundata calyci adpressa suffulti. Ca!i/x 

 breviter 3-lohus. Columna siaminea pedicellata, apice processu connectivi apiculata. 

 Anthera circa 9. Fructus solitarius, ovalis, in spec, immaturis dense tomentosus, 

 pedicello \-\ poll, suffultus. 



21. M. obtusifolia (Wall. Cat. 6808 !) ; foliis obovato-oblongis 



rigidis supra glabris nitidis subtus ferrugineo-glaucis sparse puberulis, 



paniculis fructiferis paroe raraosis fusco-tomentosis. 



Hab. In Malaya ad Singapur, Wall.! — (u. s. in Herb. Linn. Soc.) 

 Folia 6-13 poll, longa, 3-4^ lata, petiolo 1-lJ-pollicari, nervis obliquis distan- 



tibus reotis apice arcuatis subtus prominentibus notata. Flores ignoti. Faniculo! 



fructiferse li poll, longa;. Fructus f-pollicares, oblongi, tomentosi. Semen subglo- 



bosura, ariUo subcompleto, testa tenui. 



33. M.-Malabarica (Lam. Act. Paris. 1788. p. 163); foliis an- 

 guste oblongis vel elliptico-lanceolatis, inflorescentia mascula axillari 

 dichotome cymosa multiflora, floribus laxe umbellatis, fructu oblongo 

 fulvo-incano. — Blume, Rump!i. i. 185. M. dactyloides, JVall. Cat. 6786 ! 

 {vix Otertner). M. notha, Wall. Cat. 6787 \—Rheede, Hort. Mai. iv. t. 5. 



Hab. In sylvis densis Malabariae et Concan, SyJces ! Balzell ! Law ! 

 — (Fl. Nov. Feb.) {v. s.) 



Arbor exeelsa; ramuli glabri, coi'tice rubescente Iseviusculo. Folia superae an- 

 gustata, apice obtusa, basi acuta vel rarius rotundata, 4-8 poll, longa, 1^-4 lata, pe- 

 tiolo -J-l -poUicari, glaberrima, subtus glauca. Ct/ma masculie 1-3-pollicares ; ramuli 

 oppositi, apice umbellatim pluriflori. Pedicelli i— J poll, longi, graciles. Alabastri 

 fere globosi. Cali/x inflatus, late ovalis, trilobus, pubescens, basi bractea amplec- 

 tente adpressa latissima munita. Anthera 15 in columnam solidam oblongam pedi- 

 cello brevi crasso pubescente suffultam coalitse, connectivo apice apioulatfc. Flores 

 fceminei ad apicem peduncali axillaris umbellati, pauci (in spec. 2) ; masculis majores, 

 urceolati. Ovarium dense tomentosum. Fructus 2^-3 pollices longus, oblongus, 

 pericarpio bivalvi crasso carnoso. Arillus ex rubro ilavescens, irregulariter fissus, 

 lacunosus, lobis versus apicem in conum seminis apici insidentem contortuplieatis. 

 Semen ovoideum, erectum, utrinque obtusum, subobliquum, ventre planiusculum, 

 dorso convexius, tegmine lignoso tenui, fragili, arilli pressione irregulariter sulcato, 

 medio latere chalaza notato. Jt/iaphe a hilo ad ohalazam linearis. 



According to Rheede, the pericarp is acid and astringent, with a disagreeable smell. 

 The aril is less agreeably flavoured than true mace, and the nut has scarcely any 

 taste or smell. ' 



33. M. Horsfieldii (Bl. Bijd. 577, Eumph. i. 19?) ; foliis ovato- 

 olilongis acurainatis subtus stellato-pubescentibiis, floribus dense glo- 



