MYSOEE AND 000E6. 227 



glabrous, sliining, very coriaceous, 6 — 9 in. lipear- 

 oblong or variable. Flowers dioecious, small, regu- ' 

 lar, crowded on tbe twigs and branches. Fruit the 

 size of an apple. The nutmeg and the mace are said 

 to be of no value, and the quality of the wood is 

 unknown. Herbarium specimens are required, with 

 fuller information as to the local merits of this 

 apparently common tree. 



465 Myristica malabarica, Lamk. Ka7i. Kanagi, (Nut) 



Pinde kayi- 



Fig.~Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 269. 



"References-— P harm. Ind. ; Bid. of Econ. Prod- 

 of Ind. ; Fl. of Brit. Ind. 



A large evergreen tree of the "Western Ghats. 

 In general appearance, it differs but little from the 

 last named species, except in the fruit, which is 

 quite different, and the greater size usually attain- 

 ed. Fruit oblong, 2 — 3 in., hairy or tanny, " with 

 a lucumose arillus, the lobes of which are twisted 

 and folded into a cone at the top." The mace is 

 deficient in odour and flavour, and is much softer 

 tjian in the proper nutmeg. It is perhaps best 

 known under the Guzerati name, Bampatri, of which 

 a good deal is heard in the Bombay market, where 

 the product commands a value of Rs. 10 per maupd 

 of 37-| lbs. A medicinal concrete oil is obtained 

 from the bruised seed by boiling. " Wood reddish- 

 grey, moderately hard. Weight 32 lb. per cubic 

 foot. Used for building." Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. 



466 Myristica magnifica, Bedd. Kan. Eamanadike. 

 Fig.— Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 268. 



Beddome describes this as " one of the most 

 magnificent trees in the Presidency." It sustains 

 this character in the Malnad of Mysore also, but 

 the Kew authorities, or at least Sir Joseph Hooker, 

 cannot discover that it differs in more than size and 

 pubescence from M, Icmrifolia, Forest ■ officials 



