PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 119 



P. 180, fc. 58. Juglans camirium. Lour. ed. Willd. 

 p. 702. Booa eras Mai. Marsd. Sum. p. 83. 



Leaves scattered, cordate, sometimes three lobed, acu- 

 minate, the upper surface when young covered with a mealy 

 dust, when older smooth ; having at the base two very small, 

 round glands. Petioles a little shorter than the leaves. 

 Panicles terminal, lax ; peduncles scattered, dichotomous. 

 Flowers small, white ; females solitary, almost sessile at the 

 bifurications of the panicle ; males on each side two or three 

 on foliform pedicels. 



Male. Calyx three cleft; Cor: Petals five, oblong; Stam. 

 18-21 united into a column. Anthers with two distinct cells, 

 laterally growing to the filaments. Female, as described by 

 Schreber. From the seeds is expressed a mild oil, equal to 

 that of the olive or almond. 



DIOECIA— MONANDRIA. 

 MYEISTICA, Schreb. 1562. 



1. Myristica aromatica, Swartz. prod. 96. Myristica mos- 



chata. Gmel. 2, 11. Nux myristica. Rump. 2, 14, 

 t. 4. Muscadier. Sonn. New Guin. t. 116-118. The 

 Nutmeg Tree. Pala, Mai. 



Besides the extensive plantation belonging to the Honour- 

 able Company, several thousand trees are now on the estates of 

 individuals, both European and Chinese. One nut w 7 as pro- 

 duced last year on Mr. Caunter's ground, by a tree, which 

 including its growth before transplantation may be about ten 

 years old. Though plucked before it was ripe, it had the true 

 aroma of the best kind. 



2. Myristica oblong a ? 



The fruit is more oblong than either the M. dacty hides or 

 iryaghoedi of Gaertner. t. 41, f. 2, and 4, but I did not examine 

 the other parts sufficiently to establish a specific difference. 

 Two trees grow near the Honourable Company's spice planta- 

 tion. The fruit is ripe in June. 



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