CHAP. Ill 
NUTMEGS AND MACE 
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4 in. long and 2 ^ in. wide, coriaceous and shining, 
moderately dark - green above, paler beneath, quite 
glabrous, as is the whole plant. In bad soil or when 
insufficiently manured they have a more or less yellow 
Nutmeg Tree. 
colour, and in shady places are of a deep green. The 
trees are usually unisexual, bearing male flowers or 
female flowers only, but it is not uncommon to find a 
tree with flowers of both sexes upon it. It has long 
been known that a male tree after some years, usually 
