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Myristicaceoe or Nutmeg Family .—An order of apetalous trees 
comprising the single genus Myristica, of about 80 species. 
Myristica .—A large tropical genus of fragrant, apetlaous trees— 
the nutmegs—coextensive with the nutmeg family, having alternate, 
Fig. 
187 .—Jateorhiza palmata —Portion of vine. 
about a support as this plant climbs. 
Note tendril for winding 
(Sayre.) 
entire, often punctate leaves, small dicoeious regular flowers, and a 
succulent, two-valved, one-celled fruit with a solitary seed, usually 
covered by a fleshy arillus. 
M. fragrans, a handsome tree, 20 to 30 feet high, of the Malay 
archipelago, supplies the nutmegs and mace of commerce. 
