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CXVII. MYRISTICACE^. 
[Horsfieldia. 
Anthers free at the top; aril laciniate nearly 
to base . . . . . .2. Gymnacranthera 
Column stalked; aril laciniate to base . 3. Myristica 
Anthers on the edge of a stalked disc; aril 
laciniate at tip . , , . .4- Knema 
1 . HORSFIELDIA, Willd. 
Trees. Leaves usually large with conspicuous nerves. Male 
flowers in lax panicles, females in shorter and thicker panicles 
or racemes, from the axils of fallen or living leaves. Flowers 
usually very small, yellow, globose, fragrant, rarely sessile. 
Andrcecium sessile or nearly so; filaments combined into a column; 
anthers 10 to 30, completely attached to the column by thin backs. 
Stigmas in female very small, sessile. Fruit ovoid or globose. 
Pericarp thick. Seed testa thin. Aril scarcely laciniate. Species 
about 51, India to New Guinea. 
Anthers fully touching each other. 
Perianth bivalved; leaves glabrous . 
Perianth trivalved. 
Sepals papillose inside; leaves glabrous 
Sepals not papillose. 
Male flowers elongate or oval. 
Males large; leaves hairy beneath . 
Males medium, oval globose; leaves hairy 
beneath large .... 
Males medium; leaves glabrous, small 
Male flowers globose. 
Leaves hairy, large; nervules impressed; 
inflorescence woolly, large 
Leaves hairy, small; nervules indistinct; 
inflorescence pubescent, small . 
Leaves glabrous. 
Flowers large; inflorescence pubescent. 
Flowers small; inflorescence nearly 
glabrous ..... 
Anthers free at edge. 
Perianth bivalved. 
Flowers large; leaves oblong broad 
Flowers small; leaves narrow lanceolate 
Flowers small; leaves oblanceolate 
Flowers small; leaves oblong 
Perianth trivalved. 
Branches with strong raised lines ; leaves large. 
Branches without raised lines. 
Leaves medium; inflorescence pubescent; 
fruit oblong ..... 
Leaves inflorescence slightly pubescent; 
fruit globose ..... 
Leaves small; inflorescence glabrous . 
Male flowers unknown. 
Fruits on long peduncles 
(1) H. globularia 
(2) H. canarioides 
(3) H. superba 
{4) H. flocculosa 
(5) H. fulva 
(6) H. grandis 
(7) H. tomentosa 
(8) H. Wallichii 
(9) H. amygdalina 
(10) H. majuscula 
(11) H. Irya 
(12) H. sucosa 
(13) H. crassifolia 
(14) H. brachiata 
(15) H. Lehmanniana 
(16) H. subglobosa 
{17) H. Ridleyana 
(18) H. racemosa 
(1) H. globularia Warb. Monogr. Myrist. 288, t, xxi.; Gamble, 
Lc. 207. Myristica bivalvis Hook. fit. F.B.l. v. 107. 
A glabrous bushy tree about 40 ft. tall. Leaves thin coriaceous. 
