CXVII. MYRISTICACE^E. 
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[Horsfieldia. 
sunk above, elevate beneath, 16 in, long, 4-5 in. wide; petioles 
*5 in. long, very thick tomentose. Male panicles from the axils 
of fallen leaves, 6 in. long, 3 in. through, many-flowered; rachis 
and branches cinnamon-tomentose; pedicels slender, -i in. long. 
Perianth obovoid, thin glabrous; teeth 3 to 4, shallow acute. 
Andrcecium sub-sessile obovoid truncate; anthers 10. Hab. 
Dense forests, rare. Perak, Ulu Kerling (Kunstler). 
(5) H. fulva Warb. Monog. Myrist. 297; Gamble, lx. 210. M. 
fulva, King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. 297, t. 124. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, young parts red-tomentose. Leaves coria¬ 
ceous elliptic-oblong, or obovate, tip acute, base narrow; nerves 
12 to 14 pairs, rather stout, midrib puberulous; 6 to 7 in. long, 
2-75 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long, red-puberulous. Male panicles 
from below the leaves many-flowered, spreading scurfy-tomentose, 
2 to 3*5 in. long. Flowers sub-umbellate; pedicels slender, 
•07 in. long; perianth obovoid glabrous divided one-third into 
3 teeth. Andrcecium sessile cylindric; anthers 10, connate. 
Female flowers not known. Fruit solitary on woody peduncles 
•5 in. long, ovoid, pointed glabrous, *75 in. long, yellow. Seed 
broad ovoid. Aril entirely covering seed. Hab. Forests, Malacca 
(Maingay). Perak, Goping (Scortechini). 
var. palttdicola Warb, l.c. M. paludicola King, Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. lx. t. 169. Leaves slightly puberulous beneath. Female 
flowers in short, thick, puberulous racemes, about 3 in. long. Peri¬ 
anth ovoid blunt bilobed. Fruit 1 in. long, *75 in. wide, yellow. 
Probably the female of H. fulva. Hab. Singapore, Selitar (Ridley). 
Perak, Goping, Larut (Kunstler). 
(6) H. grandis Warb. Monog. Myrist. 301; Gamble, lx. 211. 
Myristica rubiginosa King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. 302, t. 130. 
A tree 30 ft. tall; branchlets stout, red-tomentose and ridged. 
Leaves coriaceous, rather thinly elliptic-oblong, blunt or shortly 
acute, glabrous above when adult, red-tomentose beneath; mid¬ 
rib tomentose on both sides; nerves and reticulations sunk above, 
strong elevate beneath; 9 to 12 in. long, 4 to 5 in. across; petioles 
very thick, tomentose, -25 in. long. Male panicles from below 
leaves densely tomentose, 9 in. long, with short branches. Cymules 
dense; pedicels very short. Perianth globose, -04 in. long; teeth 
triangular, 3 to 4. Androecium sessile turbinate; anthers 13 to 15. 
Hab. Singapore, a single male tree in the Garden Jungle (Ridley). 
Distrib. Borneo. 
(7) H. tomentosa Warb. Monog. Myrist. 302; Gamble, l.c. 212. 
M. tomentosa Hook. fU. F.B.I. v. 105; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 
301, t. 129. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall; branchlets rusty tomentose, as are under¬ 
side of leaves, petioles and inflorescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 
elliptic to oblanceolate acute, base cuneate or round; nerves 
10 to 12 pairs, slender; 8 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
