Horsfieldia ,] 
CXVII. MYRISTICACE/E, 
57 
■25 in. long. Male panicles spreading, 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, rather 
lax; pedicels -04 in. long. Perianth glabrous depressed globose, 
nearly -i in. long in lax cymules, lobes 3 to 4, triangular acute. 
Androecium sessile, globose; anthers 10 to 15. Female in racemes 
of 8 to 10 flowers. Fruit in short racemes of 3 to 5, ovoid with a 
ridge on the suture about 1 in. long, glabrous. Seed ovoid; aril 
fleshy entire, covering the whole seed. Hab. Rather common in 
forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah (Cantley). Johor, Kota Tinggi 
and Gunong Pantai. Malacca, Chabau to Jasin; Sungei Jerneh. 
Selangor, Weld's Hill; Ulu Selangor (Kunstler). Perak, Ulu 
Bubong and Ulu Kerling (Kunstler and Goping). Penang (Wallich), 
Waterfall, etc. Kedah, Yan. Native name : Manchong. 
(8) H. Wallichii Warb. Monog. Myrist. 305; Gamble, l.c. 213. 
M. Wallichii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 105; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 
iii. 203, t. 132, 133. 
Large tree 120 to 150 ft. tall; youngest branchlets minutely 
red-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-acute, base round or 
sub-cordate, glabrous above, red-tomentose beneath; nerves 16 to 
22 pairs, stout, sunk above, elevate beneath; 10 to 12 in. long, 
3 to 4 in. wide, the terminal leaves smaller and more elliptic. 
Male panicles 10 in. long, lax branches 3 in. long, woolly tomentose; 
pedicels short; perianth -05 in. long, glabrous globose; teeth 
triangular acute. Androecium sessile; anthers 15. Female flowers 
larger in shorter, stouter, few-flowered panicles. Perianth tomen¬ 
tose outside; teeth 3. Fruit ovoid, smooth, over 2 in. long, on 
short, stout peduncles. Hab. Forests, Singapore (Wallich), Chan 
Chu Kang; Garden Jungle; Bajau. Province Wellesley, Kubang 
Ulu (Curtis). 
(9) H. amygdalina Warb. Monog. Myrist. 310; Gamble, l.c. 
214. M. amygdalina Wall. Cat. 6797, PI. /Is. Rar. i. t. 90. M. 
sucosa King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc, t, 172, Figs. 2, 5, 6, 7. 
Tree 30 ft. tall, nearly glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
elliptic-oblong, shortly narrowed at both ends; nerves 8 to 12 
pairs, very slender; 6 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long, 
grooved. Male panicles lax branching, 3 in. long, puberulous. 
Perianth globose, *04 in. long, 2- to 3-lobed; anthers 12 to 15. 
Fruit 1*2 to i-6 in. long; pericarp thick, fleshy. Seed ovate, aril 
complete or shortly laciniate at tip. Hab. Rare in lowland forests, 
Singapore, in forests near the Botanic Garden (Murton), Selangor, 
Sungei Buluh (Foxworthy). Penang Hill, to 1500 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
Distrib. India, Burma, Andamans. 
(10) H. majuscula Warb. Monog. Myrist. 315; Gamble, l.c. 
215. M. majuscula King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. 310, i. 143. 
Tree about 50 ft. tall, glabrous except the puberulous tips and 
buds. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to elliptic-obovate, shortly 
narrowed at both ends; nerves 10 to 15 pairs sunk above, elevate 
beneath, transverse nervules very inconspicuous; 6 to 9 in. long, 
