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CXVII. myristicace.se. 
[Horsfieldia. 
3 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Male panicles lax, spreading, 
5 in. long, about 2 in. across, scurfy; cymules few-flowered; 
pedicels short; perianth globose, thick, glabrous, -o7 in. long; 
teeth triangular, 3 to 4. Androecium nearly sessile trigonous; 
anthers 10 to 13, Female panicles shorter, stouter, less branched. 
Perianth ovoid. Fruit yellowish-red, ovoid blunt, glabrous, i*8 in. 
long, i-6 in. wide; pericarp thick. Seed ovoid, aril entire, 
covering the seed and overlapping at tip. Hab. Forests, Singa¬ 
pore, Bajau; BukitTimah; Cluny Road. Perak, Thaiping Water¬ 
fall (Wray); Batang Padang (Kunstler). 
(11) H. Irya Warb. Monog. Myrist. 371, t. xxii.; Gamble, 
l.c. 215. M. Irya Gaertn. Fruct. i. 195, t. 41. M. javanica Bl. 
Rumphia, i, 190, t. 62. M. sphaerocarpa Wall. PI. As. Rar. 79, 
t. 89. 
Tall, rather slender tree with spreading branches, about 80 ft. 
tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous stiffly oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, base coriaceous; nerves 10 to 20 pairs, slender, 9 in. 
long, 2-5 in. wide; petioles -15 in. long. Male panicles lax, 3 in. 
long, scurfy or glabrous. Flowers minute, yellow, in small 
terminal clusters; pedicels short; perianth thin, bivalved. Androe¬ 
cium obovate; anthers 6 to 10. Female flowers fewer and larger, 
in smaller panicles. Fruit solitary or racemose globose, *8 in. 
through, glabrous; pericarp yellow, thick. Seed spherical. Aril 
thin, completely covering seed, lobes overlapping, tip often 
laciniate. Hab. Common in damp spots in forests, Singapore, 
Garden Judgle; Changi; Pulau Buru. Muar, Sungei Pauh (Fox). 
Malacca (Griffith, Maingay). Perak, Krian (Scortechini). Bind¬ 
ings, Bruas; Pulau Sembilan. Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis). 
Setul. Distrib. Burma, Ceylon, Borneo, Java, Sumatra. Native 
names : Kandarah; Piango; Lempayan Paya. 
(12) H. sucosa Warb. Monog. Myrist. 322; Gamble , l.c. 317. 
M. sucosa King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. 301, t. 172 in part (Figs, 
i, 3 , 8 t 9). 
Big tree up to 100 ft. tall; branchlets and young leaves minutely 
tomentose, rest glabrous. Leaves coriaceous oblanceolate to 
obovate oblanceolate acute or acuminate, much narrowed to base; 
nerves 9 to 14 pairs, prominent and winged beneath; 7 to 8 in. long, 
2 to 2-25 in. across; petioles 75 in. long. Male panicles lax, much 
branched, 6 in. long; branches scurfy; pedicels slender, *05 to 
1 in. long. Perianth globular shorter puberulous, teeth 2 to 3, 
triangular. Androecium sub-sessile globular; anthers 10. Female 
flowers in stout rigid puberulous panicles 1-5 in. long. Perianth 
ovoid globose; teeth 3. Fruit 1 to 3 in raceme ovoid or pear- 
shaped, very succulent, glabrous, 2-4 to 2-8 in. long; pericarp 
thick. Seed ovoid, aril yellow covering the whole seed, slightly 
laciniate at tip. Hab. Forests to 3400 ft. altitude. Singapore, 
Garden Jungle. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Goping; Ulu Bubong 
