Horsfieldia .] cxvii. myristicace^e. 59 
(Kunstler); Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Batu Gajah (Foxworthy). 
Province Wellesley, Krian. 
(13) H. crassifolia Warb. Monog. Myrist. 323; Gamble, l.c. 
217. M. crassifolia Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 108; King , Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. hi. 308, t. 140, 172, Fig. 4. 
Big tree 40 up to 100 ft, tall; branchlets and buds puberulous. 
Leaves coriaceous, red-tomentose beneath when young, glabrous 
elliptic-oblong, blunt, cuneate at base; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, 
sunk above, prominent beneath; 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 
•5 in. long. Male panicles red-tomentose, above 4 in. long, lax 
with short branches. Flowers very small. Perianth bivalved. 
Androecium sessile flattened; anthers 6 to 10. Female flowers 
in short scurfy panicles, stout, 3 in. long, bivalved. Fruit yellow 
panicled ovoid; rachis and peduncles very thick, *8 in. long. Seed 
ovoid; aril thin covering nearly the whole seed, apex laciniate. 
Hab. Forests, damp spots, Singapore, Bukit Mandai; Chan Chu 
Kang; Bukit Timah. Malacca (Griffith); Sungei Hudang (Derry). 
Perak (Kunstler). Distrib. Bangka, Borneo, Amboina. 
(14) H. brachiata Warb. Monog. Myrist. 325; Gamble, l.c . 
315. M. brachiata King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 311, t. 114. M. 
polyspherula Hook. fit. F.B.I. v. 108 in fart. 
Tree 50 to 60 ft. tall; buds pubescent. Leaves chartaceous, 
glabrous, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-acuminate, acute or round 
at base; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, raised beneath, midrib scurfy; 
6 to 8 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Male panicles 
slender much branched, 5 in. long, 3 in. wide; rachis scurfy; 
pedicels *07 in. long; perianth shorter, globose; teeth 3. Andrce- 
cium sessile trigonous; anthers 9. Female flowers in stouter 
panicles. Pedicels thick. Fruit 6 to 8 together in woody cymes, 
ovoid, i*2 in. long; pericarp rather thin. Seed ovoid; aril 
covering the whole seed, tip laciniate. Hab. Forests, Singapore, 
Cluny Road. Malacca, Alor Gajah (Griffith), Perak, Larut 
(Kunstler). 
(15) H. Lehmanniana Warb. Monog. Myrist. 326; Gamble, 
l.c. 219. M. polyspherula Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 108; King, Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. 312, t. 146. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, base cuneate to round, glabrous except 
midrib beneath, scurfy; nerves 10 to 15 pairs; 3 to 6 in. long, 
1-5 in. wide; petioles *5 in. long. Male panicles rusty tomentose 
much branched, 4 in. long, 3 in. wide, terminal cymules sub- 
umbellate; pedicels -04 in. long. Perianth globose, glabrous, 
teeth 3, very small. Andrcecium sessile; anthers 9 to 12, ovate. 
Female panicles stout, few-flowered. Fruit 2 to 3 in a raceme, 
ovoid, *8 in. long. Seed ovoid, aril completely covering it. Hab. 
Common in forests, Singapore, Jurong; Chan Chu Kang; Bukit 
Timah. Malacca, Bukit Panchur and Merlimau (Derry). Perak, 
