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CXVII. MYRISTICACE^. 
[Horsfieldia. 
Ulu Bubong and Goping (Kunstler); Thaiping (Wray). Native 
names : Jankang Bukit; Menara or Pendara hijau or paya. 
(16) H. subglobosa Warb. Monog. Myrist. 328, t, xxi. M. 
subglobosa Miq. FI. Bat. Supp. 383. M. Collettiana King, Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. 313, t. 147. 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves stiffly chartaceous, elliptic- 
oblong acuminate, cuneate or round at base, glabrous except 
slightly pubescent; midrib green above, brownish beneath; nerves 
13 to 17 pairs; 4 to 6-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -2 to 
■5 in. long. Male panicles lax, scurfy, 3 in. long; pedicels *04 in. 
long; perianth globose, smaller with 3 acute triangular teeth. 
Andrcecium ovoid; anthers 10. Female panicles shorter, thicker. 
Fruit solitary or 2 or 3 in raceme ovoid-globose brownish yellow, 
1-25 in. through. Seed globose smooth, aril thick covering seed, 
red tinged yellow. Hob. Forests, not common, Johor, Road to 
Gunong Pulai. Perak, Larut to 2000 ft. altitude (Kunstler). Dis- 
trib. Sumatra. 
(17) H. Ridleyana Warb. Monog. Myrist. 231; Gamble, l.c. 
221. M. Ridleyana King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 331, i. 145. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous except the scurfy buds. Leaves 
chartaceous, lanceolate-acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 7 to 10 
pairs inconspicuous; 4*5 to 5 in. long, 1-2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. 
long. Male panicles scurfy or nearly glabrous, 2 in. long; branches 
short; pedicels -07 in. long. Perianth globose, teeth triangular 
acute .3 or 4. Androecium sessile, trigonous; anthers 7 to 10. 
Female flowers in racemes -8 in. long. Fruit 1 to 4 in a raceme, 
ellipsoid, *4 to -8 in. long; pericarp thick. Seed oval; aril thin 
entire covering seed. Hab. Forests, rare, Negri Sembilan, Pantai 
(Cantley). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler); Haram (Scortechini). 
Native name : Piango Jantan. 
(18) H. racemosa Warb. Monog. Myrist. 347; Gamble, l.c. 222. 
Myristica racemosa King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 328, t. 173. 
Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to 
elliptic-oblong sub-acute or short abrupt acuminate; base round 
or shortly cuneate; nerves 2 to 16 pairs, slender, prominent 
beneath; 6 in. long, 2*75 in. wide; petioles -5 in. long. Male and 
female flowers unknown. Fruit in lax racemes 5 in. long, oblong- 
ovoid pointed, 1*75 in. long, -8 in. through. Seed oblong-ovoid, 
pointed; aril completely covering it, tip fimbriate. Hab. Singa¬ 
pore, Bukit Timah (Ridley). Penang, Pass to Relau (Curtis). 
The flowers are unknown. It is possibly a form of H. canarioides. 
Excluded Species. 
H. sylvestris Warb. l.c. 337, t. xii. Myristica pendulina Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. v. 859. The only plant known here is one culti¬ 
vated in Singapore Botanic Gardens. It is a native of Bum. 
