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CXVII. MYRISTICACE/E. [Gymiiacranthera. 
(3) G. Farquhariana Warb. Monog. Myrist. 365, t. xx; Gamble, 
l.c. 225. Myristica Farquhariana Wall. Cat. 6795; King, Ann. 
Bol. Gard. Calc. l.c. iii. 305, t. 136. 
Slender tree about 60 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous, 
glaucous beneath lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 
indistinct, 6 to 10 pairs; 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 
♦25 in. long. Male panicles rusty-puberulous, 1-5 in. long. Flowers 
numerous; pedicels slender, -05 in. long. Perianth ovoid inflate, 
3- to 4-lobed, *08 in. long, puberulous both sides in cymules of 
6 to 10. Androecium cylindric, sessile; anthers 7 to 8, narrow. 
Female panicles much shorter and denser; perianth 3- to 4,-cleft. 
Fruit 2 to 5 in a raceme, ovoid pointed, 1 in. long, rufous-pubescent 
outside. Seed ellipsoid; aril as long as seed, laciniate yellow. 
Hab. Common in forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Bajau; Chan 
Chukang. Johor, Batu Pahat; Tanjong Kupang. Malacca (Main- 
gay). Selangor, Batu Tiga (Curtis). Perak, Goping (Kunstler); 
Thaiping (Wray). Penang Hill (Curtis). 
This varies in size of leaves and panicles. A bigger form with wide leaves 
is var. major King. Var. Griffithii Hook. fil. and King, has more distinct 
nerves and a smaller globose-ovoid androecium. Malacca, Alor Gajah 
(Griffith), 
3 . MYRISTICA, Linn. 
Trees often very large, usually glaucous beneath, often red- 
tomentose. Inflorescence of cymes, umbels or few-flowered 
