64 cxvn. myristicacEjE. [ Myristica. 
4 in. long, 2 in. wide, light yellow. Seed large; aril thin, bright 
red as long as the seed. Hab. Forests, Singapore, Bukit Timah. 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang Hill (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. 
(2) M. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 104; King, Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. iii. 294, t. 114; Gamble, l.c. 228. 
A lofty tree about 60 ft. tall; branchlets rusty-tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous linear-oblong acute or acuminate, base round or 
cuneate, glabrous; nerves 16 to 18 pairs, prominent beneath, 
6 in. long, 1*5 to 2-25 in. wide; petiole -5 in. long. Male flowers 
in red-tomentose umbellate cymes, 1 in. long; pedicels thick, 
*2 in. long. Bracteoles orbicular, -2 in. long. Perianth ovate, 
red-tomentose outside, teeth ovate acute. Androecium fusiform 
on a red-hairy column. Fruit oblong, 3 in. long, fleshy glabrous. 
Seed oblong; aril fimbriate at upper end. Hab. Forests, Malacca 
(Maingay); Bukit Jus (Derry). Perak (Scortechini). Penang, 
Moniot's Road (Curtis). 
(3) M. gigantea King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. 288, t. no. 
A tree 100 to 150 ft. tall, 3 to 4 ft. through. Leaves coriaceous, 
narrow elliptic-oblong to lanceolate blunt, base very shortly acute, 
glabrous, light shining green, glaucescent beneath at first; nerves 
12 to 18 pairs, faint, slightly raised beneath; 4 m. long, 1*5 in. wide; 
petioles *2 in. long. Male panicles rusty-pubescent, cymose 1 in. 
long. Bracteoles semi-annular; pedicels *i in. long. Perianth 
•1 in. long, fomentose; anthers linear, 10, short tomentose. Fruit 
broad globose, about 1 in. long (unripe), tomentose. Seed ovoid; 
aril fimbriate nearly to base. Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
Rare. 
(4) M. iners Bl. Bijdr. 575; Rumphia, i. 184, t. 58; Gamble, 
l.c. 230. 
Tree. Leaves chartaceous oblong-lanceolate to oblanceolate 
acute or slightly acuminate, base narrow, glabrous; nerves 12 
to 15 pairs, rather slender, little elevate, 5 in. long, 1*5 in. wide; 
petioles -25 in. long. Male panicles short sub-umbellate, about 
1 in. long; pedicels slender, *15 in. long. Perianth ovoid, -14 in. 
long, rusty puberulous outside; teeth three. Androecium slender, 
stalk as long as anthers, 10, puberulous. Female panicles -5 in. 
long, puberulous. Bracteoles large. Perianth campanulate 
tomentose, -2 in. long. Fruit oblong, 2*8 in. long, pericarp 
slightly tomentose. Seed 1*6 to 2 in. long; aril laciniate to near 
base. Hab. Rare at 3400 ft. altitude, in forests. Perak, Gunong 
Batu Putih (Wray). Distrib. Java. 
(5) M. malaccensis Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 104; Gamble, l.c. 230 ; 
King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. iii. i. 107 bis. 
Tree. Leaves chartaceous oblong, base narrowed, tip acuminate 
blunt; nerves slender inarching at tips, 15 to 20 pairs, glabrous, 
9 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Male panicles 2 in. 
long, slender, glabrous; pedicels slender, -15 in. long. Flowers 
